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Matthew Cortland, Esq. they
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Matthew Cortland, Esq. they
@mattbc
Lawyer, immunocompromised, writer, public health nerd | Then: SSI. Be A Hero. Now: data & policy, disability, healthcare. they 🏳️🌈
Washington DC / Boston MA Katılım Nisan 2011
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People are just meaner than they used to be. It’s not even about trauma informed care, it’s just straight up assholery at this point
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I’m here - it turns out the dozen different phone calls with contradictory instructions? None of them were completely right.
We’re destroying the health care system…
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Got so many calls yesterday about hospital arrival time with directly conflicting instructions.
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Matthew Cortland, Esq. they retweetledi
this is the electability candidate we’ve been hearing so much about
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Matthew Cortland, Esq. they retweetledi
Nukit PC Fan Gauge is live.
Learn about it here:
github.com/opennukit/Nuki…
Test it here:
filterboxbuilder.com/fangauge/
You can use these readings to test before you 3D print a plenum:
Ambient pressure (hPa)
996.658
Ports closed
996.550
1 port open
996.570
2 ports open
996.612
It also makes for a good, low-cost STEM-Ed project, so please share.
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🧵 Full actionable analysis (including detailed treatment notes, testing guidance, and the bigger public health picture) here:
patreon.com/mattbc/posts/c…
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🧵 If you think you have it:
In an active outbreak, many MDs will treat empirically (start meds w/o waiting for confirmation) if symptoms match
1st-line treatment: Bactrim DS twice daily for 7–10 days in healthy adults. Sulfa allergy? Nitazoxanide
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🧵Cyclosporiasis is surging across 32 states right now. There are nearly 3k reported cases, with no source identified and ∴ no food recall(s).
Mainstream outlets are finally covering the story, but here’s what you actually need to know to protect yourself:
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There should be no "profit" in health insurance — health care is a human right. The rest of the goddamn OECD has figured this out.
Lucas Pacioli@LucasPacioli1
@mattbc How much should the person running a $400 billion business be paid according to you? Profit margins are typically around 4-5% for these companies. That is 5 cents of every dollar of revenue
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I wanted get out a quick 'actionable analysis' post that's our tag line here at Shouldn't Need to be a (Public Health) Lawyer....
Here's how to protect yourself from Cyclosporiasis, the explosive diarrhea parasite taking the country by storm
patreon.com/mattbc/posts/c…
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His name is David Joyner and he paid himself $21.2 million dollars last year, money he 'saved' by denying coverage for medically necessary treatments.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost
Consumers will have to wait for broader insurance coverage of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs until prices come down and clear evidence emerges that they will reduce health care costs, the CEO of CVS Health, which includes Aetna insurance, said in an interview. wapo.st/4gzy9EW
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Lindsey Graham was a hateful bigot.
Watching many congressional dems trip over themselves to praise him is quite something.
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New: Graham Platner is officially out of the Maine Senate race, turning in his official withdrawal papers to the Maine Secretary of State's office.
Now begins the mad dash to replace Platner with a little more than two weeks.
independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
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From @MoiraDonegan's new one: "Platner was the hero – and the creation – of a sect of Democratic operatives who believe that the party has become too feminized, and that the solution to its electoral woes is to recast itself in a more macho image"
David Weigel@daveweigel
Scoop by @MikeElk: Rep. Summer Lee barred Platner recruiter Daniel Moraff “from her 2022 congressional campaign after receiving at least three complaints of sexual misconduct.” paydayreport.com/platners-danie…
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