@DisasterProf

Emergency doc, disaster med and public health expert, writer, and austere environment geek. Tweets are my own. Retweet or like is not endorsement. BE SAFE!

 Bethesda, MD
Joined December 2013
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Thomas D. Kirsch, MD, MPH retweeted
Eric Feigl-Ding
@DrEricDing7 Mar 2022
📍HUGE—Covid may cause greater loss of gray matter and tissue damage in the brain 🧠 than naturally occurs in people who have not been infected with the virus, a new study finds—the first study with both brain scans before and after #COVID19 infection. 🧵 nytimes.com/2022/03/07/healt…

Covid May Cause Changes in the Brain, New Study Finds (Published 2022)

Brain scans before and after infection showed more loss of gray matter and tissue damage, mostly in areas related to smell, in people who had Covid than in those who did not.

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Elliott R Haut, MD, PhD, MAMSE@elliotthaut16 Jan 2022
Replying to @SeanLangenfeld
This is why we need to simulate #cricothyroidotomy. @rob_leeper @JSurgEduc @BetsyHuntMD @VinciyaPandian @nmdalesio @DisasterProf sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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TheHillOpinion
@TheHillOpinion10 Jan 2022
COVID is killing the nation's workforce — The Supreme Court needs to act now bit.ly/3K0oGUb Via @DisasterProf

COVID is killing the nation’s workforce — The Supreme Court needs to act now

The pandemic has resulted in perhaps the greatest workplace catastrophe in American history.

thehill.com
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US HCWs Lost to Covid19@CTZebra31 Mar 2021
Marcel Santiago, 49yo Paramedic, NYC, died of #covid19 3/25/20. He was a gentle giant with a huge heart, deeply loved by his family and colleagues. #healthcareheroes #WearAMask xitter.cf/maiorana4… google.com/amp/s/www.dignity…
EL Naterino@maiorana47326 Mar 2021
Vaccine first dose @capitalhealthnj. Today is one year since my mentor and friend NYC Paramedic Marcel Santiago passed from Covid, he passed 3/25/20 @ 19:00hrs. I got my first dose today 3/25/21 @ 19:00hrs, in your memory. I miss you brother every day, Til Valhalla. 🚑
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John Sabol@John_Sabol25 Apr 2020
Replying to @DrDenaGrayson
@DrDenaGrayson wouldn’t this be great if we had this?! It would make all the difference. 😷 Check out that service! Spain has the second highest coronavirus cases in the world, but at least their stores seem better prepared... xitter.cf/MiHeroeSinCapa/status/…
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Thomas D. Kirsch, MD, MPH@DisasterProf24 Apr 2020
50,000 DEAD AMERICANS It's not looking good for 'back to normal' - 1. NO PEAK of #covid19 cases and deaths, more of a plateau 2. New studies show a high case-fatality rate 3. Still not enough testing or even a strategy. #ScienceMatters #coronavirus
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Thomas D. Kirsch, MD, MPH@DisasterProf24 Apr 2020
For all the liars and deniers out there #covid19 has now killed 50,000 American. Healthcare workers stand up to the fools! Stop more Americans from dying. #ScienceMatters #nurses #HealthcareHeroes #StayHome #EmergencyMedicine cnn.com/2020/04/23/us/az-nur…
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Thomas D. Kirsch, MD, MPH@DisasterProf23 Apr 2020
BAD NEWS - The NYC serosurvey shows 21.2% of NYC pop has been infected (1.7 million) but with 15,400 deaths that's a case-fatality rate of 0.9%-VERY HIGH-could be 2 million deaths to reach 70% herd immunity. #COVID19 #ScienceMatters cnbc.com/2020/04/23/new-york…
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Thomas D. Kirsch, MD, MPH@DisasterProf23 Apr 2020
More than 45,000 AMERICANS HAVE DIED from #COVID19 in less than a month. That's probably 600,000 HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS. More than 2000 are still dying everyday. And we're just 'going back to normal' in a week or two!?! #ScienceMatters #TruthMatters
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Thomas D. Kirsch, MD, MPH@DisasterProf22 Apr 2020
2800 #COVID19 deaths yesterday. No Magic Peak - There are 1000s of little epidemics all over our Nation, so the cases and deaths continue as a plateau. Stay Safe-Stay home. #ScienceMatters #TruthMatters #StayHome
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Dan Choi, MD, FAAOS
@drdanchoi15 Apr 2020
THREAD - Politicians and hospital admins want to control #COVID messaging. And doctors and nurses will die because of it @NYGovCuomo says no PPE issues in NY Doctors are saying otherwise! Look at these front line reports of PPE shortages in NYS happening NOW 👇🆘👇
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Can someone please refresh my memory, apparently Im having a blonde moment... Where did these talking heads attend medical school? ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ Dr. @IngrahamAngle Dr. @seanhannity Dr. @TuckerCarlson Dr. #BillBarr Dr. #StephenMiller Dr. #RushLimbaugh
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Dan Choi, MD, FAAOS
@drdanchoi31 Mar 2020
DOCTORS AND NURSES CANNOT BE MUZZLED. The truth must be told! Remember what happened in Wuhan when doctors were muzzled? Policy makers didn’t get valuable information early enough and that proved to be deadly! apple.news/AmO8sNGnPREW46ZQW…
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Elliott R Haut, MD, PhD, MAMSE@elliotthaut23 Mar 2020
If it doesn’t feel real to you yet, just wait until you get the call from a friend, a frontline healthcare worker, who just tested #COVID19 positive. What do you even say? #WeNeedPPE #FlattenTheCuve
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Elliott R Haut, MD, PhD, MAMSE@elliotthaut30 Mar 2020
Thanks so much to my front line #EmergencyMedicine partners, taking a huge brunt of the #COVID19 pandemic risk. @JohnsHopkinsEM @drmattlevy @jleejenkinsmd @dromron @toxicologist12 @LRinMD @jtrebach @reverendofdoubt @BhaktiHansoti @DisasterProf @HopkinsMedicine
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⁦@DisasterProf⁩ Dr Kirsch, this is exactly what you described on ⁦@CBSThisMorning⁩ on Sunday. Doctors being forced to choose who lives and who dies. I cannot imagine 😢😢 Henry Ford Health officials confirm life, death protocols letter freep.com/story/money/busine…
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Katie Couric
@katiecouric24 Mar 2020
"The loss of providers will come from many causes—quarantine, sickness, caring for their own family, cohorting—but it will be the creeping fear and feeling of abandonment that eats at us the most," @DisasterProf writes: theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
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NPR
@NPR21 Mar 2020
President Trump recently said the FDA had "approved" use of an anti-malaria drug to treat coronavirus patients — and that it would be available "almost immediately." But the FDA commissioner says "a large, pragmatic clinical trial" would be needed first. trib.al/1YqhgWk
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J Lee Jenkins, MD@jleejenkinsmd17 Mar 2020
There is currently not enough personal protective equipment in the Strategic National Stockpile to fulfill anticipated gaps in state and local supplies. Some medical professionals have floated the idea of invoking the Defense Production Act. #coronavirus
CNN Politics
@CNNPolitics17 Mar 2020
Health officials warn the US government does not have enough stockpiled medical equipment to deal with the coronavirus cnn.it/2QmQOXp
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Dr. Umair A. Shah (MD, MPH)@ushahmd15 Jan 2020
So proud of ⁦our @CDCgov⁩ #PublicHealth Associate Program #team members Zuleyma and Kristin here @hcphtx⁩ for next two years! #health matters! ⁦@CDCDirector⁩ ⁦@NACCHOalerts⁩ ⁦@tx_taccho⁩
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