@PSampathkumarMD

Infectious Diseases physician, hospital epidemiologist. Opinions=mine https://xitter.cf/t.co/XADmAgBMd0

 Rochester, Minn
Joined December 2012
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Hantavirus: A Primer Thread. 1/Hantavirus is a zoonotic infection, Transmitted to humans from infected rodents - via aerosolization from their droppings/other secretions/excretions
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12/No cases outside of cruise ship passengers or their close contacts
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13/Bottom line: At this point person to person transmission still seems to occur only to those with close prolonged contact. Risk to general public is very low
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This!!!
Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran4 Sep 2025
The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
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Adam Grant
@AdamMGrant9 Dec 2024
We learn more from reading on paper than on screens. 54 studies, 171k people: we process print more deeply than digital content—as long as it's informational rather than purely narrative. The paper advantage holds across ages and has grown over time. Long live physical books.
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It’s crazy to think that these rights are less than 50 years old !!
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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar2 Oct 2024
Walz: "My pro tip of the day is this. If you need heart surgery, listen to the people at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, not Donald Trump." Vance replies to this by attacking experts.
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NEVER UNDERESTIMATE A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!!!
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3/ Clade 1 Mpox infections may be more severe (mortality rate of ~5% compared to<1% for Clade 2 infections) and more easily transmitted - reasons for the WHO raising the alarm. (Mortality rate of ~5%
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4/ Where are we today with #Mpox compared to 2022? - We have a vaccine that works at preventing infection when given before or soon after exposure - An antiviral is being studied cdc.gov/poxvirus/mpox/if-sic…
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5/ Vaccine inequity however remains a problem. Mpox vaccine supplies are in the US and Europe, while the outbreak region has little to no vaccine reuters.com/business/healthc…

WHO, partners meet on mpox, hoping to avoid COVID failures on fair medical access

The World Health Organisation was due to host an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss ways to ensure fair global access to tests, treatments and vaccines for mpox, a leading official said, as the...

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1/ In the podcast @chadinabhan explored what we knew about mpox as of May 2022. Subsequently, the outbreak of Clade 2 mpox has caused over 32,000 cases and 58 deaths in the US.
chadi nabhan MD, MBA, FACP
@chadinabhan18 Aug 2024
Two years ago, I taped a #HealthcareUnfiltered podcast episode with @PSampathkumarMD of @MayoClinic on #monkeypox It maybe of interest to some nowadays; so, here it is. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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2/ #Mpox is back in the news after an outbreak caused by Clade 1 virus spread outside DRC to neighboring countries - Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and one case reported in Sweden in a person who had traveled to outbreak region
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