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omai

@omaigarner

Director of Clinical Microbiology. UCLA Health System. tweets are my own opinion

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Joined September 2008
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has earned this moment in history, she is worthy, she is a truly great American.

You Are Worthy

Senator Cory Booker praises Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for her exceptional credentials and meeting this moment in history.

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Two years in and we still don’t have the testing infrastructure to support a surge. latimes.com/california/story…
Omicron leaves testing labs overwhelmed, causing frustrating delays to get results

Omicron leaves testing labs overwhelmed, causing frustrating delays to get results

The Omicron surge has created overwhelming demand for coronavirus tests. Laboratories and manufacturers have struggled to keep up.

latimes.com
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Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind youtu.be/u9sq3ME0JHQ via @YouTube Thanks #StationEleven and @patrickerville for this gem.
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For the skinny on what’s going down with testing & Omicron, this excellent,thoughtful article by ⁦@KatherineJWu⁩ lays it all out, with #clinicalmicrobiology perspective from the amazing ⁦@omaigarner⁩ & ⁦@melmillerphd⁩ theatlantic.com/science/arch…
How Long Does Omicron Take to Make You Sick?

How Long Does Omicron Take to Make You Sick?

The new variant seems to be our quickest one yet. That makes it harder to catch with the tests we have.

theatlantic.com
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The Omnicron variant is just another example of how COVID will be prolonged if rich nations and Big Pharma keep blocking vaccine distribution.
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I can’t understand why the people of Atlanta haven’t put an end to this racist chanting and arm movements at a baseball game. It’s 2021. Get it together.
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DODGERS!!!!!
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10 Women Microbiologists You Don’t Know About, But Should — International Microorganism Day internationalmicroorganismda…
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Good job Cali.
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Giannis. That’s it. That’s the tweet. Enough said.
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Come join us at UCLA in clinical microbiology!
UCLA Pathology (@UCLA_Pathology) profile pictureUCLA Pathology
@UCLA_Pathology20 Jul 2021
Our Clinical Microbiology Fellowship is now accepting applications! #ClinicalMicrobiology Apply Today! 👉recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF0655…
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This view of Giannis’ clutch block 🤩
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Sidetalk MKE
Dan Molloy (@DanMolloyTV) profile pictureDan Molloy@DanMolloyTV12 Jul 2021
did NOT expect such a spirited response to "tell me what that atmosphere was like"
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👉Paper describing the Swab-Seq COVID-19 testing protocol published in Nature Biomedical Engineering compmed.ucla.edu/news/paper-… @JoshSBloom @omaigarner @chonghuan @arboledaVal @srikosuri @leonidkruglyak @ZarEskinCompMed @Jonathan_flint1 @laila_sathe @UCLAHealthNews @UCLAengineering
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#NewProfilePic
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Announcing the 4-Part ASCP docuseries, “The Scientists Who Saved the World: The Fight Against COVID-19”! youtu.be/rzGQlKchlZU
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In Press: SARS-Cov2 Infection Detection by Polymerase Chain Reaction and Serologic Testing in Clinical Practice bit.ly/3hb1LcM @ASMicrobiology @omaigarner
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Today's #shoutout to #womenInSTEM goes to @evannhilt25 for her CID paper w/ @omaigarner on retrospective detection of #SARSCoV2 in Symptomatic Patients prior to Widespread Diagnostic Testing in Southern California. #COVID19 academic.oup.com/cid/advance…
Retrospective Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Sympto...

Retrospective Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Sympto...

We conducted a study of retrospective detection and sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 in symptomatic patients that reveals introduction in Los Angeles from both dom

academic.oup.com
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