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Chair, UCSF Dept of Medicine. Career: What happens when a poli sci major becomes an academic physician. Author: "The Digital Doctor". Hubby/Dad/Golfer.

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    Bob Wachter‏Verified account @Bob_Wachter 3 Jan 2021

    In @washingtonpost, @ashishkjha & I argue for the 2nd-shot-deferred strategy, partly by invoking the Mike Tyson principle. https://tinyurl.com/y7c6v9hz  We both came to this view because of the slow rollout & the new variant. But it's a tough call and reasonable people will disagree.

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    • max Isaac Reese Climate Dad 😷 Ciara McCarthy CESAR GOMEZ Dr. Leigh Frame 🍎🥕🍋🥦🍇 Andrew Goldstein #EndVaccineApartheid Kaishauna Guidry, MD, HMDC #XiVariant is the worst variant
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      2. Isabel Rodriguez‏ @isabelrodbar 3 Jan 2021
        Replying to @Bob_Wachter @washingtonpost @ashishkjha

        It’s too bad that trials weren’t designed with a single dose arm. Seems that this situation was perfectly conceivable last year.

        2 replies 0 retweets 19 likes
      3. Michael Mina‏Verified account @michaelmina_lab 3 Jan 2021
        Replying to @isabelrodbar @Bob_Wachter and

        Yup....

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      2. Kris Siemionow, MD, PhD‏ @spinesurgerydoc 3 Jan 2021
        Replying to @Bob_Wachter @washingtonpost @ashishkjha

        Mike Tyson principle “Everybody has a plan until they’ve been punched in the mouth.”

        1 reply 0 retweets 15 likes
      3. Kings of the Wild Frontier‏ @jrmmke 3 Jan 2021
        Replying to @spinesurgerydoc @Bob_Wachter and

        I feel great about using the same principle with a vaccine that I have used to inspire a team of little leaguers in a playoff game don’t you?

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      2. Dr. John Grohol‏Verified account @DocJohnG 3 Jan 2021
        Replying to @Bob_Wachter @washingtonpost @ashishkjha

        If the problem were with the supply of the vaccine, one might make an argument for focusing on 1st dose. But the problem is in distribution of the vaccine & giving actual doses. This is an easily solvable problem with the massive resources available to the federal govt.

        8 replies 0 retweets 37 likes
      3. Alejandro Gonzalez‏ @agonzalez06 3 Jan 2021
        Replying to @DocJohnG @Bob_Wachter and

        Don’t disagree that more resources are needed. But whether the bottleneck is with distribution or vaccine supply, devoting available bandwidth to #FirstDoseFirst will save more lives.

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
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      1. Team Pfizer vax trial participant‏ @SuziQ4U 3 Jan 2021
        Replying to @Bob_Wachter @washingtonpost @ashishkjha

        First time I’ve disagreed with you doc. Set up mass vaccination sites in stadiums and gymnasiums and get the shots in arms!

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      1. AngryWhiteGenXLesbian‏ @AlterEg14914630 3 Jan 2021
        Replying to @Bob_Wachter @washingtonpost @ashishkjha

        Ive hit a paywall and I thought covid topics were full access. Doesn’t this just increase risk of mutations and rendering vaccines less effective?

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      2. LTrain‏ @LTrain18 3 Jan 2021
        Replying to @Bob_Wachter @washingtonpost @ashishkjha

        For nearly a year we’ve been begging the public to trust the scientific evidence - on masks, distancing, lack of efficacy of HCQ. Now we are telling them “eh, trust our best guess!” and we expect them to understand?

        5 replies 3 retweets 63 likes
      3. LTrain‏ @LTrain18 3 Jan 2021
        Replying to @LTrain18 @Bob_Wachter and

        Moving forward with a delayed 2nd vax will be a disaster for vax hesitancy and ultimately undermine our one chance to get this right.

        1 reply 1 retweet 25 likes
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