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Visiting Professor . Author of Lifelines. Emergency physician. Contributing columnist . medical analyst. Mom.

Baltimore, MD
Geregistreerd in juni 2012

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    11 aug.

    Unvaccinated children will soon be starting school during what might be the most dangerous moment in the pandemic for them. Parents with young kids have to take matters into our hands to reduce risk. Here are 7 suggestions:🧵

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    On my mind is something said on our podcast last week—“Public health saved your life today, you just don’t know it.” Public health works best when it’s invisible because it’s about prevention. But because of this, it is often deprioritized.

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    18 uur geleden

    On the latest Axe Files with ,  talks about how her childhood in Los Angeles and her mother’s battle with cancer taught her the importance of public health, patient advocacy and inspired her professional path.     Listen now.

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    Israeli data for 1 million people, age > 60, 4 million person-days with no booster vs 3.4 million person-days with booster >10-fold reduction of severe illness ~11 fold reduction of infections Preprint by and colleagues just posted

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    When will children be able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine? “The [FDA] will be in a position to make an authorization, I believe, at some point late fall, probably early winter,” says former FDA commissioner , who also serves on the Pfizer board.

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  6. We wouldn’t gather 20-30 unvaccinated, unmasked adults all day in a small room. Why would we think it’s safe to do for our kids? Indoor masking is one of the few proven tools we have to reduce transmission. Let’s not take away this option when the virus is surging.

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    28 aug.

    Sergeant Nicole Gee, 23, a maintenance tech, also sacrificed at Abbey Gate, escorting women and children through the process. You showed no greater love, stand down from your watch, you can rest now young Marine.

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    28 aug.

    One of the last photos that Marine Sgt. Nicole Gee shared with her family shows her amid the chaos of Kabul, carefully cradling a baby. She was killed not long after, one of two women in uniform who died during this week's suicide bombing.

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  9. 28 aug.

    When you're teaching a class and then notice that there's an extra presenter in the background....

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    Your questions answered on kids & COVID risks as school starts amid the delta surge, with practical tips on masking & more from .

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  11. 28 aug.

    Sobering study (with graphic ): A symptomatic teacher, later found to have the Delta variant, was maskless & read to a class. 12 of 24 students (all too young to be vaccinated) got . 8 parents & siblings also tested positive.

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  12. 28 aug.

    What happens if you're vaccinated but someone around you tests positive--do you need to get tested? Should you quarantine? What if you get --who's considered a close contact? And what are symptoms of a breakthrough infection? In Q&A :

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    The covid-19 pandemic is raging because we have let it; now is the time to finally stem the surge, writes

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    28 aug.
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  15. 27 aug.

    Joining to speak about results of this new study, involving >43,000 patients with in the UK. --> Those infected with Delta variant have twice the risk of being hospitalized than those with Alpha.

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    27 aug.

    Biden said today he was weighing Israel's advice that the U.S. move faster on booster shots -- perhaps at 5 months, instead of 8, he said. He said he'd talked with Fauci about it. But a White House official quickly said the 8-month plan hasn't changed.

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    26 aug.
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  18. 27 aug.

    Great line by in response to Missouri's attorney general suing a school district to block mask mandates because "the cure should not be worse than the disease". "It's not. 1,292 people reported killed from yesterday... No one reported killed by a mask."

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  19. 27 aug.

    What does full approval of the Pfizer vaccine mean for those who are already vaccinated? Could it reduce hesitancy among the unvaccinated? Does it have any impact on expediting vaccines for younger children? Your Qs answered!

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    27 aug.

    On the latest Axe Files with ,  talks about why people aren’t getting the Covid-19 vaccine and why she believes vaccine mandates are the answer. Listen to the episode.

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    27 aug.

    State legislatures are limiting public health authorities in ways that will have a negative impact when future health emergencies hit, warns on the . “What I really worry about is what's going to happen NEXT time.” Pod👉

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