CV2/@UCSF’s Chair of Dept of Medicine @Bob_Wachter daily tweets helpful COVID Chronicles, enumerated here:
https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/1245594399779639297 … FOLLOW HIM
Also, read his books.
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CV13/ In parallel with
@Bob_Wachter’s COVID (@UCSF) Chronicles, I'm collecintg COVID (@UCSanDiego) Chronicles, by@calonghurst. Equal time for SoCal! https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/1246676048474865666 … CL1-Show this thread -
CV14/ 04/09/20
@Bob_Wachter again brings@UCSF grand rounds/research town halls, excerpted and annotated here, as in earlier threads: CV4 (03/19/20), CV6 (03/26/20), CV7 (04/02/20). These are always terrific discussions by experts. https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/1248515822990929920 … i1-13
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CV15/
@Bob_Wachter mentions this great interactive website that lets you visualize and drill down to states and counties. BigData!@atulbutte https://covidcounties.org/ .https://twitter.com/Vashishtrv/status/1249214180990652416 …Show this thread -
CV16/ 04/16/20
@UCSF Grand Rounds,@Bob_Wachter excerpted this session, with timestamps so you can watch segments. I did my best to do that for earlier ones, but this one I need not. https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1250995931983429633 … 4-17Show this thread -
CV17/ 10-12
@annieluet does great update on trials& treatments, incl Remdesivir, (Hydroxy)chloroquine, etc. Need to be very careful with HCQ and QT prolonging (heart problems), worrisome, STILL NEED RCTs (under way, 8 at@UCSF) for efficacy. WATCH https://youtu.be/o1I2KlWPw9I?t=2630 … 20 minpic.twitter.com/RqHbFjpF6B
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CV18/ 04/23/20 Other topics,
@UCSF Grand Rounds@Bob_Wachter now summarizes. Yea! I still watch. 9-11 29min George Rutherford Epidemiology:@Stanford study, many Q's, Liberate => 2nd wave in Fall 15-16 28min Charlies Chiu CRISPR-based tests. 17-22 panelhttps://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1253538413187223554 …Show this thread -
CV19/ 04/30/20
@UCSF Grand Rounds moderated /by@Bob_Wachter He summarizes with start times. Watch experts with current information. Rule I learned long ago at Bell Labs: find experts and listen to them! https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1256067345727938560?s=20 … 1-20pic.twitter.com/Usq3L92oN7
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CV20/ O5/07/20 Grand Rounds moderated /by
@Bob_Wachter Status and much more, read his long thread summarizing 90 minutes by experts, great details on vaccines and treatments, then WATCH. As always, high-quality information from experts. https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1258633339235209218?s=20 … 1-22Show this thread -
CV21/ 05/09/20 This separate thread, unrelated to
@UCSF, discusses the intriguing hypothesis that Vitamin D Deficiency’s effects on immune systems is a serious contributing factor to COVID-19 severity. https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/1254122290096205824 … JC1-16, but more may get added.Show this thread -
CV22/ 05/12/20 There have been some confusing, perhaps non-intuitive studies about relationship of nicotine to COVID-19 severity. This (open access)
@UCSF metanalysis examines 19 studies, whose result vary (as usual), but mostly show increased risk. https://academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ntr/ntaa082/5835834 …pic.twitter.com/K6XYzdemO6
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CV23/ 05/14/20 Another great
@UCSF COVID Grand Rounds moderated by@Bob_Wachter. Skim his summary (1-25), watch parts or all. 12-13/: people who can’t work at home, many more test positive. 19/ controversial Santa Clara study believed false positives.https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1261143910090305538?s=20 …Show this thread -
CV24/ 05/21/20
@Bob_Wachter’s@UCSF Grand Rounds. Great information from: epidemiologist George Rutherford, infectious disease expert@annieluet on treatments, Remdesivir, HCQ, Joel Ernst on vaccines, Andy Leavitt on blood clotting problems. https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1263673000668233729?s=20 … 1-25Show this thread -
CV25/ 05/28/20
@Bob_Wachter’s@UCSF Grand Rounds As usual, packed with great information from experts. Always worth watching, but his Cliff Notes offer a great overview! https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1266221178646958085?s=20 … 1-23Show this thread -
CV26/ 06/04/20
@Bob_Wachter’s@UCSF Grand Rounds today San Francisco doing OK, then a fascinating and different kind of discussion. https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1268747371690684416?s=20 … 1-24
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CV27/ 06/11/20
@Bob_Wachter’s@UCSF Grand Rounds today NorCal, Epidemiology and Publication/FDA processes: safety vs speed? As usual, some of the very best COVID communication, from experts. https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1271276880478404608?s=20 … 1-24
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CV28/ 06/18/20
@Bob_Wachter’s@UCSF Grand Rounds today NorCal stable, some hot spots in SoCal. Dexamethasone may help the sicker patients. Big Recovery trials. Patients with persistent symptoms.https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1273819835445547009?s=20 …Show this thread -
CV29/ 06/25/20
@Bob_Wachter’s@UCSF Grand Rounds, interview w/ John Barry on 1918 flu (not Spanish) pandemic: bad things happen when govt’s don’t tell truth.https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1276345650955735041?s=20 …Show this thread -
CV30/ 07/09/20
@Bob_Wachter’s@UCSF Grand Rounds, SF#s up; epidemiology, opening schools (primary likely OK with care, middle maybe, high school/college ~adult); San Quentin outbreak. https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1281438557148573697?s=20 … 1-24 (URL really fixed this time)Show this thread -
CV31/ COVID-19 “Survival” is not necessarily “Recovery" in any normal sense of word. Of course there is not yet much data. https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/1281464523006701568?s=20 … SR1-
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CV32/ CMSS runs some good webinars on COVID-19 clinical registries & repositories. I’ve watched one, will watch more. https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/1281772772209786882?s=20 … CMSS1-
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CV33/
@UCSF Grand Rounds Today:#Covid-19: How the Virus Gets in and How to Block It: Aerosols, Droplets, Masks, Face Shields, and More. https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1283970874631000065?s=20 … 1-23Show this thread -
CV34/
@UCSD has started its own Virtual Grand Rounds series, well worth watching: https://health.ucsd.edu/coronavirus/Pages/Grand-Rounds.aspx … The first was this morning, on therapeutics: which ones might help and *when* during disease, also trials:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb3WzeNcQlc …Show this thread -
CV35/ Another great
@UCSF Grand Rounds: Dr Rutherford epidemiology review (GA, FL, TX, CA), then talks by key health folks from those states. Surges,scary,*staffing*. CA: LatinX; SoCal surge, not enough mask-wearing. SF Bay Area remains not too bad. https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1286508977337950208?s=20 … 1-24Show this thread -
CV36/
@Bob_Wachter explains how his wonderful COVID Chronicles use of social media got started. https://www.ucsf.edu/magazine/tweeting-pandemic … For links to his long series of Twitter threads, see https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/1245594399779639297?s=20 … BW1-14 (now, accumuldates)Show this thread -
CV37/ 2nd in
@UCSDHealth Virtual Grand Rounds series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvVETjzKHQo&feature=youtu.be … Good discussions this morning by 2 impressive National Academy of Medicine folks: San Diego, CA, USA, global, policies. Schools: age matters. State & Federal roles, CDC (unlike past), golf, beaches.pic.twitter.com/wWsoxjeMkU
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CV38/ Another fine
@UCSF Grand Rounds with@Bob_Wachter. As usual, skim his overview thread, then watch the video, packed with expert information & insights on tests, treatments & vaccines. Quick tests matter! HCQ still no. Normal? All say ~Year https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1289029974976901120?s=20 … 1-24Show this thread -
CV39/ Hydroxychloroquine has been discussed in CV1, CV3, CV8, CV11, CV17, sometimes by
#UCSD infectious disease expert@annieluet. Here’s her current update. From video, her opinion is pretty clear, now that we have good RCTs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNADw5io9Ms&feature=youtu.be&t=2645 …pic.twitter.com/FT5SMI7w7k
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CV40/ And watch last few minutes as
@Bob_Wachter asks speakers when do we get back to “normal” and what mechanisms get us there? (A: about a year from now).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNADw5io9Ms&feature=youtu.be&t=5142 …Show this thread -
CV41/ Grand Rounds today, improvements in San Francisco, great discussion by
@Bob_Wachter with@ashishkjha https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1291578853169618945?s=20 … 1-24 Grand Rounds, Ashish JhaShow this thread -
CV42/ Grand Rounds https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1294117687388323840?s=20 … 1-25 SF stable, innovations As usual, all good, but I found :
@michaelmina_lab@HarvardHSPH on better test strategies (cheap, fast, at home) compelling, 5-12Show this thread - Show replies
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