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Kevin F McCarthy
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Paediatric Anaesthesiologist & Pain Specialist. Polymath in training. Inventor of the West-facing RAE for dental anaesthesia.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2d
The thesis of the book is that early COVID lockdowns weren't worth it and mid-COVID mitigation measures like masks, contact tracing and business closures don't work.

This is laughably false and the authors have endorsed the people now running Trump's HHS.

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 8d
When I was a medical student 45 years ago, I clerked in a 13 year old girl with deep jaundice and an abdominal mass. She was Hepatitis B positive. That had led to a primary liver tumour. In a 13-year-old. She was dead within the month. Avoidable with vaccination.
sheencr.bsky.social Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 8d
The CDC has endorsed ACIP’s decision of revoking universal access in USA to hepatitis B vaccines at birth. The policy had been in place for 34y and was changed despite no new evidence emerging of any risk of vaccination. #HealthPolicy 🧵
CDC accepts ACIP’s hepatitis B vaccine recommendations for babies
The CDC also said if a baby is not receiving a birth dose of vaccine, the initial dose should be administered no earlier than 2 months of age.
www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Anaesthesia @anaesjournal.bsky.social · 8d
Regional anaesthesia and major lower extremity amputations

Check out the recommendations from this Delphi consensus study!

As always, we'd love to hear your thoughts!

#AnSky #RASky

doi.org/10.1111/anae...

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Ben Zabar @benzabar.bsky.social · Nov 21
When intubating with VL, the cords should be as far away as possible, while still visible. Large cords=close camera=blocked tube delivery. #EMsky #EMS @mdaware.org @joshkimbre.bsky.social

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Jason, ex Inferis @benedictsred.bsky.social · Nov 9
Male pattern kindness

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Kevin F McCarthy @kfinmccarthy.bsky.social · Nov 4
Job Fairy: Paediatric Pain Specialist in Auckland, NZ.
Apply for my job & tell me what my colleagues say about me after I leave 😊
jobs.tewhatuora.govt.nz/jobtools/jnc...
#pain #paediatric #NewZealand
Health New Zealand / Māori Health Authority
Health New Zealand / Māori Health Authority
jobs.tewhatuora.govt.nz

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · Nov 2
The welfare state is about dignity, equality, and making people not poor, but as @itsafronomics.bsky.social says/cites here, it’s often also an investment that more than pays for itself
itsafronomics.bsky.social Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · Oct 31
Why should you 🫵🏿 care about SNAP? SNAP recipients saw:

- Improved life expectancy
- Lower chance of incarceration
- Lowers chance of poverty
- Lived in better neighborhoods
- Higher human capital

SNAP keeps our neighbors fed, communities safer, and kids educated. Also people are HUNGRY. DUH!

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Kevin F McCarthy @kfinmccarthy.bsky.social · Sep 27
Saturdays at work be like…

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · Sep 23
Fun fact: Doctor Oz, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, close friend of Trump and RFK Jr., and self-admitted fraudulent supplement huckster, sells multiple forms of leucovorin through his supplement company, iHerb, which he didn’t divest when taking his federal gov role.
james.claims james @james.claims · Sep 22
Anyway watch the stocks of whoever has the patent of leucovorin go up after the announcement. That’s all this is. Promoting Leucovorin so adults force their kids to ingest it to “cure their autism”.

But what is Leucovorin and why are they claiming it cures autism? 👇

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Sep 9
Why would any foreign country invest in a nation that did this?

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Dr van Tilburg @drvantilburg.bsky.social · Aug 30
Great new resource now that CDC cannot be fully trusted.

National Academy of Medicine Launches New Series to Help the Public Navigate Complex Health Debates; First Event Will Cover Ultra-Processed Foods and Children’s Health

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National Academy of Medicine Launches New Series to Help the Public Navigate Complex Health Debates; First Event Will Cover Ultra-Processed Foods and Children’s Health - NAM
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has launched a new series of monthly discussions to help members of the public navigate many of the complex health
nam.edu

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · Aug 20
The people who are *still* making a massive deal about having to go to the doctor and get a shot think historians made too big a deal out of **slavery**

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · Aug 19
🎼 'Six Lords a-leaping'

'In February 2024, UKLFI celebrated the cancellation of a community kite-making workshop, citing claims that the children’s event was “reminiscent of 7 October paragliders”.'

Six of its nine patrons currently sit in the House of Lords'

novaramedia.com/2025/07/28/m...

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Anaesthesia @anaesjournal.bsky.social · Aug 11
Editorial: Translating regional anaesthesia training into clinical impacts: is good instructional design good enough?

#RASky #AnSky #MedSky

doi.org/10.1111/anae...

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Anaesthesia @anaesjournal.bsky.social · Aug 8
Honey and analgesia

2 - 3 doses daily of oral honey/placebo in children post-tonsillectomy for 7 days, in addition to regular paracetamol, ibuprofen & as required oxycodone did not result in a clinical improvement in pain or recovery over a 14-day follow-up period.

#AnSky

doi.org/10.1111/anae...

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · Aug 8
A child at Alder Hey hospital has died of measles. The tragic death came less than a week after medical officials at the children’s hospital warned that cases of the virus were on the rise, severely endangering the health of some of those affected.
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www.alderhey.nhs.uk/...
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Statement from Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust about measles - Alder Hey Children's Hospital Trust
Statement from Alder Hey about media interest in cases of measles
www.alderhey.nhs.uk

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Aug 3
The editors who published this should go straight to The Hague. I mean literally, according to the terms of international law such as it exists.
Gaza Starvation Photos Tell a Thousand Lies Hamas propaganda exploits seriously ill children, and Western media go along.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · Aug 2
"On Wednesday, July 30, I stood trial in a German court for my opposition to genocide."

"A Jewish descendant of those murdered by Nazis, I am being labeled antisemitic for speaking out against the mass murder, the genocide of Palestinians."
#Germany #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Policing #Genocide
Nazis murdered my family in the Holocaust. Now Germany is punishing me for protesting Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
This week, I faced trial for opposing genocide, Zionism, and for challenging Germany’s unconditional support for Israel. The state prosecuting me may have legal authority, but its moral authority has…
mondoweiss.net

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Kevin F McCarthy @kfinmccarthy.bsky.social · Aug 1
Yes! For ex-prems, even into adulthood. “Fine until you do something to them” 😌

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josh farkas 💊 @pulmcrit.bsky.social · Nov 27
Skytorial: Five pearls on olanzapine 😁

Between agitation and nausea/vomiting, olanzapine has a wide range of use.

Olanzapine is generally not a front-line agent (e.g., haloperidol or ondansetron often are). But sometimes, it really comes in clutch....
a man in a plaid shirt sits at a picnic table with the words " settle down " on the bottom
ALT: a man in a plaid shirt sits at a picnic table with the words " settle down " on the bottom
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Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · Jul 15
I'm begging everyone who hasn't yet to read this book. The premise, about a man living in an infinite house, is terrifically inventive, and it goes in a direction you don't expect. No other living author writes with such a keen sense of horror & beauty. The book of the decade.
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

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Kevin F McCarthy @kfinmccarthy.bsky.social · Jul 13
Sublime 👌😘
Sinead O Connor vs Joy Division - The Joy Is Getting Married (Phil RetroSpector mashup) by Phil RetroSpector on #SoundCloud
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Sinead O Connor vs Joy Division - The Joy Is Getting Married (Phil RetroSpector mashup)
Sinead O' Connor vs Joy Division as imagined by Phil RetroSpector
soundcloud.com

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Kevin F McCarthy @kfinmccarthy.bsky.social · Jul 12
Context matters, my friend. There are no absolutes in medicine

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Kevin F McCarthy @kfinmccarthy.bsky.social · Jul 12
As I tell trainees “Propofol fixes everything in paediatric anaesthesia, apart from hypotension” so an ‘emergency Propofol’ for all lists. Dilute adrenaline (10mcg/ml) for high-risk emergency cases (sick neonates, significant URTI, likely to brady..)

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Kevin F McCarthy @kfinmccarthy.bsky.social · May 28
Done

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Kevin F McCarthy @kfinmccarthy.bsky.social · May 28
Done

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Kevin F McCarthy @kfinmccarthy.bsky.social · May 28
Just donated. I hope you stay safe 🙏

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · May 24
This open letter calls on @moderation.bsky.app to enact some extremely basic reforms so Palestinians can fundraise to feed their starving families without having their accounts shut down. (For ex: a simple email explaining disciplinary action.) There’s a link to the letter here in the form to sign:
Open Letter to the Bluesky Team About Their Treatment of Palestinians in Gaza .رسالة مفتوحة إلى فريق بلوسكاي بشأن تعاملهم مع الفلسطينيين في غزة
Please review the open letter here and include your name below (if you are better known on Bluesky by your handle you could use that or add it to your name.) Thank you so much for caring about this co...
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