Preeti Jaggi
@abxaware.bsky.social
ID Doc, antibiotic steward, one health doc: health of people and animals and the planet are all interconnected
September 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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If you have never stuck a needle in the back of an infant and watched pus drip out please don’t tell me I am overreacting to RFK Jr.’s latest assault on science.
June 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
If you have never stuck a needle in the back of an infant and watched pus drip out please don’t tell me I am overreacting to RFK Jr.’s latest assault on science.
Reposted by Preeti Jaggi
Ben Franklin on inoculation, after his son died from smallpox.
“In 1736, I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation”.
“In 1736, I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation”.
May 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Ben Franklin on inoculation, after his son died from smallpox.
“In 1736, I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation”.
“In 1736, I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation”.
As I think more about all the resources needed I realize that a narrower antibiotic also comes with other costs.
March 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
As I think more about all the resources needed I realize that a narrower antibiotic also comes with other costs.
Anyone else not purchasing anything tomorrow?
February 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Anyone else not purchasing anything tomorrow?
Reposted by Preeti Jaggi
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
WASHINGTON—Addressing the ongoing outbreak in Texas that has infected at least 124 state residents and killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed Thursday to mak...
theonion.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
You can make a difference to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in healthcare! This supplement made me love being in id even more. ID folks aren’t afraid to take on challenges!
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February 7, 2025 at 2:49 AM
You can make a difference to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in healthcare! This supplement made me love being in id even more. ID folks aren’t afraid to take on challenges!
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Sterile gowns for spinal anaesthesia – environmental cost without clinical gain?
doi.org/10.1111/anae...
And reply
doi.org/10.1111/anae...
Summary: Keep the mask, no evidence to suggest gowns add value.
Ansky
doi.org/10.1111/anae...
And reply
doi.org/10.1111/anae...
Summary: Keep the mask, no evidence to suggest gowns add value.
Ansky
Sterile gowns for spinal anaesthesia – environmental cost without clinical gain: a reply
Click on the article title to read more.
doi.org
November 13, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Sterile gowns for spinal anaesthesia – environmental cost without clinical gain?
doi.org/10.1111/anae...
And reply
doi.org/10.1111/anae...
Summary: Keep the mask, no evidence to suggest gowns add value.
Ansky
doi.org/10.1111/anae...
And reply
doi.org/10.1111/anae...
Summary: Keep the mask, no evidence to suggest gowns add value.
Ansky
Yesterday we held a healthcare sustainability event in Atlanta and heard about area hospitals’ effort to decrease their greenhouse gas footprint.
November 11, 2024 at 12:19 AM
Yesterday we held a healthcare sustainability event in Atlanta and heard about area hospitals’ effort to decrease their greenhouse gas footprint.