I’ve been re-watching old episodes of ER and it’s striking how often they wear masks.

It’s not just in surgery. They wear them for traumas, for contagious diseases, they even wear N95s in certain circumstances!

Contrast that with today’s medical dramas where you rarely see a mask outside the OR

I think it speaks volumes that right wingers criticize bluesky for being “liberal” and “left wing”, when it’s really just that hate speech isn’t allowed.

If you’re watching us from outside the United States, it’s pretty much as bad as it looks.

'll take an H5N1 Pandemic with a side of mpox for my Public Health Emergencies Trump 2.0 Starter Plate.
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Wondering why so many people have mycoplasma (aka walking pneumonia) lately? Here’s a clue.

Just published: after propensity matching, those w/ prior #COVID19 infection were about 3x more likely to get mycoplasma than those without #COVID: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

#MedTwitter #MedSky

Humor is apparently my go to coping strategy now

Sums up the current state of the US politics

The preliminary sequence from the H5N1 human case in British Columbia has been posted and it is not good news. The virus potentially has a quasispecies at HA residue 226 (H3 numbering). This is bad news because we know that mutations at residue 226 can increase binding to human receptors. 1/