Recovering EM doc
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Recovering EM doc. Xolo mom. Public Health/obesity medicine.
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The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
February 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
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One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
February 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM
One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
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This is the worst flu (influenza) season (US) in the last 15 years.
IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO VACCINATE.
Being vaccinated makes it less likely that you will: die from flu infection, be hospitalized, and typically reduces the severity of your illness.
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IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO VACCINATE.
Being vaccinated makes it less likely that you will: die from flu infection, be hospitalized, and typically reduces the severity of your illness.
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February 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This is the worst flu (influenza) season (US) in the last 15 years.
IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO VACCINATE.
Being vaccinated makes it less likely that you will: die from flu infection, be hospitalized, and typically reduces the severity of your illness.
1/
IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO VACCINATE.
Being vaccinated makes it less likely that you will: die from flu infection, be hospitalized, and typically reduces the severity of your illness.
1/
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Alaska lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a resolution urging President Trump to abandon his plans to rename the continent’s largest mountain from Denali back to Mount McKinley. #ISTANDWITHDENALI
February 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Alaska lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a resolution urging President Trump to abandon his plans to rename the continent’s largest mountain from Denali back to Mount McKinley. #ISTANDWITHDENALI
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A non-government business that contracts with the federal government received notice today that in order to do business with the government they must certify that they don’t participate in DEI. So it’s not just the feds, it’s any private biz that contracts with the feds. Here’s the message they got:
February 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A non-government business that contracts with the federal government received notice today that in order to do business with the government they must certify that they don’t participate in DEI. So it’s not just the feds, it’s any private biz that contracts with the feds. Here’s the message they got:
December 1, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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Just a reminder as we get closer to closing out this year bit by bit:
Be kind.
Be kind fiercely. We're gonna need more of it.
Just be kind.
It's not weak. It takes strength to be kind.
Cruelty, malice, wrath--those are easy. Small.
Gentleness is power under control. So is kindness. You have--
Be kind.
Be kind fiercely. We're gonna need more of it.
Just be kind.
It's not weak. It takes strength to be kind.
Cruelty, malice, wrath--those are easy. Small.
Gentleness is power under control. So is kindness. You have--
November 23, 2024 at 3:45 AM
Just a reminder as we get closer to closing out this year bit by bit:
Be kind.
Be kind fiercely. We're gonna need more of it.
Just be kind.
It's not weak. It takes strength to be kind.
Cruelty, malice, wrath--those are easy. Small.
Gentleness is power under control. So is kindness. You have--
Be kind.
Be kind fiercely. We're gonna need more of it.
Just be kind.
It's not weak. It takes strength to be kind.
Cruelty, malice, wrath--those are easy. Small.
Gentleness is power under control. So is kindness. You have--
Coming along. My eyes are crossing.
November 23, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Coming along. My eyes are crossing.
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Hope I'm the first to post this all time classic on this platform
November 19, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Hope I'm the first to post this all time classic on this platform
A duck from this morning’s walk
November 18, 2024 at 5:31 PM
A duck from this morning’s walk
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Morticia looking intense. Someone was barking, over there.
November 18, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Morticia looking intense. Someone was barking, over there.
November 16, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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I think in the near future, it will be especially important to have effective science communicators. As someone who has been doing this for a while, I thought it might be useful to explain my major principles for science communication that I use in my own work 🧵:
November 15, 2024 at 5:01 PM
I think in the near future, it will be especially important to have effective science communicators. As someone who has been doing this for a while, I thought it might be useful to explain my major principles for science communication that I use in my own work 🧵:
I dreamed.
A friend with whom I attended med school, residency, and public health school came in to my trauma room after massive thoracic injury.
I quickly grabbed some baling wire off the pegboard in the garage and wired her rib cage back together and shipped her to the trauma center.
A friend with whom I attended med school, residency, and public health school came in to my trauma room after massive thoracic injury.
I quickly grabbed some baling wire off the pegboard in the garage and wired her rib cage back together and shipped her to the trauma center.
a drawing of a blue and black bicycle helmet
Alt: a drawing of a blue and black bicycle helmet
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November 16, 2024 at 1:53 PM
I dreamed.
A friend with whom I attended med school, residency, and public health school came in to my trauma room after massive thoracic injury.
I quickly grabbed some baling wire off the pegboard in the garage and wired her rib cage back together and shipped her to the trauma center.
A friend with whom I attended med school, residency, and public health school came in to my trauma room after massive thoracic injury.
I quickly grabbed some baling wire off the pegboard in the garage and wired her rib cage back together and shipped her to the trauma center.
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I AM DECEASED.
November 15, 2024 at 2:31 AM
I AM DECEASED.
Work in progress- plan to use it to patch a hole that the puppy tore in an armchair. #ThreadPainting
November 14, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Work in progress- plan to use it to patch a hole that the puppy tore in an armchair. #ThreadPainting
A calm pic of the Alebrije.
November 14, 2024 at 6:34 PM
A calm pic of the Alebrije.
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This is a thing of beauty
This was Austrian Airlines' final post over on the Twitter.
November 14, 2024 at 1:51 PM
This is a thing of beauty