Paul Sax
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Paul Sax
@PaulSaxMD
Harvard/Brigham Infectious Diseases doctor, writer, @CIDJournal editor, educator. Prefer baseball to football, pizza to sushi, dogs to cats, Beatles to Stones.
- Lots of questions about the Covid-19 vaccines -- here are some of the more common ones, with my answers. Directed at clinicians, but probably something here for all. Any that we missed? @NEJM nejm.org/covid-vaccine/…
- Pictures like this make me feel more patriotic than any flag waving.Kamala Harris’s immigrant parents--Shyamala Gopalan and Donald Harris:
- It wasn't easy writing this. Thanks to @PreetiNMalani for allowing me to share it. Rosa ja.ma/3bYJT4I via @JAMA_current part of @JAMANetwork
- About a year ago, I thought ivermectin *may* have a role in treating Covid19 based on promising preliminary results from a meta-analysis. Here's what happened, along with a key figure -- and an apology for a mistake (mine). Latest:
- Apologies for bragging, but I'm the proud owner of a new degree. Cc'ing @NobelPrize , just in case this was the one missing piece.
- Iceland recapitulating what South Korea found -- incidence of #COVID19 actually higher in younger adults, hence playing a major role in spread (and occasionally causing severe disease too). But symptom-driven testing (Netherlands) finds more cases in older populations.Here is a distribution of recorded Covid-19 cases in Iceland (which tests broadly, even people with no symptoms) and the Netherlands (which tests narrowly, only those with severe symptoms)
- The "History of HIV" talk I gave last week actually has this title, which I don't think is an overstatement. Posting it now with gratitude, just in time for Thanksgiving (my favorite holiday -- the gratitude and family part). (Part 1 thread) 1/x
- The FDA authorization of the Pfizer vaccine for 12- to-15-year olds has triggered concerns among even some very pro-vaccine (and very smart) people, who wonder if their kids should get immunized. Here's why I support it, which is way too long for one tweet.
- If you're in ID right now, you know that life is ... kind of nutty. Tried to outline a bit what it's like. What Does (And Doesn't) Scare Me About The Coronavirus wbur.fm/39j9hvs via @commonhealth
- *Strongly* recommend this comprehensive review of just how much COVID19 vaccines reduce the risk of transmitting the virus to others. Tell the hesitant: the vaccines protect both you and protect others -- a lot! @mugecevik @AaronRichterman @EricMeyerowitz academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-a…
- With so many breakthrough cases, some might wonder why we still should be pushing vaccination -- in particular that third dose. Outstanding summary here, thanks to @EricTopol
- Antibody testing shows that SARS-CoV-2 infection is 50-85 times higher than confirmed cases. It will be fascinating watch these seroprevalence studies roll out over the next few weeks. (And by the way @samhorwich, well said!)
