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Lucy McBride, MD
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    Lucy McBride, MD
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    Dec 15, 2022
    Announcement! 🎉 You can now get my weekly physical & mental health newsletter on @substack. Who am I? I’m a practicing primary care doctor & mom of 3 in DC. I’ve been seeing patients for 20+ yrs. My passion is helping people make sense of their bodies & minds. A 🧵...
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    Lucy McBride, MD
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    Feb 17, 2022
    My tripled vax'd, COVID-recovered, PCR-tested, masked son in college w/ a 99% vax rate got to see the inside of the University's dining hall for 1st time in *2 yrs* last week. Today? It closed again. Student dining is back to *outside* only - or alone. Socializing limited ...🧵
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    Lucy McBride, MD
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    Jan 22, 2022
    I’m on call this weekend for my group medical practice. Lots of vax’d patients w COVID—cough, sore throat, headache, body aches, fatigue. Mild to severe. Other top symptoms? Guilt Shame Fear “I did everything right.” “I feel like a failure.” “Doctor, I’m terrified.” 1/x
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    Lucy McBride, MD
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    Jan 20, 2022
    “When we look at the Covid-19 pandemic through the lens of history, I believe it will be clear that we betrayed our children.” I’m a Public School Teacher. The Kids Aren’t Alright. bariweiss.substack.com/p/im-a-public-…
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    Lucy McBride, MD
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    Jun 26, 2021
    IF, in my medical practice, I took the posture of tacking down the risk of physical harms to patients to ZERO — without considering ppl’s broad human needs — I’d recommend 1) no sex, 2) no driving, 3) no alcohol, 4) no sugar. I’d only incite fear and/or QUICKLY be out of a job.
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    Lucy McBride, MD
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    Dec 16, 2021
    Today I swabbed yet another triple-vax'd patient for SARSCoV2: + PCR She has a stuffy nose & mild sore throat. The worse symptom? Guilt. "I did everything right." We discussed isolation & alert/test contacts. I reassured her that vax is working & this is not a moral failure
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    Lucy McBride, MD
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    Feb 7, 2022
    “We do not have good, high-quality evidence that children masking in school reduces transmission of COVID-19.” — Jeanne Noble MD on @NBCNightlyNews 👏 #UrgencyOfNormal
    Growing push to end Covid-19 restrictions around the country
    From nbcnews.com
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    Lucy McBride, MD
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    Dec 29, 2021
    “We need to come together and say no the never ending restrictions. Your hysterical need to feel absolutely safe beyond measure is coming at someone's expense—someone much more vulnerable than you.” Thank you, ⁦@LauraRosenCohen⁩ 👏👏
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    COVID Hysteria Is Destroying the Lives of Disabled Children Like Mine
    From newsweek.com
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    Lucy McBride, MD
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    Dec 20, 2021
    I’m *much* more alarmed about the enormous social/emotional, mental & physical health consequences of “long-pandemic.” Witnessing daily.
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    Dr. Deepti Gurdasani
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    Dec 16, 2021
    Anyone else alarmed at what omicron spread might mean for long COVID?
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    Lucy McBride, MD
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    May 18, 2022
    This is one of the many reasons why I’m steering vax’d patients away from Paxlovid until we have more data on this rebound phenomenon.
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    Lucy McBride, MD
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    Aug 13, 2021
    Shielding my kids from danger is a fundamental instinct; tolerating risk for them is hard emotional work. Fear is necessary for our survival. It can also do harm. My latest for @TheAtlantic 👇👇👇
    Fear of COVID-19 in Kids Is Getting Ahead of the Data
    From theatlantic.com
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    Lucy McBride, MD
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    Jan 27, 2022
    Proud to partner w my co-authors on the #UrgencyOfNormal toolkit. It’s time to define health as more than the absence of #COVID-19. “Someone has to speak up for the kids.” - Pediatric ICU physician ⁦@kwadwo777 Courage = our colleague 👇👇👇
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    Lucy McBride, MD
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    Feb 8, 2022
    The first goal of medicine & public health is "do no harm." Here, @rweingarten agrees w me that human beings need to see each others faces 👇
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    Lucy McBride, MD
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    Jun 4, 2021
    WOW 👇👇 NY to Eliminate Indoor Mask Rule for Schools, Camps Monday Regardless of Vaccination Status
    NY to Eliminate Indoor Mask Rule for Schools, Camps Monday; NYC To Keep Mask Requirement
    From nbcnewyork.com