Karen Strine
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writer, former healthcare worker, medical data tracker, pickleball player, cyclist, Mah Jongg player, Covid misinformation debunker, dog lover, used to be ENFJ
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In the y’all masking spirit, I am at a Lidl’s grocery store. I wanted to catch the fire extinguisher b/c only you can protect yourself from Covid infections & repeat ones by masking. You’re also helping to protect others in your community by not letting Covid 🔥smolder.
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@ChuckWurster
Maybe “ save the children” could be the mask slogan. It’s the truth against infections and reinfections.
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@germfreegangsta
The conversation heard round the world. 😷A mask is a considerate way to protect others from any airborne pathogen. Haven’t they even learned that?
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@EM_RESUS
This myth- Getting sick frequently builds your immune system to make it stronger. ( then why do you keep getting sick?).
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@DonEford
There’s also an increased risk of stillborns. Sadly, I know a mom who delivered a stillborn at 38 weeks-so cruel. The mom was vaxxed but there was a virus exposure. Expectant moms are going to baby showers unmasked. That bothers me now that I know what can happen.
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@NjbBari3
@JohnSnowProject
Someone on Twitter referred to this as “ The Quiet Period,” as in the past 2 years-no press conferences or guidance for the masses. Some also say the masses don’t care but I think that’s half true. They’d care if they had been given more clearly understood info.
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@joaquinlife
@ChristosArgyrop
@lapublichealth
@theacecoalition
She missed saying schools, though, where 70% of community spread has occurred. Teachers & kids are in classrooms 7 hrs/day-they deserve cleaner air.
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@JeromeAdamsMD
I wore a mask to fly in 2019 because when we returned from an international trip, I was having surgery. I wear a mask now because an N95 has worked for me and others & after seeing CO2 readings of air travelers, I’ll never fly without one. One of my favorite cocktail napkins.
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@AshishKJha46
This should be broadcast in a televised press conference. I think now that Twitter is mostly preaching to only the choir.
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@DrEricDing
I’ll never eat a piece of birthday cake after the candles have been blown out by someone.
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@AlisaValdesRod1
Good luck! There’s a human behavior aspect to this, too. Are they masking in elevators, restrooms, when socializing at lunch? There’s a hole most of the time. I know that there’s exceptions too, though. Can you bring a HEPA or CR box?
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@ShikhaJainMD
@JeromeAdamsMD
@CDCgov
@WhiteHouse
@mynameisroce
@ashishkjha
They don’t want to upset some but are willing to sacrifice others? More parents want to mask their kids to protect them but also don’t want their kids to be the only one in class. I hear this a lot.
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@JeromeAdamsMD
Yes, many knew this but good to have this study.
@CDCDirector
, how will you address this, esp with schools being 70% of spread brilliant graphic) per CIDRAP?
@business
,
@Forbes
,
@BusinessInsider
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@amybtatom
@AbraarKaran
“ People would rather not know” nails it. They have a wait and see attitude, esp if vaxxed.
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@apmalong
@lisa_iannattone
This is why some of us are fighting for cleaner air in classrooms, cafeterias. Parents need to join the fight and join with teachers, demanding it to lower viral loads in classrooms. It’s getting harder to be heard as mitigations are being dropped so we need lots of help! Share!
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@AbraarKaran
Seeing multiple people infected in a ward says something terrible about the ID protocol in that ward if masks aren’t being worn by staff & patients.
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@EricTopol
@POTUS
That sentence could cost lives by those who believe that. We were shocked to hear this, with BA275.2 looming???
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@MLS_Dave
Her Dr is letting her down too. Why is she not getting some counseling from her medical practice?
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Today’s NYT Letters to the Editor. Please share esp with those with LC. They’re being heard & soon will be heard even louder.
@LongCovidAdvoc
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@jonathanstea
@TRyanGregory
I took a college critical thinking class pre social media and it was eye opening in some ways. Now with social media, it should be a required hs or certainly college class to help people learn to be less gullible, see the harm in it and learn to recognize reliable sources.
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@EbonyJHilton_MD
@CDCgov
The admin just declared MPX a public health emergency and the CDC is to relax contact guidelines? That makes little sense in preventing disease spread.
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@JeromeAdamsMD
They wore masks while watching a presentation close together ( seen in a pic), had HEPAS running and it seemed windows open as a woman & a man pictured were in wool coats. The masks and the windows opened can be done by anyone. They took PCRs and the HEPAS aren’t as easy for all
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@crippastor
@joaquinlife
@CDCgov
I was reading Dr Walensky’s wiki bio. She said that she’s been “ crystal clear” on masks but so many aren’t wearing them or following basic mitigations. I agree about the 2nd part but I think that her messaging hasn’t been crystal clear. She told people to put them in a drawer.
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@CorsIAQ
Mine too but they only joined America when their kids came home from their schools and infected them.They’ve all been very careful until then and aren’t as much now.
#schoolsaresuperspreaders
# with major impact on society. 50 mill K-12 students in US-add teachers, staff& families
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@farid__jalali
“IHME models suggest that the number of people who have had Covid in the US may be higher than recent CDC estimates based on blood tests.The CDC said nearly 6 in 10 Americans have had the virus at least once; IHME estimates that total is closer to 76 percent of U.S. residents.”
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@NjbBari3
@ante_diluvian
You’re exactly who should be a doctor-one who cares and understands pandemics.
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@MeetJess
I tagged you, Jess, when a cardiologist thread came into my feed. He has some to add and he did CPR/AED on 2 runners who were running half marathons. They lived because of him.
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@1goodtern
I was always a little squeamish about eating cake after someone blew out their birthday candles but now I wouldn’t eat.
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@Zxander3K
@MarkWar16520311
It’s your life but know that they infect nerves & look up post herpetic pain. That’s enough reason to get Shingrix. I know a healthy 60 locally who still has 2 pox on her face since late Nov. Having had them, she’s at risk again but can’t get the vaccines until hers all go away.
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@DrTomFrieden
@NoyesJHumphrey
Someone said it best to me-the word restrictions should never have been used. Masks ( and kinds differentiated from the outset even with a shortage of good ones) should have been presented as part of good public health policy from the beginning. It’s a privilege to protect others
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Every sports facility of any type needs an AED.
Here’s a video I made breaking down my perspective as an ER Doctor on why Damar Hamlin went into sudden Cardiac Arrest
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@NateB_Panic
@TRyanGregory
Kids learn to communicate at home and are mostly potty trained there, too. The “ lockdowns,” herd immunity and the story weaving of why infections are worse has the makings really of a nursery rhyme. “ Ring around the rosy?”
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@kprather88
But who better understands the working of engineering air in buildings more than those in that field? Why is she threatened by that? It’s an A team partnership that could produce results. Has ID stopped the spread in buildings? I have much respect for them for medicine.
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@VazquezUnbrdnd
@JakeKaneMD
I’ve been volunteering half the summer in a grassroots group advocating for better ventilation in schools. We’ve been hitting a lot of resistance by them. It’s finally getting national attention but too late in the game now. I’m angry too!
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@RickABright
@ChristosArgyrop
H5N1 “spread efficiently between ferrets by direct contact? Remember Dr. Walensky softening the blow B4 Omicron & yet she cried? That didn’t stop the spread. And we’re entering a new surge in SARS-COV-2, too now? It seems time for the
@CDCDirector
to talk honestly to the public.
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@DrJRubenstein
A friend’s DIL gave birth to a perfectly formed 38 wk stillborn. All genetics were normal so it was a virus but mom to be was never sick during pregnancy. Another mom gave birth to a newborn with biliary atresia. She had Covid during first trimester. Are OB/GYN drs warning them?
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@gbosslet
@PAdvocateInfo
@AnthemBCBS
A home ventilator? The insurance company should have been grateful that the patient could be managed at home.
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@Zxander3K
@MarkWar16520311
I was a nurse, tracked medical data for research.The hygiene hypothesis has been debunked & it only applied to some bacteria, some times-never to viruses. A cold is a mild virus but not always to an 80 yo. That’s why flu can be deadly-aging immune systems can’t fight it as well.
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@watermelonpunch
@itosettiMD_MBA
The West is not welcoming sickness and death. We have citizens who aren’t educated about Covid and who have gotten mixed messages from their public health depts. Many of us understand that science evolves but many don’t so we need a good messenger of that. Lack ofLeadership.
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@lisa_iannattone
@bollyweed
@hagaroo47
@1goodtern
That’s the new line,” Don’t talk about Covid.” I didn’t go to a big bday party of a close friend. I told her husband that I don’t go in indoor with crowds now. She wasn’t offended and there were +s afterwards. She’s got a LC symptom now, too.
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@RolandBakerIII
The kids going to schools for 7 hours/day unmitigated. This is immoral and as someone else ( from CA) tweeted it violates the rights of children to be safe under the UN Charter.Their growing 🧠
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@ModelAyshaMirza
@Uber
Honestly, you were smart to be vigilant. I have stories & am grateful that I was paying attention. It was never with Uber, though. Is Lyft still the one that women recommend as safest? 🤷🏼♀️
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@KatePri14608408
I appreciate her honesty. I’m also surprised that she didn’t protect herself before this competition. I wish her well.
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@AndrewEwing11
@doctorasadkhan
Not enough experts around the world are saying this loud enough.
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@friendlycovid19
@WeRRestaurants
How about that we are sending a nation of kids back to school for indoor dining-cafeterias-just what the CDC advises against-crowded indoor spaces unmasked.
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@Zxander3K
@MarkWar16520311
No, the shingles lowered immunity. She wasn’t vaccinated against shingles & that and her senior status is why she got hit hard. She’s healthy but her immune system is still 65. All vaccines stimulate your immune system-a good thing & all viruses tax your immune system-not good.
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@MarkWKlineMD1
@maolesen
Americans are blissful because swaths of info from studies isn’t being shared with them in the MSM, only to “the choir” on Twitter. Why hasn’t the researchers and medical community spoken up loudly?
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@MeetJess
Imagine the pushback from businesses on this. Everyone leaves if the air is C-19 ladened in a restaurant? Food wasted, money lost. Better to filter the air, I think.
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@danaparish
@CDCgov
@NIH
@US_FDA
@POTUS
@WHO
The WH Covid Response team didn’t follow $129 billion that schools got for Covid & less than half used it for that.Taxpayer $$to protect children and only suggestions. It’s outrageous and immoral as schools are still superspreaders 2years into this. No HEPA campaign for schools?
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@drclairetaylor
@kprather88
@JulieW042
It’s immoral that they’re going to school with no mitigations for 7 hrs/day.
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@KatePri14608408
Chest tubes and children? It shouldn’t happen. Parents aren’t being warned. This is so wrong.
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@MMEtch1
@fitterhappierAJ
It’s grammatically correct if you know what autoimmunity is. That’s what confused you vs what he said correctly.
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@PeterHotez
@GregIacurci
@CNBC
The emphasis should be on prevention. It’s less expensive in the long run on many levels. N95’s given out, ads run as to why they’re needed-all HCW should be wearing them to prevent LC.
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@DrEricDing
@zhang_yueting
@Antonio_Caramia
Would you remind those in DC that kids immune systems are getting repeatedly hit with reinfections & secondary infections and they need air purifiers in classes/cafeterias?
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@CBSMornings
@celinegounder
Just babies and elderly? The 50 million kids K-12 + teachers, staff inadvertently bring it home to babies, elderly and others high risk. 2024 & schools still aren’t safe against these growing respiratory illnesses. 70% of community spread there, per CIDRAP.
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@GBrennanMD
@farid__jalali
And the aroma of it brewing induces happiness and contentment, I.e. addiction 😃
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@NUMBCat9
@danaparish
@CDCgov
@CDCDirector
Good point. It was a reasonable request because obviously the patient can’t mask during that oral procedure.
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@drseanmullen
Me too. I wore one in 2019 to fly before a surgery the following month that I didn’t want postponed. It’s not a hard thing to do. I think more would do it if more wore masks. People tend to follow the crowd in diff situations.
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@LeslieRasulo
@MeetJess
Did it hit MSM yet? It should to warn people about reinfections. The sin of omission if it’s known and not shared with the public?
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@kprather88
I think your aerosol info was very helpful and I learned about ocean spray etc. I was hoping to follow about climate and Covid. You seem to be a wonderfully “Twitter approachable” & generous with sharing your expertise. And you did walk a mile with a CR box-heroic! Thank you 👏⭐️
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@crippastor
@joaquinlife
@CDCgov
She could easily say that it’s time to pull them out again as the cases will go up soon. She would be effective if she clearly stated why they’ll be esp important. Not all MDs are wearing them under her watch. Why not?
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@NickPasquale2
@G_Commish
@Wendys
Who forced him to work while sick? Besides being a “Typhoid Mary” to coworkers and customers, he needs to rest to ramp down inflammation.
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@baddestmamajama
@CharlieHopper
It’s much worse when you have to beg them,” Come on, baby, let’s go back into the house. Mommy loves you.” It goes up an octave when the dog doesn’t listen.
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@fitterhappierAJ
Will you please let the
@CDCgov
and
@POTUS
know this? 50 mill K-12 US kids will be walking into XBB1.5 in a few days, right?
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@danaparish
@CDCgov
@CDCDirector
Can he go to a hospital with a residency program? Ours wear masks as does my DDS and hygienists with HEPA air purifiers in each room. They’re in oral cavities for goodness sake. Many used to mask or wear a shield to prevent debris from getting into their faces. SMH.
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@MsJulieSLam
@Delta
@envomaskusa
@TogetherWeMask
It’s like hospitals asking patients to remove their N95 to put on a surgical one.
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@DrChi_PedsMD
@NjbBari3
We’re hoping that peds drs speak out about this and the need for better ventilation in schools and buses, even if that only means cracking open the windows.
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@TRyanGregory
The lack of hope is perpetrated by public health leaders who have thrown up their hands at minimizers instead of educating them which would be less costly in human and economic costs in the long run-short run too. People are confused about the pandemic over and others masked.
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@ScholerinED
@RedCross
Great idea! I was a reg blood donor when CMV neg was important, but I’m not going into a poorly vented mobile unit when no one else is masked.
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@TRyanGregory
“ be up-to-date with boosters?” It’s been 6-7 months for high risk groups since last booster. Most people won’t bother to test, thinking it’s seasonal allergies. I understand why India had the large wave.
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@c_werth
This is the kind of journalism that earns kudos and angel wings. Is there a higher calling than helping children ( and teaching staff too). Buses need to crack some windows too.
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@TRyanGregory
Charlotte’s Thanksgiving shoot. She’s a therapy dog so she’s easy to pose. She’s got the “ let’s get on with this look” here.
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@DrEricDing
@CDCgov
@CDCDirector
That’s patronizing to me,” One need not wait…” Many in the public/world look to the CDC for guidance.
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@CDCDirector
So the CDC is now saying that SARS-CoV-2 is no more dangerous than the flu? It’s another common respiratory viral illness & not vasculopathic as NIH has said? Grandparents & grandchildren can interact now when the kids are positive? Twitter is elated with this-antivax & anti-mask
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@SolNataMD
@farid__jalali
Wow,doesn’t the flu shot protect against H1N1 now? I agree that anyone working in healthcare should be vaxxed and masked.A friend’s elderly mom went to an ALF to recuperate from a surgery. She and a few other patients were infected by their same caregiver. This is basic decency!
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