Rachel Alter, MD MPH
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@ColgateUniv '13 @ColumbiaMSPH '18. @TAUMedFaculty '23. Infectious disease nerd. I will fight your medical misinformation. Defender of Oxford commas. 💉💉💪🏻
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Just want to say House is the reason I'm in med school. Really. Current workstation
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Oh my god it happened there was a medical emergency on my flight
I've had my MD for 4 days
Thank god half the passengers from Israel to New York are also doctors and another more seasoned one stood up because when I tell you my life flashed before my eyes
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OMG GUYS ALL YOU WANTED WAS TO GET BACK TO LIFE AS USUAL AND YOU WONT WEAR MASKS AND YOU WON'T GET THE VACCINE WHAT DO YOU WANT
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Guys unless it's pneumonia or dengue fever I don't know what to do with it
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COCKROACH IN PATIENT'S EAR
WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN REMOVING
NEEDS TRANSFER FOR ENT
WORST NIGHTMARE LIVED
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Replace calculus with basic epidemiology as a pre-medical requirement
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I go to med school in Israel. We have what may be considered "a lot" of Holocaust survivors here. I've met a few at the hospital. Every one of them was grateful for their vaccines.
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And since people are asking, the guy was okay! I don't know what the problem was bc I didn't get up but those who went to help were with him a few minutes and then went back to their seats and there were no issues the rest of the flight 😅
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Learned this super nifty trick for finding difficult veins today 🤯
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Lord grant me the confidence of an ophthalmologist without a board certification trying to tell the most heavily cited infectious disease doctor in the country that he's wrong about infectious disease
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Vaccines don't
- cause autism
- cause autoimmune disorders
- contain toxins
Vaccines are
- the most heavily safety tested biologic available
- the most effective way to prevent many diseases
I'm not busting my ass in med school because I want to hurt you.
#DoctorsSpeakUp
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Who else here still writes in cursive or semi-cursive? We're a dying breed.
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Mr. Wakefield, you are the worst thing to happen to public health since the bubonic plague.
Maybe worse, since at least that wasn't intentional.
Happy Retraction Day!
#VaccinesWork
#VaccinesSaveLives
#publichealth
#medtwitter
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@StevenSalzberg1
As someone who studies vaccine hesitancy I can tell you right now this is a BAD IDEA. The public is already on the fence about this one. What if something does go wrong? Do you know the damage that would cost all vaccines? No no no. Follow the correct protocol. No short cuts.
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Haven't we been over this ad nauseam?
Childhood Vaccines
1983 = 10 vaccines
2013 = 32 vaccines
2022 = 74 vaccines
Autism Rates
1983 = 1 in 10,000
2013 = 1 in 88
2022 = 1 in 36
2025… estimates 1 in 2
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Dr. Fauci's horrendous first pitch at the Washington Nationals game proves exactly what we already knew: he is our country's top nerd 😍
Never change, Doctor.
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Copied from a friend. I don't know who needs to see this, but
#Plandemic
is a bunch of BS. For many reasons. Let's stick with science.
#EvidenceBasedMedicine
#Covid19
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Guys this wasn't actually intended to be a haiku. If I'd wanted it to be a haiku, I'd write
COCKROACH IN HER EAR
UNSUCCESSFUL REMOVAL
NEW NIGHTMARE UNLOCKED
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Idk I just find it pretty hilarious that the people who are complaining about wearing masks aren't the ones working 10 hour shifts in the grocery stores but the ones shopping in those stores for like 45 minutes.
#WearADamnMask
#MaskUp
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I'm in my third year of medical school and i still don't know the difference between a sprain and a strain
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Did you guys know Staples is laminating these guys for free?
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For the record, Dr. Fauci has never been registered to either party. But it says a lot that he thinks Dr. Fauci must be a Democrat because he believes in science.
And it's Dr. Fauci, not Anthony.
#Debates2020
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You guys realize a 99% survival rate is still 3 million people in this country alone not surviving right?
Besides, it's higher than that in the US.
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So who's excited to get their 12-15 kids vaccinated?????
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This is a great graphic. Even if you get the vaccine, you are not out of the woods immediately. Please be safe!
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I want to underscore what President-Elect Biden said today: "We will adjust to new data as it comes in."
This is such an important principle in science. We don't always have the answers, and we make mistakes. But as we learn, we must adjust accordingly. It's how we grow.
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Omg I've had-- 30???-- flu shots in my life?? How am I even alive???
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@laurenboebert
What about a bill to prosecute those involved in giving away Nancy Pelosi's location to Insurrectionists?
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I don’t know who needs to hear this- but automatically doing the opposite of what scientists tell you isn’t “thinking for yourself.”
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How are people really okay with 1 out of every 100 people they know dying?
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@austinruse
@STurdferguson
@TheAtlantic
@JohnGHendy
You must be a very little, insecure man to have the gall to make fun of someone's stutter. He was the Vice President for 8 years and is now the Democratic nominee for President. What have you done lately?
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The first surge was a learning experience.
The second is inexcusable.
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It's almost as if they don't teach basic epidemiology in art school
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Believing in Q anon should be a disqualifier for holding a government position like being an antivaxxer should be a disqualifier for working in healthcare like being a flat earther should be a disqualifier for being a pilot
🤷🏻♀️
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Imagine blaming a clear blunt trauma injury on a vaccine
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"If Dr. Fauci and the scientists tell me to take [the vaccine], I will take it."
This is the correct response.
#VPDebate
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And what about Ron DeSantis, Rand? What about Greg Abbott?
Or is it all a petty political game to you?
Don't answer that. We know what you did when you were infected.
You are undeserving of the title MD.
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Today is the 41st anniversary of the official eradication of smallpox. So thankful for scientists, epidemiologists, doctors, and whoever else was involved in leading the most successful eradication effort ever. Let's do it again.
#ThisIsOurShot
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Anyone who compares vaccine mandates to the Holocaust will be promptly blocked.
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What antivax trope triggers you most? For me, it's that doctors don't learn about vaccines in med school, or that since we can't recite every ingredient, we must not be qualified to give them. I didn't sit through hours of biochemsitry, immunology, physiology, etc... for nothing!
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Hello hi excuse me but WHY IS THORACIC ENDOMETRIOSIS A THING
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Scrub pants without pockets should be illegal
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@catturd2
@GavinNewsom
It seems you are not familiar with Jacobson v Massachusetts 1905, which gives public health preference over individual rights in a public health crisis
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Raise your hand if you've proudly been
#BlockedByGu
without any interaction with him whatsoever
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Science bless Joe Biden
I can't wait for the next 4 years
💉🧠🦠🫁🔬👩🏻🔬🏿🔬👩🏼⚕️👨🏽⚕️🌡️
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Another reminder that if Claudia Conway hadn't posted about Kellyanne on TikTok, we would not know about Kellyanne's condition-- an abuse of the transparency this country is owed.
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@Cleavon_MD
@SpeakerPelosi
@FBI
Wow imagine purposely publicly admitting to commiting a federal crime
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Don't hear about people who regret being vaccinated too often, do we?
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Deep breath. Okay.
I spend a lot of time in the anti-vaccine echo chamber monitoring for when this kind of thing happens.
They are ALREADY starting to encourage UV/ozone/chlorine dioxide therapy.
The press needs to stop airing Trump's pressers. He's going to kill someone.
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SSRIs are the reason I only take one nap a day. Don't listen to internet billionaires who confuse wealth with knowledge. Keep taking your SSRIs as your doctor recommends, and know that SSRIs are incredibly effective and accessible. Talk to your doctor if you are depressed.
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A year younger than me
Do not say this can't happen to young people. It does.
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**Being vaccinated is not a reward, and not being vaccinated is not a punishment**
It helps nobody to frame vaccines as anything but public health tools to prevent the spread of disease.
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@janemarielynch
You, uh, know who Dr. Gunter is, right? She laid out pretty clear evidence for having read the book, and Marianne is known for her grift among the medical folk.
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It's almost like we should leave science to the scientists
And also
VOTE SCIENTISTS INTO CONGRESS
Don’t play these hydroxychloroquine games with Dr. Fauci
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If you are a medical student who refuses to wear a mask, you are a waste of space and don't deserve your education
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I feel so privileged to have received my first dose of
@moderna_tx
. I would've had my 2nd today, the 11th anniversary of Retraction Day, if not for the snow. Now more than ever, we need to remember
#VaccinesSaveLives
. Happy Retraction Day, everyone.
#ThisIsOurShot
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I'm going to pre-empt anti-vaccine rally cries.
On the
#CNNTownHall
, Dr. Fauci just suggested a vaccine could cause deleterious effects-- including immune enhancement-- if it's rushed.
He is NOT admitting vaccines are dangerous. What he is saying is exactly what we all say:
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I'm standing in line for my flu shot behind a girl who's so nervous to get her covid shot bc she doesn't like needles and she's so scared she can't even give her birthday so her dad did and I heard the date and she turned 12 one week ago and is already getting it like a champ
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wait so we're asking teachers to sacrifice themselves to gun violence /and/ a pandemic?
that doesn't seem like what they signed up for
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No such thing as a "covid centrist." There is evidence-based policy and the rest.
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Hey
@Twitter
There's some really gnarly medical misinformation floating around-- the kind that can get people killed-- and it needs to be reported stat. How about adding an option to "report as medical misinformation?"
Thanks
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For the record, I absolutely do not endorse violence against anyone, including Palestinians. It's really really shitty what's going on.
I am also allowed to be afraid of rockets coming my way in Tel Aviv.
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If you were gonna remove the mRNA from your body, how would you do it?
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Tell me I'm not the only one who's cancelled so many travel plans in the last two years because of this effing virus. I need to hear it.
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Trying to get ahead of the curve here... It is quite possible a covid vaccine-- including Pfizer's-- will make you feel icky for a few days after you take it.
THAT IS NORMAL.
It is just your immune system doing what it is meant to do: activate.
It is not giving you covid.
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This is one of the most beautiful exchanges with an
#antivaxxer
I've ever seen. Dunning Kruger at its finest.
#antivaxlogic
#scicomm
#sciencematters
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Looking forward to renewing our friendship with the
@WHO
!! Whew that was a close one, guys 💉💉💉🍾🍾
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@benshapiro
"I reject the proud boys and all white supremacy and white supremacist organizations."
There. I did it. Let's see the president now.
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Can we take a moment to reiterate the importance of checking your facts and not being afraid to say, "I don't know," instead of making up lies or going off unverified assumptions?
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Reporter: Given the new administration's strive for transparency, is there anything you want to amend or correct that you've said over the last 10 or 12 months?
Fauci: Well, no, I always told it straight. That's why I got in trouble sometimes.
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YOU HEARD THE MAN! RUB THAT GRILLED CHICKEN ON YOUR PURULENT ABSCESS, STAT.
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You know what
I'm gonna poke the bear
Doctors are medical providers.
🤯
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@mikedohertynj
Hey there
NJ born and raised. Also a public health professional and a medical student.
I wholly support
@GovMurphy
for his responsible covid policies.
Last I checked, it was also mandatory to wear pants in public.
Don't kill my grandma please.
#MaskUpNJ
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I don't know who needs the reminder but Plandemic is a piece of absolute nonsense and has been debunked repeatedly by the scientific and medical communities. Stop giving air time to antivaxxers (yes, they are the ones promulgating this dumb theory).
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Another PSA
You could be exposed on Monday and test negative on Tuesday and test negative on Wednesday and test positive on Thursday
Just because you test negative once doesn't mean you *are* negative. It's all about timing. Quarantine and get tested often if exposed.
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As medical students were supposed to get 6-8 hours of sleep a night
That's right, -2 hours a night
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It *is* common decency to get covid tested if you think you've been exposed, and to wear a mask regardless.
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Today I learned it's a HIPAA violation to look at *your own* medical record at a hospital where you've been admitted before????? Explain.
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Briefly returning from my Twitter exodus to emphasize that
1. There is absolutely no Ebola at Burning Man
2. Ebola isn't easy to catch and must be transmitted frm a symptomatic person thru body fluids. Anyone in the US who has symptomatic Ebola wld be under strict quarantine.
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Honestly just don't have kids if you can't afford to fly them to Cancun the morning after they ask if they can go, during a pandemic when you're Senator of a state with no power
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Weird how so many surgeons and construction workers and dentists have been fine in masks forever
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