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Last night the CEO of @BCBSM (Blue Cross Blue Shield) took over my TV screen in an ad to tell me about all they're doing re: #COVID19.

He didn't answer a few other questions I have about helping hospitals and low-income ppl in MI as this #CoronavirusPandemic rages:

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1) @BCBSM (Blue Cross Blue Shield): Hospitals rely on you to reimburse services they provide. They can't do elective surgeries that keep them afloat.

How are you helping them stay open through the #CoronavirusPandemic? Will you keep them open?

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2) @BCBSM (Blue Cross Blue Shield): how are you supporting low-income ppl who AREN'T suffering #COVIDー19 but ARE struggling with the other diseases humans get, like diabetes, heart disease, or cancer and lost insurance right now?

Will you extend their coverage?

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3) @BCBSM (Blue Cross Blue Shield): how are you supporting folks who've lost jobs to #COVID but still have HIGH DEDUCTIBLE plans and are afraid to see the doctor because they can't pay the deductible? What are you doing for them?

Will you eliminate their deductible?

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4) @BCBSM (Blue Cross Blue Shield): Tell me about the hourly janitors you contract to clean your properties.

Are you paying them full wages even while they can't work because of #COVID? Or are you leaving them to go w/o work (or insurance)?

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5) @BCBSM (Blue Cross Blue Shield): How are you changing billing to facilitate care for seniors on advantage plans who can't leave their homes right now for #COVIDー19?

Can you reassure them they won't fall into the bureaucratic hell that is haggling w/ insurance?

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6) @BCBSM (Blue Cross Blue Shield): How much have you donated to lobbying, electioneering, or swaying public opinion against #MedicareforAll or #SinglePayer healthcare which would have ANSWERED all of my questions above?

Will you pledge to support it after #COVID?

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7) To the CEO of @BCBSM: How much of the $19,200,000 you made last year are you donating to people affected by #COVID19? People are literally losing their livelihoods--you won't.

Can you pledge to give all but $400,000 (that's still >2x what the CMS administrator makes)?

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Abdul El-Sayed
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THREAD on what’s wrong w/ #testkits right now:

A friend had a patient w/ chills/cough, plausibly w #Covid_19, but w/o known exposure.

He requested a #coronavirus test. He was denied.

Then he tried an X-ray to rule out pneumonia, but he was denied for possible #COVID

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So this poor guy can’t get a #Covid test because he had no travel history or known exposure to #coronavirus.

And he couldn’t have pneumonia ruled out because a doc thinks he might have #Covid_19.

He’s caught in a testing catch-22

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The OBVIOUS first issue is that we STILL don’t have enough #testingkits otherwise this guy would get one.

But there’s a second issue: we’re not using them correctly either.

In medicine/public health you never run a test that won’t change your management.

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Abdul El-Sayed
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This graph is CHILLING. Let me explain:

It shows the number of #COVID cases by age in S. Korea (red) vis Italy (green). And there are WAY more young cases in S. Korea.

Why? NOT because younger ppl get it in S. Korea. But because S. Korea TESTS young ppl.

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In Italy (like the US), they're only testing ppl w/ symptoms. And the ppl who show symptoms w/ #COVID19 are older and sicker. That's why their numbers are skewed by age.

But in S. Korea, they're testing everyone, meaning their catching the young, asymptomatic cases, too.

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So remember the pics of all those kids partying this weekend? Well, they think they're not going to get the #Coronavirus. That's not true, they're just not going to get SYMPTOMS of #Covid_19. But this graph shows that they might still get it--and unknowingly pass it on.

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Abdul El-Sayed
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I keep hearing #herdimmunity is going to solve #COVID. Here's why IT WON'T WORK:

First, a primer on what "herd immunity" is:

Getting an infectious illness requires contacting people who are infected. If ppl are immune, they can't carry the virus.

SO...

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The more people who are immune in a "herd", the less likely anyone in the herd is to contact anyone who is infected--the less the disease spreads.

You're protected by the immunity of ppl around you.

Herd immunity is a key reason why vaccines are so powerful.

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But there is no #COVIDー19 vaccine. And the only way to obtain herd immunity is for ppl to GET THE DISEASE.

Ppl telling us that the solution is "herd immunity" are literally saying that we should encourage more people to get sick.

That's CRAZYTOWN for three reasons:

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Hanson Hu (胡海川)
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Left Bangalore last night and just landed in Shanghai today afternoon. I am surprised by how Pudong Airport and this metro city has been running, under the #COVIDー19 challenge. Here are some of my observations:

Key words: Color card, QR code, Self-protection.
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 My flight from Singapore to Shanghai is 80% Chinese passengers. It's easy to identify Chinese from other nationals because they do self-protection in the next level:

100% wear masks(so are other nationals), 10-20% wear goggles, 5% wear protective clothing, some even gloves..
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 After landing in Shanghai, passengers took turns to get out of the plane, which took 2+ hours. India is not among the 24 serious countries so I was in second batch. Passengers came from London is the highest risk so last batch. A passenger lived with a patient was separated.
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巴丢草 Badiucao
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landed in Melbourne
sore throat，sneezing and coughing on place
not sure fever
passengers from Italy sits right beside me…
the whole plan has coughing sound through the flight
I am doing the right thing to report myself to a airport medic now
I will do a test of #COVIDー19
2/ taken to a room for temperature test no fever
went through a question list 4 symptom history，if i met anyone from high risk country China italy
i told them i was in Prague 4 film festival & met many people around world.
but seems they are about letting me go.
3/ airport medicals are calling authority to ask about my measurement，go home or stay for test maybe…
seems phones got difficulty to go through…
personally i wish to stay and have test asap.
but i need to respect their decision.
#COVID2019
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ted laking
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Thread. So there are plenty of examples that have been tweeted today that suggest what the government claims about their enhanced screening measures is incorrect. 1/

#COVIDー19 #cdnpoli
For example, a national columnist, who went through screening this evening, and was only faced with a computer kiosk that asks one question and was then waved through. 2/

Or this reporter who was only asked if they had travelled to Italy, China, or Iran. No questions about symptoms or if they had even been around anyone with COVID or symptoms. 3/

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Laurel Chor
@laurelchor
As a Hong Konger, I continue to be baffled by the public response in Europe. Though most are concerned, many are still acting like it's nbd. HK was in the news because of #COVIDー19 a month ago. There are travel advisories against HK. Peopled abroad asked me about it. 1/
There are STILL only ~130 cases in Hong Kong. There are now 798 cases in the UK & ppl are still out & about as if nothing is wrong. When I was in Milan (at a time when there were 3,000 cases), I was shocked at the lack of concern, including from police & health workers. 2/
When I was in Milan, I didn't understand how relaxed people were, and I felt like I was the crazy one. I kept trying to convey my disbelief and the severity of the situation to my colleagues, and how worried it made me for Italy – and Europe. 3/
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Ali
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Day 8 of aggregating information on what goes on with #COVIDー19 in Iran.

Picking up from yesterday:

As stated before:

Finally authorities are putting Mazandaran province on quarantine: only fuel and food trucks are allowed. This late, its effectiveness will be limited.

The same authorities have had argued for quarantine to be "non-scientific" and "from middle ages".

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Nicholas Fouriezos
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Last September, I called Tara McGowan "The Democrats' Most Dangerous Digital Strategist." I did so because I thought her non-profit tech model could upend politics as we know it.

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