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Hey everyone!

Due to life & also the fact that I’m currently working in the ER, episode 5 of our #COVID19 educational series 🖍️ & 🥃 will be delayed.

BUT this is a great opportunity to catch up on previous threads covering:

1. Transmission
2 & 3. Testing
4. Pathophysiology
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Craig Spencer MD MPH
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When I wrote these words, I didn’t know if anyone would read them. I certainly didn’t think this would happen.

I wrote them for my patients, my colleagues & myself.

Please watch this. Please share this.

This has been our reality. We can’t go back here.

Thanks so much to @IsabeauD_ & the entire team at @ajplus, especially @katmhayes, @jonlaurence, Momin Bannani, @HassanManasarh, Mohammed Kakhi, Eslam Amin & Hamza Tebai, Nanako Pierce.

This was a massive project. And I’m so grateful you were willing to share our story.

🙏❤️🙏
P.S. #ItsOkaytoCry.

Everytime I watch it.
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Craig Spencer MD MPH
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Emerging from a Twitter vacation to find a lot of talk about #COVID19 deaths.

As someone who has sadly witnessed too many #COVID19 deaths firsthand, I want to share some quick thoughts on this...

THREAD...

foxnews.com/politics/birx-…
It seems like there’s discord about whether everyone who dies WITH #COVID19 should be classified as a #COVID19 death.

What I’ve observed:

If you were healthy at baseline (no diabetes, cancer, etc) AND had #COVID19 and then died...it was almost certainly from #COVID19.
Alternatively, if you had underlying health issues AND #COVID19 and subsequently died...the virus undoubtedly played a role in the overwhelming majority of those deaths.

The sad reality is our #COVID19 death toll may actually be an UNDERCOUNT - not an overcount at all!
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🖍️ & 🥃 Episode 4: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

Today we tackle 'pathophysiology', or the abnormal changes that occur in the body due to #COVID19.

If you're looking for information on #COVID19 testing or transmission, check 👇or my Twitter page.

Otherwise, let's go!
bit.ly/35uROzj
So the first question is: What is this coronavirus?

The scientific name of the virus is SARS-CoV-2.

It belongs to the coronavirus family which includes viruses that cause MERS, SARS, and the common cold. This particular coronavirus spreads primarily via droplets and surfaces.
After the virus gets into our system via our nose, eyes, or mouth, it attaches to a receptor in the nasal passages & throat.

Here the virus uses 'spike proteins' to inject its genetic material into a host cell.

And then it takes over! AMAZING explainer👇
nyti.ms/3c03vAi
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