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I had Ebola and was treated with convalescent plasma. It was before we had good data on it. And it actually made me worse.

Convalescent plasma has an incredible history & works for many diseases.

But it didn’t for Ebola. And might not for Covid.

Only good science can tell us.
For an excellent analysis of what today’s @US_FDA announcement on convalescent plasma actually means, read this excellent thread by @celinegounder and check out the episode of @EPIDEMICpodcast where she talks about convalescent plasma for #COVID19 (linked in the thread)...
This post from @DrTomFrieden asks the questions we need to know before we label convalescent plasma a “major therapeutic breakthrough” for #COVID19.
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COVID19 disinformation is everywhere. And it's undermining our response in the US.

Below I tackle some of the most commonly mischaracterized things about #COVID19.

These are the facts. So get it on your aunt's Facebook wall or print it out and put it in the break-room!

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𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐏𝐄 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐒:

Months into the pandemic, providers are still reusing single-use items, including gowns & masks.

We need more PPE to keep us safe. Too many of our healthcare providers have been infected & died.

h/t @DrTomFrieden
𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡:

Our testing has ramped up from a dismal & delayed start.

Are we finally doing more testing than most other countries? Yes.

The problem is we have much wider community spread. Which means we need way more testing. Like, WAY more! https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-test
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Im getting a lot of Ebola flashbacks with #COVID19.

As many of you know, I worked as a doctor in West Africa during the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak. I was infected but lucky to have survived the disease myself.

So much of what I’m seeing now has parallels to what we saw then. 🧵👇
With Ebola, one of the earliest challenges was testing. There just wasn’t enough.

People would get tested and it could be days before we got a result back.

The whole time people were quarantined, sometimes with people who ultimately tested positive.

We needed faster testing.
Now we are seeing similar delays for #COVID19 testing all across the US.

Lots of people are reporting getting tested over a week ago and still not having results.

To be helpful in ending this outbreak, testing results must come back quicker. We absolutely need to do better.
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We are facing two simultaneous and unprecedented threats to public health.

One is #COVID19.

The other is the President of the United States...

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We all know why #COVID19 is a huge threat.

But the president!? That’s excessive, no?!

No. Not at all.

Because at every step he has failed to respond and take this pandemic seriously.

He has actively undermined public health and taken zero accountability for his failures.
If you don’t know me, I’ve been calling this administration’s response an abject failure for some time.

But why should my opinion matter?

I’m an ER doc that treated 100s of COVID patients in NYC. I work in epidemic response, including Ebola. And I’m a public health professor.
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