While I have been tweeting a lot about the pandemic, vaccines and the virus, I am getting more and more (very funny!) comments about my hair. So, here is a decidedly unserious response. This is how I’m used to my hair looking. (1/12)
It wasn’t always this way. I’ve gone for a more clean cut look after med school. (2/12)
In the beginning of the pandemic, I even tried cutting it myself. (3/12)
Then @andersoncooper showed me what happened to his hair when he tried the same thing. And, it scared me off. (4/12)
But over the course of this pandemic, it’s admittedly gotten a little wild. (5/12)
@jaketapper says it looks like I just rolled out of a @davematthewsbnd concert, and that he likes it. But I think he’s just being nice. (8/12)
@RobinMeade even considered starting a GoFundMe page to get my hair cut. (9/12)
@JohnBerman said his wife thought “my hair was awesome,” but strangely he didn’t offer up his own opinion. Though, get a load of his non-anchor man hair! (10/12)
And whenever I do @donlemon‘s show he always just laughs. With me or at me - I am not entirely sure. (11/12)
While I could safely get a haircut, my wife recently chimed in. She says she likes it! For now... My three tween and teen girls are fickle. One day they love it. The next day: “ooh dad… no” (12/12)
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With Pfizer’s vaccine being granted authorization in the UK and the prospect of a Covid-19 vaccine EUA here in the US, I wanted to take a moment to answer some of the most common questions surrounding these vaccines. (1/16)
“Why is it so tricky to distribute these vaccines?” It’s in large part because the two vaccines currently under EUA review have to be stored at super cold temperatures. (2/16)
Pfizer's vaccine needs the coldest storage at -70C; -94F and that is unavailable in most places. Pfizer has even designed special “thermal shippers” to help transport its vaccine. (3/16)
We’ve reached another sad milestone in this pandemic.
The US has surpassed a record of more than 60k Covid-19 hospitalizations for the 2nd consecutive day. (1/12)
But there is some glimmer of hope - a smaller percentage of people are dying now from Covid-19 than in the spring. (2/12) cnn.com/videos/health/…
One study of the @nyulangone health system found that in the spring, 25.6% of hospitalized Covid-19 patients wound up dying. By the summer, that rate had dropped by more than 2/3rds to 7.6%. (3/12) journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/artic…
I want to take a moment to explain the big vaccine news today. #Pfizer is reporting early data showing their vaccine is “more than 90%” effective in preventing COVID-19. I spoke with #Pfizer’s CEO @AlbertBourla today, as the news broke early this morning (1/10)
Remember – this is an early read from a group of independent experts, not #Pfizer itself. Who are these experts? They’re known as the data safety monitoring board. (2/10) cnn.com/videos/health/…
What we know: out of nearly 44,000 trial participants, 94 were infected during the trial period. Here is the key finding: more than 90% of the infected cases occurred in the placebo group. Fewer than 10% of the infections occurred among those who had received the vaccine. (3/10)
DAY #4 President Trump hospitalization. There's still a number of unanswered questions about the president's health. Here's what Trump's doctors have told us so far. (1/20) cnn.com/2020/10/03/pol…
Dr. Sean Conley read a prepared statement Saturday morning saying Trump was diagnosed 72 hours ago, meaning Wednesday morning. Dr. Conley later changed the timeline to say the diagnosis was Thursday night. (2/20)
So, the timeline is still unclear, but we also don’t know the last time the president had a negative test. This is a critical detail. It allows the contact tracing of people he may have infected - and gives a clearer picture of where he is in his own disease course. (3/20)
After announcing a positive Covid-19 test early Friday morning, President Trump ended the day at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where we are told he’ll remain for “the next few days.” (1/12)
The White House said this was being done out of an “abundance of caution.” We know, however, that he developed progressive symptoms over the day, including a fever and fatigue. Mild symptoms can turn severe quickly, especially in a vulnerable individual. (2/12)
Take the case of Boris Johnson, UK’s Prime Minister. He was diagnosed with Covid-19 back in April. He also only reported mild symptoms at first, but more than a week later was hospitalized, including three nights in the ICU.(3/12)
Most people on the planet want a vaccine right now and we got some news this week that the process is speeding along. Getting a vaccine approved (or authorized) quickly will be critical, but how fast is too fast? Let’s take a look.(1/20) cnn.com/2020/09/13/hea…
Remember EUA - stands for Emergency Use Authorization - and permits the FDA to allow the use of unapproved drugs and products to manage a public health emergency. These terms are important. These products would be “authorized” but not yet “approved.”(2/20) fda.gov/emergency-prep…
For this pandemic - hundreds of EUAs have been issued for diagnostic tests but just two are currently being used for therapeutics - the antiviral remdesivir and convalescent plasma - donated antibodies from Covid-19 survivors. (3/20)