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Lancelot Pinto

5 May, 10 tweets, 10 min read

@SachinKalbag

Thank you, @SachinKalbag @RupsaChak @htTweets for helping spread awareness, it is truly the need of the hour! Here’s a thread for those who want a deeper dive 1/n

https://twitter.com/lancelot_pinto/status/1387864333477056513

Inhaled steroids (not oral or intravenous) may have a role in the first week of the disease, especially in high-risk individuals, and those who have a cough. See thread for details 2/n

https://twitter.com/lancelot_pinto/status/1387864333477056513

https://twitter.com/lancelot_pinto/status/1286001518814978049

What about Favipiravir? These were my thoughts when the trial results were announced last year 3/n

https://twitter.com/lancelot_pinto/status/1286001518814978049

@PriyankaPulla

And this is an excellent article @PriyankaPulla about the same @thewire_in @TheWireScience science.thewire.in/the-sciences/f… 4/n

@smitharnair

@smitharnair and I spoke about Remdesivir and why it isn’t the life-saving drug it is thought to be @scroll_in scroll.in/article/992553… 5/n

What about Ivermectin? This might help ndtv.com/world-news/wor… 6/n

@PriyankaPulla

Plasma? I spoke with @PriyankaPulla for her article @bmj_latest highlighting the lacunae in the guidelines bmj.com/content/372/bm… 7/n

@aditimurti

So why are these drugs being prescribed? @aditimurti @TheSwaddle spoke with us doctors to try and understand what the motivating forces were theswaddle.com/remdesivir-pla… 8/n

@paimadhu

To help clinicians make sound evidence-based choices, we created this tip-sheet with the team lead by @paimadhu @zchagla @PSampathkumarMD and others. Can be accessed in multiple languages at indiacovidsos.org n/n

@vishalgondal

@vishalgondal @ShekharGupta @RajivMakhni @fayedsouza @FaheemYounus @spkalantri @cspramesh @netshrink @AnantBhan @nebuer42 @profmohanan @anup_malani @DoctorNene @ArvinderSoin @MissMalini @Chaiti @virenrasquinha

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Lancelot Pinto

@lancelot_pinto

1 May

I’ve often been asked about whether/when one should take the second dose of the vaccine when one gets infected after the first dose. Here is my understanding of the literature 1/n

A second dose is advisable even after infection because the immune boost provided by natural infection is variable, while that provided with vaccination is robust. Also, the proof of 2-dose vaccination might become an important document to have. 2/n

Some individuals have an asymptomatic infection when they get vaccinated and some will choose to receive the vaccine despite being mildly symptomatic.There do not appear to be any safety concerns yet, and “taking the second dose too soon after infection” may not be problematic3/n

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Lancelot Pinto

@lancelot_pinto

6 Jun 20

1/4 Saw this at Bandstand today. As a chest physician, this made me very happy! Pigeons are responsible for an interstitial lung disease (ILD) called hypersensitivity pneumonitis or extrinsic allergic alveolitis.

2/4 Most chest physicians and radiologists in the city will tell you how the number of patients with the disease has consistently increased over the years, paralleling the increase in the pigeon population of the city.