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14 Nov, 6 tweets, 2 min read
The perception that male surgeons are more “competent” than female surgeons is so common that even I have wondered in the past if there was any truth to it.

So here is a thread comparing physicians of the two genders. 1/5
This sizable & well conducted retrospective study found slightly better surgical outcomes (4%) when the surgeon was female.

At the very least, this should clarify that women surgeons are no less competent than their male counterparts. 2/5

bmj.com/content/359/bm…
This study found fewer deaths (NNT 230) & readmissions in elderly hospitalized patients treated by female internists (compared with males).

At the very least, this should clarify that care by a female internist is no less than that by a male. 3/5

jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…
This study found that patients with female family physicians were more likely to receive recommended cancer screening, diabetes management, and to have fewer ER visits & hospitalizations. 4/5

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26765146/
So if you live in a world where women are inferior to men in the field of medicine, time to let go of your biases. In the real world, women are just as competent as men, IF NOT BETTER, as the evidence suggests. ✊🏼 5/5

#WomenInMedicine
time.com/4975232/women-…

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18 Sep
A Pakistani Sunni mob harassed 3 Ahmadi Muslims at a “love for all” stall in Derby (UK) today. When requested to stop curses & threats, they replied:

“Our prophet taught us to stop anyone attacking our religion.”

UK authorities should take this extremism very seriously. 1/3
Ahmadi Muslims regularly hold conferences/seminars to clarify the teachings of Islam to western audiences. To characterize these as “an attack on religion” & harass/threaten Ahmadis should not be allowed in the West. Hundreds of Ahmadis have lost lives to such extremism. 2/3
This is the ringleader of the Sunni extremist mob. At a time when Muslims are wrongly stereotyped as extremist, all Muslims must come together & call out bad apples like these that give us all a bad name. 3/3

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21 Apr
Great points. Lets have a public discourse on this. I think you misunderstand me.

1. - I believe homeopathy works but I remain a skeptic on many levels. I can’t prove it works & my mind seeks rationality & objective truths & so I crave scientific research in this field.
2. I disagree that being skeptical of homeopathy makes one a lesser Ahmadi. Such judgments are far more dangerous than expressing skepticism. I don’t expect this from you Tahir Bhai. The biggest skeptic I know of homeopathy was my role model the 4th caliph (ra).
3. Problem is some “weak-minded” Ahmadis, to borrow your language, trust homeopathy blindly, when 10 homeopaths would give you 10 different medication for same ailment. Such blind trust, at the expense of ignoring standard care, has proven fatal more than once.
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24 Mar 20
3/23 UPDATE: ALARMING speed of rise in # of #COVID19 cases in the US. Some of this could be due to increased testing, but even if we account for this, the actual # out in the community is far more than this graph shows. This is a huge disaster in the making. 1/4
When I first compared data of the two countries (03/13), we were 10 days behind Italy. Today, we are just 3 days behind. With this speed, we're looking at crossing Italy in ~ 2-3 days. We are failing at "flattening the curve," & I worry for what is to come in the coming days. 2/4
MORTALITY DATA: We are 13 days behind Italy. With case load increasing at the current rate in the US, our healthcare resources will soon be tested to their max (already are in some parts of the country). This is why it is imp to support hospitals NOW. There is no time. 3/4
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16 Mar 20
I just superimposed Italy's #COVID19 case data onto ours here in the US. Take a look at this closely. We are following the EXACT SAME trajectory as Italy, just 10 days behind. 1/3
Italy instituted a lockdown on 03/09. For the US, this would be Thursday 03/19. However, Italy found out this was too late to effectively #FlattenTheCurve. If we are to change our path & dampen the effect of this crisis in the coming days, we might have to lockdown earlier. 2/3
In the absence of such a measure from the federal government, I urge all of you to not go out and stay indoors please. Remember, ~ 400 deaths in Italy today. We don't want to be there next week. #SocialDistancing TODAY will help save lives TOMORROW. 3/3 #CoronaOutbreak
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15 Mar 20
"I am young & healthy, why should I stay isolated?" Here is your answer.

Thread 👇
Fig 1: In Italy (green), authorities only tested patients with symptoms & most were elderly folks.

In South Korea (red), broader testing identified MANY 20-29 year olds who were infected with COVID-19 and silently transmitting it to others.
S.Korea identified these silent transmitters & quarantined them in time to prevent the spread of the virus.

On the other hand, Italy, in the initial stages of the spread, did not push for social isolation of the young & symptomatic.
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27 Aug 19
Looking at various economic indicators comparing India vs Pakistan over last 6 decades.

1. Pakistan & India had same amount of exports in the 1960s. But then the lines diverge quickly. The gap today is huge.
2. Foreign Exchange Reserves: The two countries also had similar foreign exchange reserves till the 1970s. But then, India just took off. No comparison today.
3. Inflation: Pakistan's Rupee was stronger than India's in the 1960s. Now India's is almost twice as strong.
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