4/ This is also why the US spends more than any other country per capita on health care, but has worse outcomes than other high-income countries. commonwealthfund.org/publications/i…
6/ Community health workers:
🔹have the trust of the community
🔹build greater trust between the community and the public health system
🔹are an excellent return on investment
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8/ We need to imagine bigger.
My latest reading was focused on how to get there:
Imaginable by @avantgame
Curious by @mrianleslie
The Optimist's Telescope by @binajv
Contagious by @j1berger
Where's My Flying Car by J. Storrs Hall
Wonder by Frank C. Keil
Humankind by @rcbregman
9/ For example, imagine 🤔 this:
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11/ I am fighting hard to stay optimistic
because "only optimists change the world."
- @AlecJRoss, "The Raging 2020s"
But meanwhile, I worry about the upcoming SCOTUS decision on West Virginia v EPA: cnn.com/2022/02/26/pol…
At stake?
Regulatory authority of ALL federal agencies
2/ Brennan: "...you with the HHS Secretary in this video announcement on Tuesday where Secretary Kennedy said the CDC was removing the COVID vaccine for healthy children & healthy pregnant women from its recommended immunization schedule"
2/ Healthy infants may not die from COVID, but they’re at higher risk for ER visits and hospitalizations… both scary & costly.
3/ Pregnant women ARE at higher risk for severe COVID (& influenza).
Pregnancy is a period of immunosuppression (so that the woman’s immune system doesn’t reject the fetus as a foreign body) & stress on the lungs & heart.
1/ A new study from South Korea suggests the shingles vaccine may do more than just prevent shingles—it might also protect your heart 🫀.
on @CBSMornings with @GayleKing @vladduthiersCBS @nateburleson
2/ Researchers followed over 2 million adults for a decade.
Those who got Zostavax—the older, live shingles vaccine—had a 23% lower risk of heart disease, including heart attacks, strokes & heart failure.
3/ That cardiovascular protection wasn’t short-lived.