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Dec 6 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
This is incredible on so many fronts:
1. Brendan Fraser BOLDLY took on the role@of #TheWhale
2. He is discussing the unfair treatment of people who need #obesity care
3. He is endorsed by @AdamSandler
We have broken New Ground
I cannot remember a public figure advocating for the improvement of access to bariatric surgery so openly
Brendan Fraser is courageous and a champion of the movement to treat obesity

Thank you sir!
Mandated preoperative #weightloss is a form of discrimination against the #obesity disease - @SOARD_JOURNAL

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Dec 9
About 5 years ago I had 150 new people following me every day. My tweets were seen by many then one day it all stopped…. A website in Europe detected that I was #shadowbanned by @Twitter 1/
Clearly my tweets and retweets were not getting the same impact - I had gained notoriety from my social media presence and I had no answers. I had no recourse. No one at #twitter would respond to my texts, emails, or calls. So… I just worked harder… 2/
I worked on influencing others on and off social media to advocate for fair treatment of those with #obesity and access to care for treatment- others became involved in social medi and #twitter 3/
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Nov 12
Ten myths of weight and weightloss
1. Myth: Our current weight only depends on how much we eat and how much we exercise

Reality: Our weight depends on genetic, environmental factors and behavior as well as what and how much we eat, exercise accounts for little weight loss but can help maintain our weight
2. Myth: Any weight can be lost by anyone who eats less food and healthy food

Reality: People with obesity have a very small chance of being able to lose all their weight and keep it off by diet change alone
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Apr 18, 2021
#Obesity is killing Americans
#Obesity increases risk for death from #covid #covid19
#Obesity is a disease
#Obesity is associated with over 200 other medical conditions
#Obesity is usually & eventually unhealthy
#Obesity & those with it should never be shamed or stigmatized
#Obesity is mostly dictated by #genetics & environment
#Obesity is ignored by politicians
#Obesity occurs in 42% of Americans
#Obesity and people with it are ignored, shamed, humiliated, and discriminated against
#Obesity may occur after psychological trauma 2/
#Obesity is worse because we do not address it as a society
#Obesity is worse from eating unhealthy #food
#Obesity is worse because we exercise too little
#Obesity is worse because we create an environment that propagates obesity
#Obesity is a political issue 3/
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Apr 17, 2021
When the #ACA was implemented: there was no mandate established to ensure that #emr #ehr electronic medical records could communicate and physicians could obtain medical records from #doctors caring for the same patients at other offices or hospitals. 1/
What ensued was that the government forces practices to an incur most of the cost of buying expensive electronic medical records and forced them to use them or incur more financial penalties. In retrospect those who did not use #emr and #ehr benefitted 2/
It became impossible to afford an #emr #ehr in a private practice
costs include:
1. Computers
2. Network maintenance
3. Wi-Fi
4. Back-up systems
5. #emr #ehr Licenses
6. Cost of repairs
7. Reduction of time with patients
8. Increase typing-dictating time
9. Longer notes 3/
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Jan 4, 2021
There are many questions about the @moderna_tx #vaccine now being distributed in the #USA I am happy to answer them
(My qualifications: board certified general surgeon, associate editor @SOARD_JOURNAL, I can read research data and understand it, I don’t confuse fact & opinion) 1/
Q: What doses of the @moderna_tx #vaccine are being given?

A: Two 100 microgram doses 4 weeks apart.

#vaccination #covid19 2/
Q: When does the @moderna_tx #vaccine reach full 94.5% effectiveness?

A: It reaches full effectiveness 2 weeks after the second dose.

@CDCgov #vaccinations #COVID19 #coronavirus #saracov2 3/
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Jan 2, 2021
How a #vaccine works: when we get #covid19 we make #antibodies and #Tcells. A #vaccine introduces #antigens: heat-killed, parts of #virus, #mrna that makes virus #spike into our bodies to produce the antibody and Tcells WITHOUT infecting us with #coronavirus & making us sick. 1/ ImageImageImageImage
When a new disease comes along like #COVID19 #coronavirus our body does not have #antibodies or #Tcells to fight it off. First we recognize it (the #antigen) and START to BUILD our defense or army to fight it back. #vaccines #vaccine (from who.int) 2/ Image
The #vaccine helps us to build an army that is ready to fight the #coronavirus before it tries to infect us. The #vaccines are parts of the virus or #antigens that our body knows are foreign invaders (BUT can’t attack or make us sick). #mrna vaccines are different 3/ Image
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