🧵1/Most people don’t know that everyday cuts & infections can lead to life threatening sepsis, amputation or death

New, rapid diagnostic tests are available to get the right treatment early, but docs need to start using them

insider.com/rick-bright-wa… @thisisinsider @Hilarx #AMR 2/ Failure to accurately diagnose bacteria / fungi early, often leads to delayed / wrong treatment. Every minute of delay increases severity of the infection; it’s spreading in your body

Wrong meds can make the problem worse for you & for the world, increasing drug resistance

When Will the Pandemic End? Great question.

An excellent discussion in @nytimes @nytopinion w/ @JenniferNuzzo @VirusesImmunity @PepperMarion

A few excerpts, mashups & extrapolations below. /1

nytimes.com/2022/08/12/opi… There's no defined “end” of a pandemic. How it will play out in the coming months and years is uncertain, particularly as the virus continues to evolve.

Continued surveillance, public health vigilance, and access to/use of masks, tests, treatments & vaccines will be critical. /2

🧵It’s critical to do all we can to manage the #Omicron surge. At the same time, we must re-position our national strategy to be more proactive & plan for a normal life that is able to manage #COVID like other respiratory viruses. 1/
@JAMA_current jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… @ZekeEmanuel @celinegounder @llborio @drdavidmichaels @mtosterholm & I present 3 viewpoints in @JAMA_current to reframe the strategy on COVID to bring #Omicron down while strengthening our tools & systems to transition from crises to control. 2/

The quality of your mask can be the difference between life & death.

It would be very helpful to have clear federal guidance on high quality N95/KN95/KF94 masks & a certification process to clearly identify those that meet a standard for filtration. 1/

https://twitter.com/svscarpino/status/1478401940732194817

I strongly encourage the USG to mail free N95 masks to every home (same masks required to be worn around @POTUS, same masks being worn by the @WHCOVIDResponse officials). 2/

😢💔I’m heartbroken beyond words that this pandemic has now taken my mom, Jacqueline Crossman. I’ve fought to protect her & God called her home to chaperone the children heading to heaven. My beautiful mother is my rock & gave me love & support through so much. 1/ She taught thousands of children through the Kids After School program she helped start decades ago & she taught arts & crafts & baking for nearly 30 years at the @BGCA_Clubs Boys & Girls Club of Hutchinson, KS. We will create a memorial scholarship in her name there. 2/

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