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Scientist – Explorer – Entrepreneur Co-founder/CEO @SurgoVentures, Asst Prof of #globalhealth @UW #pandemics #healthcare #datascience #AI ❤ the sea
May 18, 2021 13 tweets 10 min read
I am so pleased to join a great group of leaders from @MayoClinic @PennMedicine @Flywire to discuss how innovations from #COVID19 are making us rethink the future of #health.

Virtual event by @usnews, starting now!
usnews.com/news/live-even… Kevin Mahoney @PennMedicine on what they’ve learned: Went from how do we treat patients only in the hospital to talking care of patients no matter where they are. This is going to be a new way of providing care from now on. #HealthcareOfTomorrow
May 18, 2021 10 tweets 6 min read
Today, @SurgoVentures released a survey of 18K US adults revealing top barriers stopping people from getting a #CovidVaccine, state by state.

AND the @nytopinion turned my guest essay on the topic into an awesome #dataviz. See 🧵👇 for key learnings! 1/9 nytimes.com/interactive/20… Getting everyone vaccinated in the U.S. has become much harder now that demand is flagging. The strategy needs a complete rethink & it starts w/ understanding the specific reasons WHY people are hesitant -- aka what are the BARRIERS & BELIEFS stopping them from getting a jab? 2/9
Apr 9, 2021 8 tweets 3 min read
📣 HOT OFF THE PRESS: The US is averaging 3M covid shots/day - great! So, we are on our way to herd immunity, right??
Not so fast! Our projections 👇 show that starting end of APRIL, #COVIDVaccine uptake will slow down considerably. 🧵 1/8 Watch the turn the ➡️takes when we hit July. Based on responses from @SurgoVentures' new survey, a sizable proportion of US adults (33%) will still be holding out by then: 7% want to wait 1 yr; 10% not sure when they'll get vax; 16% say won't get vax ever... 2/8
Apr 7, 2021 4 tweets 6 min read
We’re seeing high enthusiasm for #COVIDVaccine. Projections=straight line; 78% vaccinated by July 2➡️tinyurl.com/3atkmxu8

By when do you expect uptake plateauing?
@EricTopol @R_Thaler @meganranney @ChelseaClinton @ProfHeidiLarson @abuttenheim @celinegounder @NateSilver538 What do you think @DrEricDing @DataDrivenMD @bhrenton @RWeintraubMD? Others?

(🚨 Spoiler alert: We collected fresh data, ran some models & we’ll have an answer to this shortly!) @SurgoVentures