Shazia Siddique MD MS Profile picture
gastroenterologist & health policy researcher @pennmedicine, @pennldi & @pennmedcep | former penn fellow, @hopkinsmedicine resident, @rwjms, @ABCNews | mom/wife
Dec 10, 2020 8 tweets 3 min read
Hot off the press: @US_FDA hearing on #COVID19 vaccine: Under EUA, pregnant & lactating women would be free to make their own decision on receiving the vaccine in conjunction with their healthcare provider

Huge WIN for #women everywhere! More below on why this is even an issue👇 Guidance from the UK's approval of Pizer/BioNTech vaccine states that it should NOT be given to pregnant/ BFing women because we were excluded from the trials:

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Apr 1, 2020 13 tweets 12 min read
#Tweetorial on @AmerGastroAssn NEWLY released #COVID19 Rapid Review & #Guidelines in @AGA_Gastro! The most evidence-based #GI guidance on #PPE & #endoscopy #triage using #GRADE methodology @SultanShazi @SeragHashem @PDavitkov @DrJFeuerstein 1/13 Background: Healthcare workers are at ⬆️ risk for #COVID w/o adequate #PPE (20-30% of cases). In #GI, upper scopes are aerosolized-generating procedures (AGPs) & therefore even ⬆️ risk for #COVID. Lower scopes also = ⬆️ risk 2/2 some e/o AGPs w/bx + fecal oral spread. 2/13