Allergy/Immunology Doc @VUMChealth | Professional account with a few frills. Among them: Deep House / Progressive Trance 🎶, Buckeyes 🏈 | Views = my own
Jan 3, 2022 • 19 tweets • 5 min read
It has recently been suggested that vaccine boosters might “desensitize” an immune system to SARS-CoV-2, á la allergy shots.
That’s not how allergy shots work — I know because I prescribe them a lot.
I will elaborate for anyone interested. Let’s begin:
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Say a person is allergic to ragweed. This means when they breathe in ragweed pollen, their body develops an immune reaction ➡️ allergy symptoms.
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Dec 31, 2021 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
We are in the final hours of 2021, which means many people are brainstorming #NewYearsResolutions
One of the best decisions I made since joining Twitter this year was consciously choosing certain accounts to follow for news and perspectives on #COVID19
Those who aren’t mindful can easily get caught between an avalanche of misinfo on one side and a monsoon of doomsayers on the other. This platform is full of credible-appearing accounts whose main purposes seem to be serving comfortable lies or exploiting anxiety (or both).
