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Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, and Medical Ethics @bcmhouston. Healer of healers and maker of good trouble. @drmlb on both Instagram and Bluesky.
Jul 27, 2020 8 tweets 4 min read
If you are age 20-40 and are trying to decide if you should go to that party or hang out with your friends.... Imagine a bowl of 1000 M&Ms which will all give you COVID19. You reach in to grab a few.... what can you expect? 1/8 700 of the M&Ms will give you fever, cough, and/or shortness of breath. Lots of patients describe it as having "lungs on fire." 2/8
Oct 21, 2017 6 tweets 3 min read
Marginalized people are over-mentored and under-sponsored. @lara_hogan @WomenSurgeons #AWS2017 It's normal to find it easy to sponsor someone like you. You have to decide to break through this bias. @lara_hogan @WomenSurgeons #AWS2017