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Board Certified MD Ophthalmologist & PhD research scientist. Biotech entrepreneur. Medicine/science author & commentator. Dad of 2. Opinions my own
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Sep 17 8 tweets 1 min read
🚨BREAKING: In a rare, unscripted interview, VP Kamala Harris proudly states that she was “entirely supportive of” “the pause on 2000 lb bombs” to Israel to act as “leverage” to force a cease fire against Hamas.

Later, she blamed Israel for the death of American hostage Hirsch Goldberg-Polin, suggesting that he and other civilian hostages held for nearly a year by Hamas would be alive today if Israel had ended its defensive war. FYI @afshineemrani @DoctorNazarian @DrEliDavid @StopAntisemites @yudapearl @ChristinaPushaw @aacohenofficial @noatishby @RichardGrenell @AvivaKlompas @persianjewess @KeenanPeachy @hamill_law @AdamMilstein @KfirGavrieli @emilyraustin @StellaEscoTV @brittneytv @tracegallagher
Jun 30 4 tweets 3 min read
⚡️California’s electricity demand at 7:15p tonight is 34,428 megawatts.

Let’s do some math: I already calculated that all transportation in CA consumes 2,434,500 MWh a day. Let’s assume most charge at night (cheaper & more convenient) over a span of 10 hours. That would mean 243,500 megawatts of power used ALL night, EVERY night, to charge every car, bus, and truck once Newsom’s fantasy of an all-EV California occurs. WOW!!!! 🤯

That’s a 7-FOLD increase in power consumption in the evening over what is used at 715pm, but since we use less power when people are asleep, it means our electrical grid will have to accommodate 10-20 TIMES more power consumed than before 100% EVs!

Renewables currently supply 9317 megawatts at that time, meaning we would need to boost renewables 26-FOLD to be able to have “clean” energy. Otherwise we are just burning fossil fuels at the power plant instead of in your car’s engine.

But it gets worse: our electrical grid, as well as home (house, condo, apartment) wiring often cannot accommodate the high voltages and amperages needed to carry all this power. So what happens then? What happens when the grid shuts down because it’s overworked? And how will people pay for transportation when they inevitably have to jack up electric charges dramatically due to surging evening demand??

NONE of this makes sense. Newsom’s “climate” policies seem nice on the surface but once you look beyond the slogans and do the math (I’m an MIT-trained engineer in addition to being a doc), you realize it’s impossible to implement without causing large scale disruptions and overwhelming cost increases that’ll eclipse what we consider high energy costs today.

I haven’t even considered the enormous costs of installing charging infrastructure everywhere, who will pay for it, and the long time it takes to charge an EV, even with “fast charging”!

I have EVs. I love them. But they’re not for everyone and once you mandate them for everyone, we are in for a lot of pain. Time to stop this. @ib2_real I would be grateful if you could kindly read this with an open mind and non-political lens. I’m trying to help you and other policymakers understand the realities of an all-electric transportation system so you can grasp the unintended but very real consequences of this. Please let’s discuss. Thanks! 🙏
May 23 9 tweets 3 min read
🧵🚨MED SCHOOL DEI SMOKING GUN🚨

As a former member of UCLA's med school admissions committee, I'm dismayed to see this report showing how DEI policies are producing failing docs at UCLA.

I've also heard from current UCLA admissions that they have anti-Jew policies (just a few per year versus dozens when I was there) and confirmed the anti-Asian bias of the current committee.

But the problem is more widespread and goes to the very top. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is the umbrella organization for all US MD schools.

A whistleblower sent me an AAMC slide deck presented to med school admissions deans several years ago by Dr. Geoffrey Young entitled "Admissions:
How are we moving forward?".

In this slide, entitled "Understanding the Whole Applicant," med schools are told to consider race, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, and national origin in admissions! 1/6Image In another AAMC admissions slide, med schools are told to use "More nuanced race and ethnicity categories."

Why? Because while many applicants are "diverse", some applicants are more diverse than others.

If your minority religion/race isn't "oppressed", you're not diverse. 2/6Image
May 12 5 tweets 4 min read
🌊 ⚡️🐳 The very same people in California who are happily ripping out thousands of Joshua Trees to place solar panels are ambitiously planning to install massive offshore wind farms with the goal to enhance clean energy generation. Here are my major concerns:

1. Environmental Impact: Offshore wind farms can significantly disrupt marine ecosystems. The installation process, involving activities like pile driving into the seabed, generates underwater noise that can disturb marine life, potentially altering fish and marine mammal behaviors and impacting migration patterns and feeding grounds.

Furthermore, these structures can obstruct shipping lanes, altering vessel routes and potentially increasing fuel consumption and emissions.

2. Economic Concerns: The cost of generating electricity from offshore wind is astronomical compared to other sources. Per MWh of power:

-Offshore wind: $67-179 (California high end of that range)
-Onshore wind: $27-75
-Solar: $31-146
-Nuclear: $81-82
-Natural Gas: $52-78

Guess what: WE pay for those higher costs. Like paying $1500-2000/mo for power, more when you can only have EV’s?

Despite the potential for large-scale energy production, the economic investment required for the development of offshore wind infrastructure is substantial. This includes the costs associated with (environmentally bad) undersea cables and ongoing maintenance (saltwater & electric cables!) which drive up the cost per kilowatt-hour compared to other renewable energy sources.

3. Aesthetic Impact: Residents and visitors value the pristine views of California's coastline. A sea full of large wind turbines (many are needed to generate meaningful power) are pollutants, likely impacting tourism and local property values. Worse, who on earth wants to look at an ocean full of these monstrosities?

4. Impact on Public Health and Community: While direct health impacts from noise are minimal, the aesthetic concerns and the effect of shadow flicker can significantly affect community well-being. Read: Environmental Impacts of Wind Power by the Union of Concerned Scientists ().

5. Technological and Operational Challenges: The effective operation of wind turbines depends on numerous factors including wind speed and turbine design. Despite technological advances, issues like noise pollution and turbine visibility still pose challenges. And on a day when the wind doesn’t blow, they make NO power. Imagine a cloudy day with no wind: we’d become crippled.

6. Long-term Commitments: It's crucial to consider the decommissioning process after the operational life of the turbines. Ensuring that developers are responsible for the environmental restoration of sites is essential for sustainable development. But somehow I have a feeling taxpayers will get stuck with the bill.

There actually have been some offshore wind projects in the United States that were either dismantled or abandoned. Notable examples include the Cape Wind project in Massachusetts, which was canceled due to legal, financial, and logistical challenges. The Fisherman's Energy Atlantic City Windfarm in New Jersey also faced postponement and eventually abandonment due to regulatory and financial hurdles. Additionally, the Ocean Wind projects (1 and 2) in New Jersey were canceled by Ørsted in 2023 due to poor financial outlooks.

Let's Talk: The environmental and economic and aesthetic costs of offshore wind are NOT worth the clean energy gains. In fact, they’re anything BUT clean. We already have cleaner and cheaper alternatives that don’t destroy the coast.

This is dangerous virtue signaling that will cost us dearly and destroy fragile ocean ecosystems and it must be stopped. It makes for a nice press conference & photo op but it must NOT be allowed to happen. Not here. Not anywhere.

So why’s it happening? Follow the money 💰. Wonder how much these politicians are getting. 🤔ucsusa.org/resources/envi…Image I urge @RickChavezZbur @PhilBrock4SM @ctorosis who are in these photos below to read and then discuss with me personally. Note that I have long been a personal friend & supporter of @santamonicacity Mayor Brock. I have also supported many of Assemblyman Zbur’s recent actions. This isn’t meant as an attack but rather an attempt to educate about a major issue that can and will backfire if it’s allowed to happen.
Aug 6, 2023 5 tweets 1 min read
I’m calling on @RepAdamSchiff @AdamSchiff to resign from Congress & end his Senate campaign. Coordinating w/another government agency to suppress speech is as unconstitutional as it gets. Thank you @hamill_law for exposing. More to come. @elonmusk FYI ocregister.com/2023/08/06/bar… Also, @lapublichealth @LACountyBOS @LindseyPHorvath @HollyJMitchell @HildaSolis @kathrynbarger @SupJaniceHahn It’s time for you to immediately fire Barbara Ferrer & her communications chief @Morrow_Brett for violating our nation’s most sacred law. If this isn’t enough, what is?
Apr 4, 2023 23 tweets 17 min read
🧵There's been a lot of recent attention on #DEI in college admissions thanks to @GovRonDeSantis @RonDeSantisFL pushing to ban DEI-based admissions in Florida & to DEI in medicine w/@IngrahamAngle @wsj @nypost reporting on @AAMCtoday adding DEI to medical schools. But the scope… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Of all the allopathic (MD) and osteopathic (DO) medical schools in the United States, the majority have questions on their 2022-2023 application cycle applications that relate to “DEI” issues. Typically, the question is: “How would you contribute to the diversity of our medical… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Apr 1, 2023 5 tweets 3 min read
🧵 In reflecting back on how COVID brought out the very worst in people, my greatest personal example is what my kids’ preschool (part of a house of worship) in Brentwood, West Los Angeles did to my entire family. Preschool was closed March, 2020 without refunds. “Reopened” fall… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Despite being exceptionally upset that our kids were robbed of 2 weeks of school for NO reason (no one sick!), we were excited for them to return on 1/4/21. But school emailed parents that break will be extended for a WEEK “because we heard people have been traveling over the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Feb 23, 2023 6 tweets 7 min read
Huge news: While California decided the state won’t mandate COVID vaccines for school, state Supreme Court now ruled that school DISTRICTS may NOT impose mandates on their own either. This is a big win for kids/parents/science/common sense. sfchronicle.com/politics/artic…@ @FoxFriendsFirst @tracegallagher @BrigidMaryMcD @IngrahamAngle @cabot_phillips @elonmusk @ReopenCASchools @JZachreson @JeninYounesEsq @LauraPowellEsq @AzadehKhatibi @letthem_breathe @RoxanneHoge @BillFOXLA @DrJBhattacharya @MartyMakary @UprisingLa
Dec 3, 2022 10 tweets 12 min read
🧵The same people who censored the Hunter laptop story weaponized social media to discredit @gbdeclaration authors @DrJBhattacharya @MartinKulldorff @SunetraGupta in order to silence them and attempt to destroy their careers. That backfired & now they’re being exposed. @elonmusk Now that @Twitter collaboration has been exposed, we must do the same with @Apple @facebook @Meta @Google & others. If @elonmusk can’t afford to buy them (yet) @GOPLeader @HouseGOP must hold hearings & subpoena people AND documents. This impacts our Constitution not just politics
Dec 3, 2022 9 tweets 14 min read
🧵Want proof that @lapublichealth planned mask mandate for Los Angeles County is unjustified? Last July Ferrer tried to mandate masks when we were in “high” transmission. We fought back & said NO. She backed off. What happened? Did millions die? NO - without masks, it went away What happened last July, where we saw how COVID cases NATURALLY plummet after a peak, is SCIENTIFIC proof that mask mandates aren’t needed. Had Ferrer masked us, she would have taken credit, claiming that it’s proof that her useless mandate worked! But instead, we know it doesn’t
Dec 1, 2022 6 tweets 14 min read
The incompetent @lapublichealth Director Ferrer is threatening to join China as one of the only places forcibly muzzling its people. She tried in July and this video shows how we stopped her by exposing her fraud. We must stop this lunacy and have her fired once and for all. @UprisingLa @ReopenCASchools @adamcarolla @drdrew @RobSchneider @tracegallagher @BrigidMaryMcD @ToddPiro @foxnewsnight @FoxFriendsFirst @IngrahamAngle @RoxanneHoge @JZachreson @FedUpCitizenLA @Rnovie @DannaWriter @LauraPowellEsq @Leftylockdowns1 @pnjaban @AzadehKhatibi
Nov 23, 2022 16 tweets 12 min read
🧵 It appears that many remain unaware of the basic principles of medical ethics. So I’m writing this thread as Dr Hemmati’s Medical Ethics 101, Twitter Style, to educate people about what ought to be obvious. Note that I’m a professional pediatric Phase 3 clinical researcher… Principle 1: you cannot administer or even recommend a medical treatment, including a vaccine, without full informed consent from adults, or parents, and assent in the case of children who can understand.
Nov 1, 2022 7 tweets 8 min read
Sorry @ProfEmilyOster - you get no “pandemic amnesty” - it’s unforgivable to knowingly inflict irreparable harm against so many people, particularly poor and kids, and then say you didn’t know better back then. Don’t rewrite history. Be accountable. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/… You know what the best “pandemic amnesty” would be @ProfEmilyOster ? In one week, to vote out EVERY school board member, councilmember, Governor, congressman, senator who enacted policies that would obviously harm. Who mandated/shamed/belittled. Call for that & get your amnesty.
Sep 25, 2022 7 tweets 6 min read
I demand that Senator @DrPanMD immediately take down his uncalled-for, slanderous assault against @DrJBhattacharya whose only crime has been to successfully challenge Senator/Dr Pan. Pan is frustrated that even with #AB2098, he can’t silence Prof. B because no license to revoke! Senator @DrPanMD I respectfully ask you to engage in a 1:1 debate against Prof. @DrJBhattacharya, in person, on the science and rationale behind your policy proposals. You hold great power and with it comes immense responsibility to defend policies and LISTEN to dissenting voices
Sep 22, 2022 5 tweets 6 min read
The world needs to see this video, never posted before and sent by a brave witness. This is happening NOW in Iran, Basij police savagely beating a woman for expressing her desire to be free of a head covering. This CANNOT be allowed to continue. Will the world silently ignore? The brutal killing of Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s morality police was not an isolated incident — young girls, aged 10 and under are being SHOT this week and many tortured/beaten. Please air this video. @IngrahamAngle @tracegallagher @SamSullivan @FoxFriendsFirst @ToddPiro
Sep 5, 2022 17 tweets 23 min read
🧵Leaving @HollywoodBowl 1045p Saturday N95/shield-wearing driver of early bus (needed to get young kids home) refused to allow unmasked onboard (no mask policy). Walked on, 4 angry passengers rushed me, left to be greeted by @LAPDHollywood. Tried to deny us on ANY bus. Watch attached video. Edited out my (very tired) kids’ faces - hours past bedtime to see John Williams conduct & left early to take early bus to save 30 min, but that happened to be the one driven by mask-only driver who refused entry to unmasked. Few HAD masks - outdoor concert.
Aug 30, 2022 23 tweets 32 min read
🧵 In a shocking/unbelievable move, @CASenateDems @AssemblyDems are about to pass #AB2098 & send to @GavinNewsom to sign into law. Would take away any doc’s medical license for “COVID misinformation” as defined by THEM (not necessarily scientific fact). leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billText… ImageImageImageImage Please read the full text of #AB2098 at the link. I have pasted and highlighted most of the text. Senators @DrPanMD @Scott_Wiener with support from @CMAdocs want to silence MDs by threatening to end careers of any doc who doesn’t follow COVID “standard of care” ie what THEY say. Image
Aug 29, 2022 5 tweets 11 min read
What matters most to me (and many parents) in the November midterm elections are school board seats. Anyone who pushed to keep schools closed (at any level of govt) is our/kids’ enemy and must not be (re)elected. That’s MY top issue and overrides anything else. @ReopenCASchools Note: many school boards have incumbent candidates who deserve to be voted out for other reasons as well irrespective of COVID including widening learning gaps, crumbling schools that become condemned for safety, financial mismanagement, hostility to parents etc.
Aug 27, 2022 10 tweets 15 min read
BREAKING Santa Monica-Malibu Unified @SMMUSD incumbent pro-mandate/closure school board candidate Keith Coleman abruptly ends campaign amidst investigation into giving false residence address. MUCH more to this story that needs to come out @ReopenCASchools surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_l… School board member Coleman even decided to put his own kids into the very elite and expensive ($50k/year) private @brentwoodschool — was his OWN district not good enough for them or were they ineligible to attend because of real address?
Aug 1, 2022 7 tweets 3 min read
🧵 I’m seeing a theory, backed by a lot of common sense & evidence, that serious COVID vax side effects caused by accidentally intravenous injection - blood vessels & heart & every organ make spike protein & get very inflamed. Would explain much of what we see. When tissues make spike protein, they get very inflamed. That’s why arm is sore and you get fever/chills. If vax accidentally injected into vein, it’s pumped into heart and from there to rest of body. Everything becomes inflamed. Inflamed blood vessels clog - heart attack/stroke.