I *usually* am not hypercritical of specific government officials (or particularly negative on this platform) but in the last few days it has been incredibly difficult to remain quiet. Biden's declaration was extremely harmful on multiple levels. A brief thread (1/) I understand what polls say. I understand that the president was doing what he thought was politically opportunistic.

I also understand that most Americans aren't wearing masks. Most Americans are tired of the pandemic. (2/)

To be fair, you were the Surgeon General when this started and botched the initial response.

If you're in a glass house....

https://twitter.com/JeromeAdamsMD/status/1571655817627336704

While we were begging for resources, reusing out masks, and trying to survive, you, @JeromeAdamsMD were downplaying the pandemic.
Your 15 mins are up & you have no credibility.

My amazing RA, Samantha Sills, @CUAnschutz spent time shadowing @DrSarahAxelrath.
Here is her piece that came out of her time. It is an absolute must read!

Denver Union Station: Clinic or Bus Depot? westword.com/news/union-sta… Some Coloradoans who might find this piece interesting: @leslieherod @ConorMichael28 @pweiser @HRAC_Denver @francescvernon @Cervantes_Lily1 @ShantaZimmer @CocoDavies

Brief thread on #homelessness and humanity.
Yesterday, I took my son to a baseball game. We parked a few blocks away, which meant that we needed to walk down a street with a large encampment (1/) This is not new for my 9 yr old who knows how to recognize overdose & use naloxone. We talk about ppl experiencing homelessness a lot in our house — why it happens, what we can do, etc. (2/)

Heartfelt short thread (stream of consciousness) from a frontline doc.
A new study in @JAMAInternalMed showed that 1 in 8 deaths during the pandemic period were ascribed to #COVID19. There will likely be much chatter about these numbers. (1/) I'd ask you to remember that behind nearly every death there were docs, nurses, PAs, NPs, xray techs, respiratory therapists, & housekeepers who walked into their rooms, under dire conditions. We stayed in tents w/them. We were draped in airbag cloth & plastic sheets (2/)

As an ID physician, frontline worker, & public health professional, I think I’ve generally held my sh*t together pretty well over the past two years (not lashing out, being civil) but this garbage @TheAtlantic article undid me (let me explain)-please read
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/… The author has completely invalidated my and my colleagues work for the past two years. We have tirelessly treated pts who did not listen. We comforted them when they were scared. We walked into tents to help vulnerable people WITHOUT PPE.

I’m on my last empathy leg. On my way to the hospital, stopped to get a bagel. An older man with his young granddaughter came in. Both unmasked. But that’s not what bothered me. (1/) He was wearing a shirt that said “the most deadly virus in America is the media.” Now don’t get me wrong, I’ve had problems with how the media reports on-well-pretty much everything. (2/)

It’s been a difficult week for anyone who cares about other humans. Might I suggest the list of “make the world better” activities that you can do right now? This is a bit of choose your own adventure 1/ 1. Donate a little $ (if able) to help out afghan refugees, people affected by the criminalization of homelessness, or women in Texas losing their right to choose (2/)

Telling people to 'just say no' to human interaction won't work. Cities, states & colleges should get creative & invest in safe socializing. usatoday.com/story/opinion/… @usatoday @gregggonsalves Cc @chrislhayes @JuliaLMarcus @sdbaral @drJoshS @AbraarKaran @SaskiaPopescu @mugecevik @Marshall9News

It's not #COVID, but our new 🔥 study found that more than 280,000 people in the US who inject drugs will die of endocarditis in the next 10 years (>7.2 million years of potential life lost). @IDSA (thread 1/) academic.oup.com/cid/cid/advanc… We developed a simulation model of injection drug use to project the long term prevalence of endocarditis, skin infections, and overdose--and interventions that might curb the syndemic (The REDUCE model) @NIDAnews @RWalensky (2/) @CHERISHresearch