What we heard this week at MedPage Today 🧵 "That's a society-ending pandemic." -- James Lawler, MD, MPH, of UNMC Global Center for Health Security, on viruses with high case fatality rates and the unknown risks of the #H5N1 avian flu. MedPage Infectious Disease medpagetoday.com/special-report…

"They're looking for needles in haystacks." -- William Schaffner, MD, of Vanderbilt University, discussing possible #seizure risk following COVID-19 vaccination in kids. MedPage Infectious Disease medpagetoday.com/infectiousdise…

"There are a lot of opportunities to try to protect infants against RSV." -- Jennifer Saper, MD, of Lurie Children's, on high vaccine interest among pregnant individuals. MedPage Infectious Disease medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/gen…

"It's a question of when, rather than if, we lose that last antibiotic." -- Jonathan Ross, MD, of the University of Birmingham, on the urgent need for more gonorrhea-treating oral antibiotics. MedPage Infectious Disease medpagetoday.com/infectiousdise…

"Antivirals are by no means a panacea." -- William Schaffner, MD, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, on using current antivirals if the #avianflu adapts to humans. MedPage Infectious Disease medpagetoday.com/special-report…

"It's not going to matter." -- Paul Offit, MD, of the Children's Hospital, explaining why most clinicians do not run a diagnostic panel for suspected cases of rotavirus. MedPage Infectious Disease medpagetoday.com/spotlight/rota…

"We pretty much bought into the public narrative and drank the Kool-Aid like everybody." -- Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, of @STLOUISVA, after finding that COVID-19 remains deadlier than the flu in hospitalized patients. MedPage Infectious Disease medpagetoday.com/infectiousdise…

"This third case does not alter CDC's overall risk assessment." -- Nirav D. Shah, principal deputy director of the CDC, on the third human case of #birdflu in the U.S. MedPage Infectious Disease medpagetoday.com/infectiousdise…

What we heard this week at MedPage Today 🧵 "He is not a comic book super-villain." -- Rep. Jamie Raskin discussing Anthony Fauci, MD, and the House subcommittee investigation on COVID-19's origins. MedPage Infectious Disease medpagetoday.com/washington-wat…

What we heard this week at MedPage Today 🧵 "This strategy has 'the most bang for its buck'." -- Sara Karaba, MD, PhD, MHS, of Johns Hopkins Medicine, on using extended infusion antibiotics for bloodstream infections. MedPage Infectious Disease medpagetoday.com/infectiousdise…

"Would it change what I do right now? Probably not." -- Carey Lumeng, of C.S. Mott Children's, discussing asthma symptoms in kids who received COVID-19 vaccination. MedPage Infectious Disease medpagetoday.com/allergyimmunol…

"The disease itself has its own fingerprint." -- Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, of VA STL Research, on new data about #longCOVID. MedPage Infectious Disease medpagetoday.com/infectiousdise…

"We seem to be relying on hope as our strategy." -- James Lawler, MD, MPH, of University of Nebraska Medical Center, on risks associated with #H5N1 #birdflu infections from raw cow's milk. MedPage Infectious Disease medpagetoday.com/special-report…

What we heard this week at MedPage Today 🧵 "We've just been living through my worst nightmare." -- Anthony Fauci, MD, former director of the NIAID News, recounting the early days of the COVID pandemic. MedPage Infectious Disease medpagetoday.com/special-report…

What we heard this week at MedPage Today 🧵 "It's not game-over for COVID." -- Farida Ahmad, MPH, of NCHS, discussing #COVID's drop on the list of leading causes of death. MedPage Infectious Disease medpagetoday.com/infectiousdise…

"If there are a lot of different pathogens, which antibiotic do you use?" -- Jonathan Finnoff, DO, chief medical officer of Team USA, discussing the prophylactic antibiotic considerations for the #Olympians who swam in the #Seine. 🏊‍♀️🥇 MedPage Infectious Disease medpagetoday.com/special-report…

"Statistically significant does not necessarily mean it is true or clinically relevant." -- H. Nina Kim MD MSc, of UW Medicine, discussing a study that found a link between paternal #hepatitisB virus infection and congenital heart disease. MedPage Infectious Disease MedPage Cardio medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/gen…

"A one-size-fits-all approach would likely not be effective in diagnosing children with long COVID." -- Rachel Gross, MD, MS, of NYU Langone Health, on how #longCOVID symptoms differ between younger kids and adolescents. MedPage Infectious Disease medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/gen…

"It's a good thing that so many providers are engaged in prescribing a medication that's so effective." -- Lorraine T. Dean, ScD of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, on the wide variety of clinicians prescribing #HIV #preexposureprophylaxis (#PrEP) for at-risk adults. MedPage Infectious Disease medpagetoday.com/hivaids/hivaid…

"You'd walk out and see hundreds of birds dead on the ground." -- Ian Lipkin, MD, of Center for Infection & Immunity, discussing when #WestNilevirus first hit U.S. shores. MedPage Infectious Disease medpagetoday.com/infectiousdise…