Yes, there were a lot of good things, some great and without precedent, that happened in 2020 washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/… The Washington Post Washington Post Opinions

The B.1.1.7 variant has 23 mutations I spoke to Andrew Ward (The Ward Lab) @ScrippsResearch today (podcast coming) about its structural biology. He thinks the N501Y (in common w/ South Africa variant) is the driver for increased transmission; he's not concerned re: vaccine efficacy

For reference, there were 14,000+ arrests at the George Floyd protests.

On a day for the history books, Amanda Gorman delivered a poem that more than met the moment. Young people like her are proof that "there is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it; if only we're brave enough to be it."

2 powerful relationships in medicine: (L) For every 39 mg/dL pharmacologic LDL lowering ~5y, ⬇️21% in CV events (regardless starting LDL) Now, we have: (R) For every 5 mmHg pharmacologic BP lowering ~4y, ⬇️10% in CV events (regardless starting BP)

Just published Science Magazine "After one dose, individuals with *prior infection* showed enhanced T cell immunity, antibody secreting memory B cell response to spike and neutralizing antibodies effective against B.1.1.7 and B.1.351." 👍 science.sciencemag.org/content/early/…

Our covid times :-) by Peter Kuper

Sequence--> structure nirvana is coming science.sciencemag.org/content/early/…

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Energy, and How to Get It - The New Yorker apple.news/AVTUrGJlkS5qWV…

We have completed our first experiments on neutralization of Omicron by Pfizer BNT162b2 vaccination elicited immunity Manuscript available at sigallab.net and should be available on medRxiv in the coming days

Our understanding of sex differences in cardiovascular diseases is growing but as this editorial says "the best is yet to come", check out this amazing women and CV health compendium. Honored to be part of the change.

Words can't describe how we will miss you. You changed my life 10 years ago when you took me to Haiti and began to show me how to turn ideas of equity into pragmatic solidarity with the poor, all with a kindness, love and moral clarity that continue to serve as a guiding light.

Wild. 4.2 Gigabytes, or: How to Draw Anything - ⌨️🤷🏻‍♂️📷 andys.page/posts/how-to-d…

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Incredible: Witness Andres Cantor, Buenos Aries born Argentinan-American Broadcast legend calling the penalty which won World Cup for Argentina. All that is good about sports and life 🇦🇷🎙️🙌

Phenomenal article of a PHENOMENAL game The story of the greatest World Cup final: Di Maria’s tears, Macron’s hugs… and Salt Bae - The Athletic theathletic.com/4016834/2022/1…

Good morning Over the holidays, you may have heard about Omicron XBB.1.5 It went from 4% of sequences to 40% in just a few weeks That’s a stunning increase So what does it mean? Will it cause a wave of serious illness and death? Here's what we know, don't know 🧵

It's a privilege to regularly learn from Usha Tedrow and William H. Sauer, MD on BWH's Shapiro L2, as well as at national meetings! VT Symposium 🫀⚡️ ... Other personal (gut) lesson: avoid eating street food of uncertain origin on opening night!🤒 Still had an excellent experience🙏