What does cost-effectiveness mean to you? ⁦@Vanessa_S91⁩ discusses arbitrary cut-offs of a “price per QALY” approach. Ultimately, what are we willing to pay? ⁦SHEA⁩ ⁦PIDS⁩ ⁦SIDP⁩ #ASRW18

The single most important twitter thread today - in addition to the whole “playing God” thing, those Jurassic Park scientists were playing fast and loose with their epi/stats. Not cool, John Hammond...

I feel like every ID person has a short list of 1-2 abx they really DON’T LIKE.... usually because they’ve seen one too many clinical failures, or one too many adverse events, or sometimes just because... Honesty time: my list is just cefdinir

😱 This would have been my childhood fantasy video game (Yes, I’ve always been an ID nerd)

Just done with the annual Christmas Day swim in the Atlantic. Not surprisingly, it was cold. The hot port afterwards was great though! Merry Christmas to all celebrating today!

CHOP_CPCE and Penn Medicine neonatologists Dr. Dustin Flannery and Dr. Karen Puopolo discuss #neonatal antibiotic use: How much is too much? bit.ly/2SxMynb Evidence-Based Neo AAP Journals PIDS @ESPID_Society AAP Neonatal Save Antibiotics

Lessons from ID: - Cats are cancelled - Dogs are cancelled - Fish, birds, lizards, hamsters, rats, bats, and mice are cancelled - Actually, all non-human animals are cancelled - Swimming is cancelled - Food is cancelled - The outdoors are CANCELLED

The Abstract Submission Deadline for #ESPID2019 is TODAY! Don’t miss your chance to make a mark at the leading meeting in #paediatric infectious diseases! Perfect your abstract and submit it before it’s too late! 👉bit.ly/2FzlTnZ #PedsID #InfectiousDiseases #DeadlineDay

Immigrants get the job done

Full house paying rapt attention to Dr Fishman’s insights on novel avenues for treatment and prevention of infection in the immunosuppressed host. #PIDSatStJude

Because vaccines are safe, effective, necessary, and they work! #WhyIVaccinate PIDS IDSA SIDP @IDWeek2019

Thanks to CHOP Infectious Diseases and Audrey Odom John MD PhD for supporting fellow wellness!! Such a great (semi-annual) dinner at the #1 restaurant in the US Zahav

Excellent thread on hard decisions in peak of epidemics. I often wax lyrical to colleagues/trainees about how medical systems in Europe and the US (having worked in both) differ in their approach to resource utilisation in ICUs. COVID-19 is going to make that contrast stark

It’s been a crazy week for anyone in #InfectionPrevention. I was going to say everyone should go give their IPs a hug, but I think that would be frowned upon. Instead, give them a thumbs-up! But from a distance >6ft. Then, wash your hands. Thanks!! SHEA APIC

Systemic racism is a public health emergency with incalculable & profound effects on the health of children & adults of color. We are committed to confronting this virulent pathogen that plagues our nation, no less than any other disease within our remit. bit.ly/2XksMQL

There are many, many (MANY) things wrong with this paper (stalking trainee’s social media accounts for one...) but the biggest for me is labelling pictures of female trainees in bikinis as wearing inappropriate attire. #misogynyinmedicine pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31882313/

Unpopular academic medicine post! If you really care about diversity, it should be put into practice at all levels. Not interviewing IMG and/or DO students, but then having them as faculty when already accomplished is quite frankly too convenient, in my opinion. #diversity

Fortune cookie? Or comment from reviewer #2...?

PIDS and SHEA presidents have issued a statement condemning the horrific killings of eight Atlanta residents in attacks on Asian Americans.  We must stand together in solidarity and support to the AAPI community in the United States and abroad. pids.org/wp-content/upl…

Just published in jpidsociety: A new PIDS-IDSA guideline on bone infections in children addressing key diagnostic and treatment questions. Read the first-ever guidance on acute hematogenous osteomyelitis in children: bit.ly/3ikEiWO @IDSAIn… POSNA American Academy of Pediatrics