Dr. Lisa Iannattone
@lisa_iannattone
Assistant Professor of Dermatology @McGillMed. MD/residency @med_umontreal. Fellowship @HarvardDerm. Focus: complex medical dermatology and medical education.
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In science & esp medicine, risk is a tricky thing to contend with - besides of course being a mathematical one - and involves many considerations in order to have a more fulsome understanding.
In this post Dr. Elisabeth Marnik Ph.D. and I attempt to explain these concepts. 1/9
My piece on Covid and brain health in Scientific American Scientific American
Even mild Covid can lead to significant decline in brain health
scientificamerican.com/article/covid-…
All of the recent news re #UnitedAirlines incidents this past week + the Alaska flight that had the panel/window detach reminded me that these may not even be the biggest issues with the US aviation industry right now. This NYT report from last August:
'But the most acute…
No parent who has seen the children I’ve treated for #measles would refuse a vaccine, by Paul Law statnews.com/2024/03/12/mea… via STAT #pediatrics #vaccination
Yes, it seems progress is happening on the mucosal COVID vaccine front.
'The number of next generation vaccines moving past first-in-human trials is into double digits. With another 2 pancoronavirus vaccines starting clinical trials this month'
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2024/02/23/pic…
Four years of illness and counting. Over 57,000 confirmed deaths in Canada. 3.5 million with long-COVID.
To advocate for better policy and public health, #TemertyMed 's Kashif Pirzada, MD and a team of experts created the Canadian Covid Society/Société canad. de la covid. bit.ly/3Tk0aTM
Join us, we would love your support. ❤️ Canadian Covid Society/Société canad. de la covid covidsociety.ca
The biggest issue with these pieces for me is the false dichotomy: either you can advocate for systemic changes that treat people working in healthcare like humans OR you are a dedicated professional. That’s not it.
#FightBurnout