Oh, look! The GBD has spawned "The Norfolk Group": consisting of Jay Bhattacharya, Leslie Bienen, Ram Duriseti, Tracy Beth Høeg, Marty Makary, Martin Kulldorff, Margery Smelkinson and Steven Templeton. So, what does this group do? 🧵

Medical care is a private matter between a physician and his/her patient. The government has no expertise nor right to examine private medical records. Obviously violation of HIPAA ⁦California ACEP⁩ ⁦Vik Gulati, MD, FACEP, FAAEM⁩ ⁦⁦Taylor Nichols, MD⁩ upi.com/Top_News/US/20…

UCSF Epidemiology & Biostatistics Vinay Prasad MD MPH

Cigna uses an automated system that allows “medical directors” (doctors employed by Cigna Healthcare) to deny a claim in 1.2 seconds without opening the patient’s file. Please read this, share it, and help us (metaphorically) burn these companies to the ground.

Tracy Hoeg is back misrepresenting a study to try and make the mRNA vaccines look scary/harmful in young people while pushing the Florida study promoted by Ladapo. I have evidence that the study was intentionally altered to make vaccination appear harmful. 🧵

Kicking off #LLC2023 with an overview of advocacy for physicians with our Executive Director Elena Lopez-Gusman and our legislative advocate Tim Madden. #emergencymedicine #physicianadvocacy #erdr #erdoc #caleg

Thank you to California HCAI Director Elizabeth Landsberg for speaking with our members at #LLC2023 about the work of the Department of Health Care Access and Information. #healthcareaffordability #emergencymedicine #emresident #physicianadvocacy #erdr #erdoc #caleg

We love having our members in town to advocate on behalf of #emergencymedicine at #LLC2023! Shout out to our Board Members Alicia Gonzalez, Adam Dougherty, @graham_kamara, and David Terca and our Past President Larry Stock!

My book, "We Want Them Infected How the Failed Quest for Herd Immunity Led Doctors to Embrace the Anti-Vaccine Movement and Blinded Americans to the Threat of COVID" is available from Redhawk Publications A little🧵 tinyurl.com/JonathanHoward…

Founders: "When you are wisely ambitious, you do everything you can to succeed, but you are not attached to the outcome -- so that if you fail, you will be maximally resilient, able to get up, dust yourself off, and get back in the fray." - Dan Harris (10% Happier)

Congratulations to one of our finalists for our second Mini Innovation Challenge! Taylor Nichols, MD #emergencymedicine #innovation #healthcare

Some leaders of medicine are so afraid of being called a “censor” they’ve censored themselves, allowing louder voices in their department to spread misinformation. My thoughts on a rogue medical student and a medical school dean in a tough spot. sciencebasedmedicine.org/open-letter-to…

Na ótima resposta escrita por Leo Lam, Ph.D.💉⚕️🌎🇺🇸🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇭🇰 e Taylor Nichols, MD, "sem a interpretação enviesada de um nível mais alto de risco/benefício em seus casos, os 5 argumentos éticos dos autores desmoronam completamente". 4/7 jme.bmj.com/content/early/…

“This is a mess right now." Even if another facility accepts an emergency patient, “we’re often holding that patient for 12 to 24 hours until we can actually get an ambulance that is willing to take them,” said Dr. Michael Gertz, CalACEP president-elect. latimes.com/california/sto…

CalACEP member Dr. Naomi Marks & Past President Andrew Fenton, MD spoke with KQED News about the state's broken healthcare system. “It looks a little bit like a MASH unit right now. When you come into the ER, it’s not pretty,” said Dr. Fenton. ACEP Members kqed.org/science/198305…