#Pneumonia

First tweetorial of the new academic year. Coagulase negative Staphylococci (CoNS) bacteremia is a frequent ID consult. So how do the pros handle the CoNS? Here is a quick generalized
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Today marks 5 months from the date China notified @WHO of an outbreaks of atypical pneumonia in Wuhan. Since then 6.2 M cases and > 300K deaths have been notified
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Alert. You are experiencing a premeditated biological terror attack by powerful political elements seeking to influence the 2020 election. Here's proof - THREAD:1. At the start of the pandemic, Democrats
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Legends persist of British magicians and witches using spells to prevent invasion by sea. Dr John Dee was credited (erroneously, after his time) with raising the storm that scattered the
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Tomorrow will mark 100 days since WHO was notified of first cases of “pneumonia with unknown cause" in China, @drtedros says at start of #Covid19 presser @WHO. “It’s incredible to
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About three years ago I got very sick, in May. Sleeping all day, huge cognitive impairment, visual impairment, and head pain consistent with encephalitis. They never found the virus that
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1/ Every health issue needs to be looked at while also keeping society going as much as possible because lockdowns have massive downsides too: Spike in calls to suicide hotlines;
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Chief Nursing Officer Chris Boese has been incident command at Region’s Hospital, St. Paul and wearing a mask at groceries/everywhere since March. Hasn’t gotten infected. Her attitude? Protective equipment/protocols work.
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In 1919 the media ran a massive scare campaign about the pneumatic pneumonia heading for our shores.Fortunately they locked down Victoria to contain the virus. It didn't work and it
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On her 152nd birth anniversary, let us revisit a tragedy called #KasturbaGandhi.The First Image is Kasturba Washing Gandhi’s Feet.Bharatiya History witnessed two Over Hyped characters; both of them treated their
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I am naturally an optimist! But I am primarily a scientist and I study how things spread through social networks. I am profoundly worried. I'll let epidemiologists can give you
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Brace, brace! Long #covid19 #journalism thread afoot. (1)@paulconnew1 @BrianCathcart @peterjukes @zelo_street @pguk10 @stevenjbarnett @Byline_Media After yesterday’s plain wrong #covid19 headline, the Telegraph seems to be doubling down on the idea
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The latest COVID-19 paradox that I would love to see some journalists look into — Japan’s low number of deaths. Is it just due to little testing? Japanese doctors good
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As coronavirus spreads across Latin America, Venezuelan authorities have reported very few cases so far (167 confirmed, 9 deaths). Some people, including the Venezuelan opposition, dispute the figures. Thread follows.
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Excellent DoubtAs we learned in school, Earth's Atmospheric air is made up ofNitrogen 78%Oxygen 21%and the remaining 1% made up of other gasesSee Pie chart belowSo we are breathing this
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By @teamlipeiHONG KONG, April 10 (Reuters) - A Nintendo Switch video game has been pulled off China's grey market e-commerce platforms, Reuters' checks show, after Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong
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