Ajintha Pathmanathan MD

Anaesthesiologist, humanitarian, public health, justice and technology...Art...”Pink Salts” by Tarisse King

[Ajintha Pathmanathan MD @AjinthaP]

Only if we become calm as earth, fluid as water, and blazing as fire will we able to rise to the task of peacemaking.

BR. DAVID STEINDL-RAST

[Miranda van Tilburg @DrvanTilburg]

Mistrust in 2020 has reached a dangerous level: I won’t believe anything until I see it with my own eyes.

Five people attempted to get inside hospital because they question the ICU is as full as some say.

⁦@jonathanstea⁩ ⁦@CaulfieldTim⁩ https://t.co/8OHMd9wPov

[Nina Achadjian @ninaachadjian]

Home Depot's market cap ($300B) is larger than Square's, Uber's and Shopify's...combined. Sometimes, it's a good mental exercise to stop and think of tech companies in the context of the larger universe. 🏠⚙️🔨🗜️🪜

[Benzinga @Benzinga]

#Bitcoin To See 'Minimal Resistance' On Way To $20K As It Shoots Past $16K, Analysts Say $BTC $ETH

https://t.co/gwKvp5mhDb

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

For your family, for your neighbor, for your community, and for yourself: wear a mask.

[Ajintha Pathmanathan MD @AjinthaP]

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[Ajintha Pathmanathan MD @AjinthaP]

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[Ajintha Pathmanathan MD @AjinthaP]

How to Identify a Future Billionaire, According to a Legendary Investor by Alan Trapulionis in @entrehandbook https://t.co/jiDA3P7EIf

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Ahead of @BorisJohnson making a Trumpian dash to take credit where little or none is due, congratulations to the children of Turkish immigrants to Germany who can take a lot of the credit but whose names he will almost certainly not know let alone mention. #vaccine

[Ajintha Pathmanathan MD @AjinthaP]

There a multitude of reasons to avoid the virus.

Remember it’s not like Influenza and shares some features with viruses that have long-term impact like HIV.

We know enough to say AVOID and not enough to say take the virus bullet to build herd immunity.

Avoid. Avoid. Avoid.

[Paul Krugman @paulkrugman]

Yes, yes, yes!!! If there were no end in sight, you could make the argument that, since we don't seem able to eliminate this, everyone will eventually get it anyway. But now an infection delayed may well be an infection permanently avoided.

[Ajintha Pathmanathan MD @AjinthaP]

@Jeremy11223344 @chrischirp What is everyone going to do with all the test results from index and trace results without an effective management plan?

The test results are only as good as the management plan and compliance of patients.

Basic Medicine 101 ... definitely NOT rocket science.

#COVID19

[Ajintha Pathmanathan MD @AjinthaP]

@marcventresca @PeterDrobac

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[Ajintha Pathmanathan MD @AjinthaP]

@marcventresca @trishgreenhalgh @PeterDrobac @HeleneMarivdW @thomasnhale @OurWorldInData https://t.co/NmZ2Ku3z69

A layered approach using risk analytics (personalised analytics + outbreak analytics) with triaged testing may be the most cost-effective, rapid & sustainable way out of pandemic maelstrom.

Of course utilising privacy preserving and secure tech.

[Ajintha Pathmanathan MD @AjinthaP]

@marcventresca @trishgreenhalgh @PeterDrobac @HeleneMarivdW @thomasnhale @OurWorldInData When mass testing is showing 0-5% identification rates it’s an expensive & unsustainable strategy for disease management.

Imagine if we deployed testing in medicine and failed to take simple inexpensive triage & Mx steps...

Note-tests are not 100% accurate

[JORGE NY🗽🟧 🇺🇦🇪🇺 @JORGE_C_NY]

@JoeBiden “Nobody could have ever predicted a pandemic of this proportion.” https://t.co/pIoErVbBQZ

[Ajintha Pathmanathan MD @AjinthaP]

Win 1 of 5 Oculus Quests being given away by #IVHRA and @BehaVR! https://t.co/PG4Tf9MiKM

[The Mandarin @TheMandarinAU]

A new report from the Queensland Office of the Information Commissioner looks at how two government agencies have managed privacy risks when releasing de-identified data.

https://t.co/sVj09Zrkm3

[Rebecca Kavanagh @DrRJKavanagh]

The injustice here is that Tanya McDowell was sentenced to 5 years in prison, not that Lori Loughlin will only serve 2 months.

If we adopt a "burn them at the stake" approach to criminal justice, Black & Brown people are the ones who suffer.

[Ajintha Pathmanathan MD @AjinthaP]

I’m honoured to be joining the MIT Datathon. #mit #COVID19 #coronavirus

[Vanessa Teague @VTeagueAus]

1/11: A comparison on the state of CovidApp transparency in Aus, the UK and Singapore.

Singapore released app and server code weeks ago.

Aus & the UK released app code, and no server code, within the last 24 hours.

#CovidSafeApp @chrisculnane @rgmerk @noneuclideangrl @1Br0wn