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Rod Williamson
Physician (Azu)
Silim-ma hé-me-en

[Rod @DrRod_W]

Henry David #Thoreau quote near his #cabin site, #Walden Pond
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."

[Richard Lehman @RichardLehman1]

“If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.”
Take it from Confucius
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[News from Science @NewsfromScience]

How long does a vaccine last? Scientists are getting surprising answers, which may us help better use—or improve—the shots we have. #ScienceMagArchives https://t.co/ZgeH7qZH9Y

[Ben Coates @bencoates1]

In case you were wondering how Sweden’s “no lockdown” experiment is going:

[Rod @DrRod_W]

The presence of some #Neanderthal #DNA introgressions in #European populations could be an evolutionary trade-off between a strong inflammatory response in a high
#infection load environment versus avoiding adverse #inflammation & #autoimmunity, i.e. #CytokineStorm in #COVID_19

[Rod @DrRod_W]

My theory regarding #Ethnicity & #COVID-19 adverse outcomes. #Neanderthal #DNA introgression (i.e. see worldwide OAS1 gene haplotypes) may give added protection.

Ref: Evolutionary and population (epi)genetics of immunity to infection (2020)
https://t.co/lZO0eOswUa

[Rod @DrRod_W]

Might the presence of certain #Neanderthal #DNA sequences in people of #European ancestry have protective effects on #COVID-19 adverse outcomes?
Could other archaic #hominin DNA sequences have contributory effects (+/-) on black & other ethnic populations?
https://t.co/5Taxy3eG7e

[Mike @MichaelTun1]

https://t.co/8he2YUH2G0 So proud of my superhero dad Dr Peter Tun. He was looking forward to retirement and wanted to play with his grandchildren (when I have them eventually). He died of COVID19 on Monday. I miss you so much dad! ❤️

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

If you read nothing else this weekend, read this masterful @NewYorker profile from @specterm, who has covered Fauci for three decades https://t.co/ngXyAHV9Nt

[Rod @DrRod_W]

'They are leading us to catastrophe': Sweden's coronavirus stoicism begins to jar
Orla Vigsö, a professor at Gothenburg University, sums up the dilemma. “People are starting to ask: are others stupid and paranoid? Or is Sweden doing it wrong?”
https://t.co/VnYijga4Yg

[Rod @DrRod_W]

India racked by greatest exodus since partition due to coronavirus
"Migrant workers who have made it to their villages have often found they are no longer welcome."
https://t.co/X5FkdPKHFL

[Levon Aronian @LevAronian]

I have no words to express the grievance over my wife Arianne's death. She was intelligent , hard working and joyous person that lived a beautiful life...

I love you honeybun, sleep tight....

[Rod @DrRod_W]

@LevAronian R.I.P. Arianne @caoili.
My deepest condolences.

[Rod @DrRod_W]

@HoLabHIV @VirusesImmunity @YaleMedicine @YaleMicroPath @YaleIBIO @YaleRNA @jclinicalinvest These https://t.co/K4Xy7SCU7L links are broken ... https://t.co/ICwgeUyVp8 & https://t.co/vDqwohpIRG

[Rod @DrRod_W]

Hospitalized adults need their caregivers — they aren’t visitors
"When this pandemic is over, we ought to compare the outcomes of care in hospitals that recognized the role of caregiver ..." #COVID_19 #Dignity #Delirium
https://t.co/1bsJiuTKD0

[Rod @DrRod_W]

How Much Should the Public Know About Who Has the Coronavirus? | NYT
“Here we expect to get information so we have our choices and we make our decisions,”
“Our notion is information is the oxygen for #democracy.”
#Coronavirus #Data #Privacy #Trust
https://t.co/lwUh7cHnDT

[Rod @DrRod_W]

Best photographs of the day
A coronavirus hat and Starbucks physical distancing: the weekend's best photos
https://t.co/UyF8MAubnw

[Simon Wessely @WesselyS]

Our piece on moral injury, health care staff and COVID, including how to reduce it. In short, it’s the team, not the person. And it’s not just a Psych problem - it’s about moral values, not morale. This is not another word for PTSD @bmj_latest https://t.co/87Rgrgzu8g

[Rod @DrRod_W]

The Animal Origins of Coronavirus and Flu
"Genetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 sequences shows that their closest genetic relatives appear to be bat coronaviruses."
#COVID_19 #Bat #Zoonosis
https://t.co/uISqpYIR3R

[Rod @DrRod_W]

20 photographs of the week [The Guardian]
https://t.co/s3SGpfz6uW

[Rod @DrRod_W]

Canine exceptionalism
https://t.co/48II5Bhkcj