Health Policy Nerd

Scientists and policy makers need not be partisan, but we must be political. #resist

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

Please indulge me for a rare (but brief) thread of personal comments.
I was on a city bus in Copenhagen early this morning. A young man clearly suffering from mental illness was screaming angrily. Not an unusual occurrence on urban transport. Passengers ignored him. 1/

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

It was a reminder that some values - like caring for your fellow citizens in a time of crisis- are universal. It was a reminder that immigrants and refugees bring incredible skills with them. It is not newcomers we need to fear, but the assumptions we make about them.

[Health Policy Nerd @Healthy_Policy]

Absolutely distasteful and dehumanizing comments from @PacoBTV, who represents the @BTV_GOP.

This represents a dangerous and uninformed understanding of substance use disorders and the #opioidcrisis.

#vtpoli #btv #GOP #DNC

[Matthew Fox @ProfMattFox]

Am I the only one who struggles to read a full methods paper because I find a reference I was unaware of and start reading that, then stop in the middle to try to go back to the first then get distracted again by a new reference?

[Health Policy Nerd @Healthy_Policy]

@ProfMattFox 🖐️

[Health Policy Nerd @Healthy_Policy]

We are so much more what our abusers try to manipulate and gaslight us into believing we are.

so much more capable.
so much more worthy.

#medtwitter #FOAMed #GuGate #metoomedicine #metoo https://t.co/L0Mw2zuwR5

[Health Policy Nerd @Healthy_Policy]

Glad to see that Academics aren't standing idly by while @realDonaldTrump continues blatantly disrespecting science and truth.

Academics need not be partisan, but we must be political. https://t.co/aIAgczoxtO

[Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark]

We @TheLancet are here #TrumpProtests standing up against Lie Lie Land !

[Health Policy Nerd @Healthy_Policy]

Be sure to give @JORS_OA a follow - they're a new journal publishing on the science of #recovery.

Please RT! https://t.co/LCSSUpvYUV

[Journal of Recovery Science @JORS_OA]

Now accepting submissions with our first call for papers - sections include recovery support services, recovery support institutions, special populations, case studies, outcomes studies, theoretical & qualitative manuscripts! View author guidelines at https://t.co/RpNrbSHrV3

[Health Policy Nerd @Healthy_Policy]

@RSPavek @JORS_OA @OpioidAlliance @SarahFairVT @OpioidPolicyBTV @vtltdan So exited about it!

[Health Policy Nerd @Healthy_Policy]

Discriminatory & hateful comments from Shannon Reilly, owner of @MagnoliaVT in #btv, against people receiving medication assisted therapy, saying, "junkies should detox or die" 😥

RT if u think employers should be supportive of people in recovery! #OpioidCrisis #VT #vtpoli https://t.co/0biimIXuBX

[Lance Shaver @LanceShaver]

Dear @amazon, please remove this item from your website and ban the person selling it.

It is completely and utterly ableist, and just downright discriminatory.

#DisabilityRights are #HumanRights! #Equity #socialjustice #healthequity #Autism
https://t.co/83YN54yb9H

[Science News @ScienceNews]

Suicide rates have increased across the U.S. over the last 25 years — in dozens of states, by more than 30 percent. https://t.co/aWYXg4R2Wk

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

#Depression is not a sign of weakness.

#LetsTalk, never be afraid to ask for help.

https://t.co/paYNyeu4VV

[Health Policy Nerd @Healthy_Policy]

Feeling this 💯 right now https://t.co/6BSLAU1YAH

[Valerie Valdes @valerievaldes]

Hey, friend. Were you a smart kid who always heard about how smart you were and are now not feeling so smart? Are you, in fact, feeling fairly shitty about yourself? This thread is for you.

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

#Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide.

Depression can be treated.

The first step is talking #LetsTalk
https://t.co/cGNkDER8ru

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

Just got out of the OR to read this piece about Trump’s new lawsuit to bring back pre-ex condition exclusions. If it won, all four of my patients would be denied coverage on the individual market for the very reasons I did surgery for them. Insane. https://t.co/yOhVytCGdU

[Esther Choo, MD MPH @choo_ek]

I'd like to tell you a story.

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