Amy Howerton

PWDP, Family Physician. Trying to do good in the world.

[Amy Howerton @amyhowerton]

@JennaBushHager vocal rest. It's inflammation. If you keep talking you can develop vocal cord nodules and damage. No whispering either. If you have any acid reflux take something like pepcid. Refluxed acid can worsen/cause laryngitis. So can post nasal drip-try flonase for that. -Dr. Amy

[Amy Howerton @amyhowerton]

.@POTUS @Twitter @physicianwomen @BarackObama Happy Birthday Obama! #AllBirthdaysMatter

[Amy Howerton @amyhowerton]

@realDonaldTrump The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents the government from making laws that abridge the freedom of speech. It regulates YOU, not a pvt company.

[Amy Howerton @amyhowerton]

@michaeltodd @SenSchumer @SpeakerPelosi I’m in Sampson but all my colleagues say the same. Unc and duke started making their own- but private docs and rural have no access and can’t find to purchase

[Amy Howerton @amyhowerton]

.@realDonaldTrump @physicianwomen @SpeakerPelosi we can’t run tests without viral transport medium and synthetic swabs. Are you aware of the shortage?- NC physician

[Amy Howerton @amyhowerton]

@michaeltodd @SenSchumer @SpeakerPelosi Our hospital was allotted 30 some kits for 60k people in the county.

[Amy Howerton @amyhowerton]

@michaeltodd @SenSchumer @SpeakerPelosi Many! Supplies are limited so we are only allowed to test people with exposure to known positive contact. If you can’t test any one you can’t prove exposure. Colleagues all over NC saying the same.

[Amy Howerton @amyhowerton]

@realDonaldTrump Supplies!!! We need the supplies! We can’t do free tests without the kits! NC kits are severely rationed!!

[Bob Casey @SenBobCasey]

Right now in America, it is easier to get an AR-15 than a test kit for COVID-19.

[Amy Howerton @amyhowerton]

@physicianwomen @SpeakerPelosi @realDonaldTrump Where are the Covid test supplies!? My Sampson county NC has 30 kits for 60,000 people. Doesn’t matter how many labs agree to test if we don’t have the swabs and tubes!

[Amy Howerton @amyhowerton]

@JoyAnnReid There are no test kits available in NC!! Our county has 30 tests for 60k people!! We can’t get supplies!!

[Amy Howerton @amyhowerton]

@SenThomTillis @realDonaldTrump NC DOCTORS DONT HAVE TESTING SUPPLIES!! Where are they???!!!! Stop saying we can test! We can’t test without kits!

[Amy Howerton @amyhowerton]

@marcorubio Not “the media”..... maybe Fox is.

[Amy Howerton @amyhowerton]

@HodaAndJenna there’s a difference between chronic social isolation and being extra cautious and staying home more for a couple weeks to stop viral spread. Don’t try to equate the 2.

[Amy Howerton @amyhowerton]

@okanesc @cspan @SpeakerPelosi If that was the most disrespectful thing you’ve seen, you don’t follow news coverage of Trump grabbing pussies, mocking reporters, suggesting his mob beat up reporters etc.

[Amy Howerton @amyhowerton]

@realDonaldTrump Triggered by a teen working on climate issues? Really? ??

[Amy Howerton @amyhowerton]

@LindseyGrahamSC How anti constitutional can you get? That’s not even anything to joke about.

[Amy Howerton @amyhowerton]

@AllergyKidsDoc Thank you!!

[Amy Howerton @amyhowerton]

@ECMcLaughlin family med doctor here. This is a familiar story. Addition-the loss of the small town pharmacies is also a blow to quality care. The small private owned pharmacies work with us & patients much better to do what is needed. They too are a casualty of the healthcare wars.