Dr. Meghan McGinty, PhD

Director, #EmergencyManagement @NYCHealthSystem. Faculty @JohnsHopkinsSPH @uwsph. Former @JHSPH_CHS @healthynyc @bigcitieshealth @Georgetown. Native Brooklynite

[Dr. Meghan McGinty, PhD @Breukelen299]

@kellymnyc @nyulangone 😂 I got one of their koozies. #swag

[Dr. Meghan McGinty, PhD @Breukelen299]

@ShelleyHearne @JHadvocacy @BrianCCastrucci @soledadobrien @DR_KMP @SF4publichealth @drJoshS @SLP4publichlth @NASEM_Health @_Eric_Reinhart At the local level we need to change laws (like #nyc charter) that requires @nycHealthy to be an MD.

[Dr. Meghan McGinty, PhD @Breukelen299]

@ShelleyHearne @JHadvocacy @BrianCCastrucci @soledadobrien @DR_KMP @SF4publichealth @drJoshS @SLP4publichlth Well written article. @NASEM_Health idea for federal appointments is interesting but @_Eric_Reinhart fell short of the recommendation (biased, perhaps?) that we shouldn’t be appointing physicians to these public health leadership roles.

[Dr. Meghan McGinty, PhD @Breukelen299]

My @TetraTech colleague @GTBakker will also speak about 'What Comes Next?' #COVID19 #prepsummit2022

[Dr. Meghan McGinty, PhD @Breukelen299]

Join me @ 12:15 @NACCHOalerts #prepsummit2022 for a TED Style Talk about 'Why we need a #covidー19 Commission and Health Registry.' @TetraTech #publichealth #emergencymanagement #preparedness #disastermanagement #ReimaginingPreparedness

[Dr. Meghan McGinty, PhD @Breukelen299]

Help Zak help Ukrainian refugees in Poland https://t.co/XxIqfD4OcI #HumanitarianCrisis #HumanitarianAid #Ukraine️

[Dr. Meghan McGinty, PhD @Breukelen299]

@BrianCCastrucci People have accepted that omicron is so infectious they may get covid. This mindset is critical for their mental health.

[Dr. Meghan McGinty, PhD @Breukelen299]

@BrianCCastrucci Great points but article assumes ‘accepting we may get covid’ = promoting ‘let it rip’ strategy. Accepting I may get omicron, does not mean I’m hosting ‘covid parties.’

[Dr. Meghan McGinty, PhD @Breukelen299]

Perhaps we should add ‘nor pandemic’

[Dr. Meghan McGinty, PhD @Breukelen299]

.@USPS delivered my free @AbbottNews #binaxnow #COVID19 rapid #antigen self-tests today. Props to @USPS for delivering these exactly 12 days after I ordered them, as promised despite the weather. #WinterStorm #kenan

[Dr. Meghan McGinty, PhD @Breukelen299]

Special thanks to #brooklyn #postalworkers living up to the unofficial motto chiseled over 8th Ave #nyc post office: ‘Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds’
https://t.co/thwN8naCyY

[Dr. Meghan McGinty, PhD @Breukelen299]

@juliam_dc And this is only a fraction of costs. What about costs for time missed from work and additional child care costs due to school/daycare closures?

[Dr. Meghan McGinty, PhD @Breukelen299]

@SteenWeinberg @cynrojasla @DrTomasAragon @kprather88 @linseymarr @jljcolorado @Bob_Wachter @KBibbinsDomingo @UCSF ‘Consider’ fit means nothing to a lay audience. And ‘fitting’ well - without major gaps, is not the same as being fit tested, qualitatively or better yet quantitatively.

[Dr. Meghan McGinty, PhD @Breukelen299]

@DrTomasAragon @kprather88 @linseymarr @jljcolorado @Bob_Wachter @KBibbinsDomingo @UCSF Problem with this graphic is that it fails to convey that wearers need to be fit tested for an N95 to ensure it actually fits correctly. Otherwise it may not expected ‘best’ protection.

[Dr. Meghan McGinty, PhD @Breukelen299]

@icHamza @tamer_hadi Not sure how this affects bets haha

[Dr. Meghan McGinty, PhD @Breukelen299]

Free at-home COVID tests will be available Jan 19 @ https://t.co/ioYU288mv9. Every household can request 4 tests to be shipped 7-12 days after being ordered via USPS mail. #COVID19 #Omicron

[Dr. Meghan McGinty, PhD @Breukelen299]

I have no words. SMH. #VaccineEquity #COVID19 #omicron #boosters #vaccinemandates #VaccineEthics

[Dr. Meghan McGinty, PhD @Breukelen299]

I strongly recommend people have someone supervise them performing the self test to ensure they follow the procedure correctly. And like when cooking read the entire 'recipe/instructions' before beginning.

[Dr. Meghan McGinty, PhD @Breukelen299]

These antigen tests are an important part of our toolbox, but its really important to follow the instructions to a t. And to retest, if you have an invalid test as I did. https://t.co/ncP4N6RqyU

[Dr. Meghan McGinty, PhD @Breukelen299]

See the control line has spread down the right side of my @AbbottNews #BinaxNow #COVID19 -19 Self Test. A new rapid antigen test should be run in cases like this.