Denise Garrett, MD, MSc

Medical epidemiologist, scientist, global health advocate, former @CDCgov, current @SabinVaccine VP. Tweets are my own.

[Mariana Varella @marivarella]

Homem com suspeita de ebola foi internado na Hospital Emílio Ribas, em SP. Paciente apresentou sintomas condizentes com a doença após visita à RD Congo. Autoridades sanitárias informam que, independentemente do resultado dos exames, risco de disseminação da doença é mto baixo.

[Craig Spencer MD MPH @Craig_A_Spencer]

A year ago I warned what would happen if the U.S. tore down our disease detection system around the world

With Hantavrirus and now a very concerning Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, we are seeing VERY clearly what we’ve lost.

And why it matters.

Read my @TheAtlantic piece from a year ago outlining what happened, and follow along as I continue to cover these issues in the coming days.

https://t.co/5P2oQ6uoOE

[Financial Times @FT]

While some in the west are pushing for a four-day working week in an age of AI, Brazil is only now looking to bring millions of its workers down from six days to five. https://t.co/Ct3Pz1Mm8o

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Exclusive: The CDC delayed a report showing covid-19 vaccines reduced emergency visits and hospitalizations in healthy adults by half.

The move raises concerns about the Trump administration downplaying vaccine benefits. https://t.co/p1zapRIpxj

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

RFK Jr is trying to get 14 peptides, without data on safety or efficacy, licensed and approved by FDA. His favorite is BPC-157.
"Only three small human studies of BPC-157 exist, for instance, the largest of which is a telephone survey of 16 people who received an injection of the drug for knee pain, and which was published in a third-tier journal, Alternative Therapies."
https://t.co/pNd5GRcEO7

[Intercept Brasil @TheInterceptBr]

Há seis anos, a OMS declarava a pandemia de Covid-19 – que faria mais de 700 mil vítimas apenas no Brasil. Hoje, carregamos o peso de uma história sem retorno.

Vivemos o extremo durante esse período: desde o descaso do governo federal, que culminou na falta de oxigênio em hospitais, até uma onda de desinformação que ainda corrói a sociedade. Que a memória dessa dor nos sirva de alerta para nunca mais permitirmos tamanho descaso.

[Mark Seddon @MarkSeddon1962]

There is a profound sickness in the United States just now.

[Denise Garrett, MD, MSc @dogarrett]

@lcos3060 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

[Denise Garrett, MD, MSc @dogarrett]

@SenBillCassidy You voted for this. The deaths of these children—and many more to come—are on you too.

[Denise Garrett, MD, MSc @dogarrett]

🦠 Difteria, doença prevenível por vacinas e fatal em gde parte dos casos, está de volta.
Surtos em vários países da África. Casos na Europa.
Eqto desinformação vacinal continuar, doenças antes controladas vão seguir voltando — com um preço altíssimo. https://t.co/Ku8fP53cUh

[Denise Garrett, MD, MSc @dogarrett]

NÃO beije ou faça sexo oral se c ferida de herpes na boca. A pele das genitais, boca e olhos pode ser infectada facilmente. Transmissão tbem pode ocorrer qdo ñ há feridas, mas o herpes é mais contagioso qdo feridas estão abertas, pq o fluido das bolhas espalha facilmente o vírus.

[Prof. Akiko Iwasaki @VirusesImmunity]

Varicella-zoster virus reactivation (shingles) is linked to an increased risk of dementia, based on health records of >100 million people in the US, adding to many other studies demonstrating this link. Vaccination reduces this risk. #Alzheimer #Herpes

https://t.co/51A4AZGxiJ

[Matthew Herper @matthewherper]

I just want to emphasize: This is not normal. This is unprecedented. And it is chaos.

This morning my colleagues -- who are working quite hard -- reported that the White House had decimated CDC offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease, as well of all the staff that edit the CDC's MMWR, one of the most important medical journals.

Now *some* of those cuts are being walked back, but HHS won't even speak on the record.

I have been a reporter who has covered health care and medicine for 20 years and this does not match with anything I remember seeing.

Read more from @cooney_liz, @ChelseaCirruzzo, and @HelenBranswell.

https://t.co/TYZVK3BZGE

[Denise Garrett, MD, MSc @dogarrett]

💡 A mensagem é clara: vacinar é prevenir cânceres futuros e salvar vidas.
✅ Protege você
✅ Protege os outros
✅ Reduz a circulação do vírus
Se vc (seu filho/filha) ainda não tomou a vacina p o HPV, procure o posto de saúde. A prevenção funciona!
#Vacinasalva #HPV #SaúdePública

[Denise Garrett, MD, MSc @dogarrett]

A vacina contra o HPV protege você e toda a comunidade.
Novo estudo mostra que, 17 anos após sua introdução, os tipos de HPV cobertos pela vacina caíram até 98% entre jovens vacinados — e até quem não se vacinou foi protegido. 🧵1/4
https://t.co/CdeE20pdXe

[Denise Garrett, MD, MSc @dogarrett]

3/4
No Brasil, a vacina contra o HPV é gratuita no SUS:
- meninos e meninas de 9 a 14 anos
- 9 a 45 anos p pessoas vivendo c HIV, transplantados e pacientes oncológicos:
Na rede privada: até os 26 anos, e em alguns casos até os 45 anos.
Qto mais cedo, maior a proteção!

[Ashish K. Jha @ashishkjha]

Only one reason to delay newborn Hep B Immunization

So fewer kids will get it

We've had universal newborn hep b vaccinations for many years

Millions of kids have gotten it -- with an extraordinary safety record

So why does this new "expert" panel want a delay?

You know why

[Dr. Tom Frieden @DrTomFrieden]

I joined eight former CDC directors—spanning Republican and Democratic administrations—to share this warning: our nation’s health is at risk. 

The very systems that protect us from disease, cancer, and future health threats are being dismantled. https://t.co/PIHGQW13BN