Frank Litvack MD, FACC

Physician, entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist.

[Frank Litvack MD, FACC @drlitvack]

@DanielleGersh @CBSLA Your future is bright. We look forward to seeing the next act!

[Frank Litvack MD, FACC @drlitvack]

@GavinNewsom Finally, some common sense in approach to managing pandemic. It is about time flawed policies are modified to deal with reality. Opening vaccination to people over 65 and those with pre-existing conditions and providing large public venues will help. #pandemic

[Frank Litvack MD, FACC @drlitvack]

The Trump administration seeks to speed up the sluggish pace of administering coronavirus vaccine shots https://t.co/J8z3l70WYJ

[Frank Litvack MD, FACC @drlitvack]

@TedCherekos @CNBC @ScottGottliebMD Agree- or unarmed National Guard personnel. Don’t want to make it look military but must get done somehow.

[Frank Litvack MD, FACC @drlitvack]

@EricTopol Vaccines don’t show up out of the blue. Use production forecasts to coordinate the wider use of dose1 with assurance that dose2 will arrive in time. Hoarding doses in freezers is failed planning and costing lives.

[Frank Litvack MD, FACC @drlitvack]

@ScottGottliebMD “Plans are worthless but planning is everything” said Eisenhower. Planning for vaccine distribution was poor but the plan is a total failure. @GavinNewsom and other leaders- time to change the plan. Open the access and get doses into arms now!

[Frank Litvack MD, FACC @drlitvack]

@TheAspenTimes Skiing is an outdoor sport that can be made safe. Keep it going with well established and enforced protocols. People need to be physically active and have recreation. Consider that health includes both physical and mental well-being.

[Frank Litvack MD, FACC @drlitvack]

@lapublichealth @lapublichealth change strategy. Vaccines in bottles no good. Open to all over 65, signup on website, get appointment, vaccinate at public venues. @ericgarcetti program too slow. Truck to arm in <12 hrs! #trucktoarm

[Frank Litvack MD, FACC @drlitvack]

@ScottGottliebMD Spot on @ScottGottliebMD. The policy wonks @CDCgov got it wrong. Tiers complicate/slow distribution. @GavinNewsom and govs need to change course. Open to all over 65 and high risk now! Apply on website, get appointment, vaccinate at public venues. Wonks were wrong. Costing lives!

[Frank Litvack MD, FACC @drlitvack]

@GavinNewsom Rollout going poorly. Target truck- to- arm in less than 12 hours! Allow signup on websites, create public venues for mass vaccination, eliminate complex tiers and subgroups amd open to all over 65 as available and then go down on age. People are ‘dying’ to be vaccinated.

[Frank Litvack MD, FACC @drlitvack]

The system of tiers is confusing and complex. People are waiting to be notified- this is too passive and slow. Let everyone sign up on-line, offer appointments subject to availability and set up centers of vaccination in public spaces. #From truck to arm https://t.co/Obg8alI8Yy

[CNBC @CNBC]

"There's 35 million vaccines sitting on a shelf right now...we are way behind," says @ScottGottliebMD on COVID-19 vaccine rollout. https://t.co/1Pmj1ZeLxZ

[Frank Litvack MD, FACC @drlitvack]

@CNBC @ScottGottliebMD The various tiers and parsing is making vaccine distribution confusing and logistically complex. After healthcare workers and first responders open to over 65 and high risk. Use web signup and setup vaccine hubs in open spaces now!

[Frank Litvack MD, FACC @drlitvack]

@pfizer @moderna_tx controversy over delaying second dose in order to give more first doses like GB. Conduct new trial with 12 week delay. Go to same 100 trial sites in hotspots. Given raging prevalence trial will enroll in a few weeks with interim analysis at week 12 #COVID19

[Frank Litvack MD, FACC @drlitvack]

@JoeBiden It is not possible for 50 states and thousands of counties to alone optimize vaccine delivery. Federal intervention is needed. Each week lost costs thousands of lives. Vaccines in vials help nobody. #COVID19 @KamalaHarris

[Frank Litvack MD, FACC @drlitvack]

Failure to deploy by our government yet no change in strategy. Parsing vaccination by tiers not working fast enough. Take care of health workers/first responders. Then open for 65+, other high risk and then rapid expansion. Vaccines in bottles do no good! #CovidVaccine

[Frank Litvack MD, FACC @drlitvack]

via @NYTimes https://t.co/xM5EA2rmZD

[Frank Litvack MD, FACC @drlitvack]

Compounding tragedy, more than 80% of vaccines sit unused as of 12/31. Failure very bad in CA. My 92 y.o. FIL in a home not vaccinated with no plan presented! Too much parsing by group causes paralysis & confusion. People dying as vaccines sit in freezers. #COVID19vaccine

[Frank Litvack MD, FACC @drlitvack]

Politicization of covid is damaging society- especially economically disadvantaged communities. Get politics out of the pandemic! #COVID19
Epidemiologists Stray From the Covid Herd: @tunkuv interviews Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and @MartinKulldorff https://t.co/SbIYmsi918