Jenny Robertson

Applied LHD epidemiologist

[Jenny Robertson @epijenny]

@Theresa_Chapple For us, 3yo is a contact, not a case until tested. Normally we'd just notify daycare to make sure child did not attend during Q period, but since child had already attended during some of that time, we'd approach this situation as if child was a case & notify close contacts.

[Jenny Robertson @epijenny]

Public health workers are still not okay 😢

[Ed Yong is not here @edyong209]

I wrote this in July when the 2nd surge was underway. The 3rd is upon us; this piece still holds. The exhaustion is palpable in the voices of people I interview. They’ve been sprinting a marathon. So much has already been asked of them. It’s untenable.

https://t.co/BGmsfuldMO

[Jenny Robertson @epijenny]

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[Ed Yong is not here @edyong209]

🚨I wrote about the mental and emotional toll that the pandemic is taking on public health experts, who’ve been running on fumes for months, and who are deeply frustrated with shouting empirical advice into a political void. 1/ https://t.co/BGmsfuldMO

[Andy Slavitt @ASlavitt]

BREAKING: In case anybody wants to read the actual document where Trump & Barr say they want to take away your health care during a pandemic.

https://t.co/8He11JJS8V

[Gabrielle Blair @designmom]

This is how I, a 45-year-old white woman and mother of 6, currently at her peak Karen power, went from assuming police work was a necessary part of functional communities, to becoming a passionate advocate for #abolishthepolice #defundthepolice, over the course of one week.

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[Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @EpiEllie]

Harm reduction for protests in a pandemic:
•wear your mask + eye protection + heat resistant gloves
•yelling can spread droplets, choose signs, drums, or similar noise makers
•stick with a buddy group to keep your unknown contacts low
•carry water + hand sanitizer + bandages

[Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @EpiEllie]

Contact Tracing is one of the most important outbreak response tools. You can help make contact tracing easier & more effective for public health agencies by keeping a list of people you come into contact with!

We’re #InThisTogether

[Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @EpiEllie]

Listen, epidemiologists would *also* love it be possible for us to open up our communities, workplaces, and economies. We *do not* like things the way they are. But we also *know* opening now means many many people will die! And we like *that* even less.

[Jenny Robertson @epijenny]

"We are a small population of people because of genocide. No other reason. If you eliminate us in the data, we don't exist. We don't exist for the allocation of resources." --Abigail Echo-Hawk, Director, Urban Indian Health Institute. #decolonizedata #notinvisible

[Utah Division of Emergency Management (Utah DEM) @UtahEmergency]

Hey Utah, we know it seems strange to have two M4.2 aftershocks less than a month after the Magna quake.

It seems scary because this is a new experience. You are all going to be earthquake pros after this.

Please share information from verified sources, like @UUSSquake.
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[Great Utah ShakeOut @UtahShakeOut]

Nothing like an aftershock to kick off ShakeOut day.

Learn what you should do in an earthquake and practice today.

https://t.co/yMfheR53gh

[Shaquita Bell, MD @ShaqBell]

An Equity Thread
A Pandemic is not more important than racism. We cannot think of equity as the second phase, or that we will "get to it" when we have time.

Here are some things that I have noticed, please feel free to add to the thread:

#Covid19 #equity

[Utah Division of Emergency Management (Utah DEM) @UtahEmergency]

Thread: Can we have a talk about earthquake anxiety?

This is dedicated to all of our friends, old and new, who have been reaching out to us in direct messages and through comments.

We want to send you our love and compassion.
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[Dr. Majumder is writing 🖋 @maiamajumder]

Before you share that god-awful #COVID19 Medium post that’s been making the rounds today (the latest in an onslaught of them), PLEASE read this thread by an actual bonafide infectious disease expert. (Especially appreciated the humanity of the beta-blockers tweet, @CT_Bergstrom.)

[Mayor Erin Mendenhall @slcmayor]

Salt Lake City, we will get through this. We are still assessing the situation throughout the city but the best thing you can do is shelter in place and prepare for potential aftershocks. Our public safety team is responding. I will keep you updated. #utpol #slc

[Utah Division of Emergency Management (Utah DEM) @UtahEmergency]

Today and this week will be a great time to do a home hazard hunt:

Walk around your home to look for things that might fall on you.

Plan to strap furniture to the walls

#utquake

[Jenny Robertson @epijenny]

Cardiovascular-themed #heartchart submission