Josh Tiger

Hospitalist in the Coachella Valley

[Medical Axioms @medicalaxioms]

Glad that’s settled.

[Announcer: that was not settled]

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

[WFH] h/t Fipi Lele

[Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein]

.@nyphospital says it has 1,651 patients who are COVID+ as of today. 25% are critically ill. 420 patients on ventilators, per morning update by leadership.

[Peter Shankman @petershankman]

When the #quarantine is over, I want to buy this man dinner. Who is he? This might be the best thing I've seen in weeks.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

The March 22 curves
US deaths: steep slope continues and just about to hit Iran's
US case curve now highest of all, due to the recent (and very late) surge in testing
Thanks to @jburnmurdoch @FT
It's clearly a very poor outlook so far

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

While there has been a surge in US #COVID19 testing (> 2 months late), as tracked by @COVID19Tracking, the difference in US positive tests compared w/ South Korea is striking: 10-17% vs 3%
Indicates how very late (virus spread) we are in getting started
https://t.co/WPU2SHeGL1

[Josh Tiger @joshtiger]

https://t.co/wLVtLiSWe9

[nxthompson @nxthompson]

A cartoon to add to all the essays on Medium explaining why all the epidemiologists are wrong.

[Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. @RepRaulRuizMD]

Governor Newsom announced a stay at home executive order. Here's what that means:

✔️ You can still go to the grocery store
✔️ You can still purchase medical supplies
✔️ You can still go on a walk as you practice social distancing
✔️ You can still go to the gas station

[Lawrence Dunhill @LawrenceDunhill]

BREAKING:
Major London hospital declares 'critical incident' after running out of ICU beds due to surge in Covid-19 cases

One senior director in the capital just told me - 'this is f**king petrifying'

Free to view

https://t.co/JtSzbumgxF

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

"The federal government’s mind-boggling failure has bred an apathy that’s as virulent as any microbe"
https://t.co/0iOtKFTjH6
@nytopinion

[Anand Swaminathan MD MPH 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 @EMSwami]

Time for clinicians to set standards:

I will not ask our team to intubate without proper PPE

I will not ask our team to run a code without proper PPE

Clinicians are a limited resource

#GetMePPE

[Nick Mark MD @nickmmark]

Updated version of my #OnePager on ICU care for people with #COVID19 is now available. It reflects new data on mortality rate in the US and updated treatment recommendations. Visit https://t.co/a5nxKnr6Q9 for PDF or PPT versions (#OpenSource). v2.5 #covid4MDs #FOAMcc #FOAMed

[Skeptical Scalpel @Skepticscalpel]

Infectious disease doctors, I’ve been reading about whether COVID-19 should be treated with NSAIDs or should we use acetaminophen. Why are we treating fever at all? Fever is a good thing when you are sick.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Helpful #COVID19 #dataviz, graphics up to date as of yesterday @TheEconomist showing the effects in Europe, the spread in Italy, and a world look

[Jonathan H Chen MD PhD @jonc101x]

Higher co-infection rates (>20%) in COVID19 at Stanford med. Can't rely on stepwise triage algorithm. (E.g., Patient RSV or Flu+, enough chance of COVID19 that you can't rule it out) https://t.co/gwIMyvKeh4

[Michael L. Barnett @ml_barnett]

VERY big telehealth news

Medicare is now covering telehealth:
1) For any patient (not just rural)
2) Equal payment to standard office visits
3) In any setting (mobile phone, home etc)
4) No requirement to have seen patient in-person first

https://t.co/LQU4qUXJ8N

[Josh Tiger @joshtiger]

We know enough now to act decisively against Covid-19 - STAT https://t.co/ViprJdQVRJ

[Josh Tiger @joshtiger]

Amazon Warehouses Will Now Accept Essential Supplies Only | WIRED https://t.co/WN5pVBEig2