Kathryn Kinzel

Infectious disease epidemiologist, specializing in vaccines. I knit and tweet really random things including overuse of gif responses. views are my own. she/her

[Kathryn Kinzel @k_kinzel]

I didn't get polio today! SO LIT https://t.co/qJTzrgCxSD

[Last Week Tonight @LastWeekTonight]

Here's last night's story on vaccines, a topic you may have heard about in the past from doctors or memes. https://t.co/D7hTgHjLNL

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@MBTA Hey can you PLEASE get a Braintree train out of JFK? It’s been over half an hour and there have been three Ashmont trains.

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As an FYI I'm outta here and I'm over on the service with the Bluer Skies. Goodnight and good luck.

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@WaltHickey

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Hey @JetBlue do you have options for customer support that don’t cost money? Feels unfair to have to pay for when your website breaks.

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@DGlaucomflecken This doctor never gets call backs for his ophthalmology consults, it sounds like

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@BriannaWu Have a wingman whose sole purpose is to make life difficult for your opponent. Tactical red shells, bananas, etc.

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@crazyreesie @BriannaWu ….a cool blue Impreza sedan? (Ducks)

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https://t.co/B07llZ6lPn

Relevant to the hate tweets I was getting earlier: strategic masking is a thing and this post has a lot of great tips to get in the swing of masking more as respiratory infections climb.

[Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦 @celinegounder]

Vaccinating pregnant women against influenza (aka the flu) during their 3rd trimester of pregnancy
⬇️⬇️⬇️reduces the risk of their newborn👶
going to the emergency department
or being hospitalized due to the flu.

https://t.co/gY6xQhzFZi

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@noelTbrewer

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@angie_rasmussen I appreciate the confluence of GI doctors going “oh please no” and ID doctors going “WASH YOUR FILTHY HANDS”

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@RyanMarino @this_is_mallory Ah good an “extra” bowel movement “pulled out of my body” sounds fantastic and totally not the 60ml of liquid you squirted up there 😬

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@marynmck @WIRED Difficult news and a huge loss for Wired. I look forward to your work wherever you end up!

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@craigregis Bleh

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@FireEyes66 Ventilation is just one component of a complex puzzle. Under 800 is the goal for all indoor space, but I would be wary if I was in a small space with many people I didn’t know regardless of CO2 levels.

[Kathryn Kinzel @k_kinzel]

Beyond thrilled to have met @PeterHotez in Houston this week! A wonderful advocate for science and vaccination.

[Timothy Caulfield @CaulfieldTim]

Belief in vaccine misinformation has grown https://t.co/4s2Wl2Rkua

"...including the [definitively disproven] belief that 'increased vaccines are why so many kids have autism these days.'"

Maddening how lies about vaccines endure. This BS is killing people.

#VaccinesWork

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@angie_rasmussen @SenMarcoRubio

[Mass. Public Health @MassDPH]

Getting together with friends & family for the holidays? Don't invite COVID to the party. Order your free COVID tests today. Even if you've already ordered tests earlier this fall, you can get more! You don’t have to pay for anything, not even shipping. https://t.co/emfPqDP2cH

[Kathryn Kinzel @k_kinzel]

@justaneighsayer Appreciate the concern! My colleagues and I are fully vaccinated with updated COVID and flu vaccines and the space we were in here was VERY well ventilated. I wore an N95 mask during transit.