Dr. Mark Morocco

ER Doc, writer, Professor of Emergency Medicine at UCLA, Attending Physician Reagan UCLA UCLA Emergency Medicine Center

[Dr. Mark Morocco @markmorocco]

I'm going to DISCONNECT from social media posts about CORONAVIRUS. I suggest you do too. The anxiety and near panic produced by these posts is worse than any potential benefit. STOP getting medical information from ALL social medial. It is all inconsistent and impossible..

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Back, maybe...for a bit

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Tonight's Los Angeles Times piece, in print tomorrow. https://t.co/u8rLvVsvvH...'

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https://t.co/ImvpPcmOIN

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Mind on our friends and fellow citizens in the path of Laura.

[Dr. Mark Morocco @markmorocco]

@Gabe__MD You misunderstand. Use known vetted colleagues, and internet portals of CDC and public health. Social media no FB reposts, Tw posts are unreliable for MDs and regular folks. Risks of anxiety panic and non compliance far greater than benefit.

[Dr. Mark Morocco @markmorocco]

I'm going to DISCONNECT from social media posts about CORONAVIRUS. I suggest you do too. The anxiety and near panic produced by these posts is worse than any potential benefit. STOP getting medical information from ALL social medial. It is all inconsistent and impossible..

[Dr. Mark Morocco @markmorocco]

foodie posts -- but will be skipping, ignoring and not biting on any health tips or Corona virus stories. I suggest you follow 'doctor's orders, hereby prescribed!'

[Dr. Mark Morocco @markmorocco]

...should be avoided. These posts are sad but I have no idea about value and these could easily be fiction or disinformation. And so it is as useful as reading a good novel in this global health event. I will be reading a few good novels, and will read your pet posts, your ...

[Dr. Mark Morocco @markmorocco]

Even good commercial networks and newspapers while solid are still looking for 'sensational/emotional' spins on the data and this story. Posts like "my friends uncle is a doctor in China and THIS is what you should know'" and "I'm a doctor and this is how it is now in ITALY"..

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...to vet, even for those of us who are actual 'experts.' (And you really don't know, unless you happen to know me.) Same with most video media outlets. Use the CDC website and LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES as your primary source of health news...

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Have the flu? Dr. Mark Morocco of @UCLAHealth talks symptoms and how to know if you need to visit the ER. #flu #fluseason #flushot #fluvaccine #emergencyroom #ER #h3n2 @markmorocco @dgsomucla https://t.co/ai9W4ofj2s

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@delta #delta Best friend, wife and 2 kids just got Key West Christmas vacation cancelled by Delta Airlines incompetence. Stranded in ATL from Seattle, ATL to Key West leg cancelled, NO FLIGHTS available for 2 days! No alternative offered so back to Seattle! HELP!

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@kathycordayusa Not Key West or Irma -- Sandy from last year

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@MikeTheiss How are you transmitting? Are you still there?

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The princess of @GeigerFishCamp #boatdogchloe #keywest #islanddog

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Lol

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#pickpico @pickpico. Ucla people animal connection!

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Pick Pico dance party! @pickpico

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@PickPico LAPD mounted patrol in the pick Pico house!

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Stuck at LAX, flight to Philadelphia cancelled due to weather.   Looks like no NBME workshop for me. @NBMEnow