Michael Howard

MD/PhD Immunology and Microbiology, Emergency Specialist, Interest in emERgingDiseases, remote medicine, my family and foiling

[Michael Howard @MichaelHowardMD]

10 air changes per hour for $100. Easy as Aotearoa NZ 🦠🚫 https://t.co/7YG7C0s4pB

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

It is despicable that the Covid vaccine manufacturers are going to charge more than $110/dose for the new XBB.1.5 boosters when available in mid-September.
The US government previously paid ~$25/dose, supplied free of charge, and subsidized these companies with untold $ billions.

[Michael Howard @MichaelHowardMD]

@Neurons2Nirvana @RCarhartHarris @dannytheforde @PsydelicsToday Ever been in the Amazon? Puddles of tea colored water everywhere…soaking leaves and vines

[Michael Howard @MichaelHowardMD]

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[SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @COVID19_disease]

⚠️ BREAKING: New Case of MERS-CoV (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) Coronavirus Confirmed in Pakistan

@ejustin46 @LauraMiers @RajlabN @DavidJoffe64

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

Elsevier is losing editors

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

It's time for us to move to a 32-hour work week with no loss in pay. Technology and worker productivity has exploded in recent years. That transformation should benefit all, not just the few. It should create more time for friends, for family, for rest, and for relaxation.

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

More Isn't Always Better
RECOVERY: High-dose steroids ⬆️risk of death in COVID19 pts w/ hypoxia requiring low/no supp O2 https://t.co/oYs8tvds3E

7% Absolute ⬆️ in death (NNH = 14)

Bottom Line: Steroid dose in hypoxic COVID should still be dex 6 mg Q24 X 10 days

[Jason McLellan @McLellan_Lab]

It's an incredible day for structure-based vaccine design, and I'm thrilled to see our prefusion RSV F antigen get approved as the first RSV vaccine. Still more work to do to reduce the RSV disease burden, but this will help! Congrats @BarneyGrahamMD! https://t.co/8L5JaNy49o

[Public Health Communication Centre @PHCCAotearoa]

"As much as we want Covid-19 to disappear from our lives, it is still here and still requires a strong, evidence-informed response."

Prof Michael Baker on NZ's 4th Covid wave.

https://t.co/Y56XQq2OvA @OtagoWellington @publichealthUOW

[Green Party NZ @NZGreens]

The Greens are proud to have long fought for taxing wealth fairly, through a capital gains tax or a wealth tax. The evidence this past week continues to make the case crystal clear.

#nzpol

[1News @1NewsNZ]

IRD surveyed the nation’s 311 richest families and found they pay an effective tax rate of 9.4%, much lower than the 20.2% the average Kiwi pays.

👉 https://t.co/brE2hmG4e2

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

What is the risk of repeat Covid infections?
a new feature @Nature
https://t.co/ZtEu8KqBue by @cwillyard w/ @Daltmann10 @zalaly @PreetiNMalani @tweetrambod @Marc_Veld #LongCovid

[A. Joseph Borelli, Jr., MD @DocBorelli]

I suspect you are correct to a degree, but that’s different than oncogenic. According to historical precedent it will take 10-20 years since the discovery of SARS-Cov-2 to conclude whether it causes cancer:

From ChatGPT:

How many years since the discovery of HPV and other oncogenic viruses did it take for the scientific community to reach consensus that they cause cancer (ie are oncogenic)? Please give dates of discovery and consensus for each oncogenic virus.

Response:

The discovery and consensus on the oncogenic properties of viruses varied for different viruses. Here are some examples:
1Human papillomavirus (HPV): HPV was discovered in the 1970s, and initial evidence linking HPV to cervical cancer was published in the 1980s. However, it wasn't until the 1990s that the scientific community reached a consensus that certain types of HPV are a major cause of cervical cancer.
2Hepatitis B virus (HBV): HBV was discovered in the 1960s, and by the 1970s, evidence had emerged linking chronic HBV infection to liver cancer. It wasn't until the 1980s, however, that the scientific community reached a consensus that HBV is a definite cause of liver cancer.
3Hepatitis C virus (HCV): HCV was discovered in the late 1980s, and evidence linking HCV to liver cancer emerged soon thereafter. It wasn't until the 1990s, however, that the scientific community reached a consensus that HCV is a definite cause of liver cancer.
4Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1): HTLV-1 was discovered in the early 1980s, and evidence linking HTLV-1 to adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) emerged soon thereafter. It wasn't until the 1990s, however, that the scientific community reached a consensus that HTLV-1 is a definite cause of ATL.

It is important to note that the process of establishing causality for a virus and cancer can take many years and involves extensive research, including epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory studies.

[The Vertlartnic @TheVertlartnic]

EXPERIENCE: Why We’re Telling Sick People That They Should Stay The Heck Out Of Our Hospital.

[tern @1goodtern]

I love this.
@LongDesertTrain 🔥🔥❤️
https://t.co/L5BtimgKtp

[Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @ABsteward]

🔥 Just published 🔥 @CMIJournal
The Dutch Working Party on Antibiotic Policy (SWAB) guideline for the approach to suspected antibiotic allergy
Presented today @ESCMID #ECCMID2023 by Prof Mark De Boer
🌟Cross reactivity in beta-lactam antibiotics🌟
EnJoY
https://t.co/80zCjr1gxZ

[Michael Howard @MichaelHowardMD]

Predictions of wider IEI to explain higher COVID19 CFRs in people of color has been proven unfounded. It does remind us that eugenesist arguments of immune system inferiority linger in science. Damning that social determinants, epigenetics, generational trauma play central role

[Bob Brown Foundation @BobBrownFndn]

Help Bob Brown defend The Giants — let’s end native forest logging. The New Zealand Maruia Declaration was a petition for immediately phasing out native forest logging. It is our time Australia - sign our declaration: https://t.co/njiY7d5dKK
#WhatWillYouDo #TheGiantsFilm

[Michael Howard @MichaelHowardMD]

@GaryPayinda Do you need a “hand”?

[Michael Howard @MichaelHowardMD]

@mr_caracoles @drkeithsiau Carlos https://t.co/k0nYry8NmH