Stephen Warnick

He/him/his. Health care & equality for all, actively working to be antiracist & antisexist. Family Med doc, Psychiatrist, father, & husband. All views my own.

[Stephen Warnick @swarnickjr]

@GPMIMemes Wow. Just wow.

[Stephen Warnick @swarnickjr]

Elections are important. If we have any chance of keeping abortion safe and legal in any state, we need to elect good people in November. If anti-abortion politicians control the House, Senate (and in 2 years the Presidency) abortion will be illegal everywhere.

[Stephen Warnick @swarnickjr]

#occgrad2022 @OCCollege

[Stephen Warnick @swarnickjr]

So proud of my cousin Heather for getting her associates today! Hard work pays off! #occgraduation #occollege

[Stephen Warnick @swarnickjr]

Great place to present @BeaumontFMGP !

[FamilyMedMidwest @FMMidwest]

We had a great planning meeting early this morning. Start thinking about the abstracts to submit for our #FMMidwest22 at https://t.co/obFs5feFgH @IAAFP @MNFamilyDocs @MIFamilyDocs @LMSA_UIC @INFamilyDocs @widfm @UMNFamilyMed @MOAFP @broadwaydo Retweet to your peeps!

[Stephen Warnick @swarnickjr]

@VABVOX My family and I thus far!

[FOX College Football @CFBONFOX]

A SEA OF MAIZE AND BLUE 🟡🔵

@UMichFootball

[Alejandro Zúñiga @ByAZuniga]

Singing Mr. Brightside from the Michigan Stadium field after beating Ohio State

[Alumni Association of the University of Michigan @michiganalumni]

Now we're ready. Let's do this.

#GoBlue #BeatOSU

[Stephen Warnick @swarnickjr]

@apoorva_nyc I don’t agree that boosters are wasted. We are going through our fourth surge in MI right now and seeing tons of breakthrough with those vaxxed >6 months. I agree we need more vaccine distribution worldwide and better public health mitigation, but the boosters are needed.

[Stephen Warnick @swarnickjr]

@DanRather Delta has been great. They remind passengers chronically and even the pilot has spoken via intercom to wear mask correctly over the nose.

[American Academy of Pediatrics @AmerAcadPeds]

The American Academy of Pediatrics applauds the @CDCgov's advisory committee's approval of a safe, effective COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5-11. Read the full statement here: https://t.co/tUjQJc7q2t #VaccinesWork #ThisIsOurShot #PutKids1st

[Stephen Warnick @swarnickjr]

@DrJenGunter The misinformation universe is wide and scary. And we have to be the ones to prove scientific facts.

[Stephen Warnick @swarnickjr]

@ClendenenJ @_stah That’s the hard part! We don’t have great tests. Even measuring antibody levels is not 100% accurate or maybe even clinically relevant. Our best correlate is infection/severe illness/death post vaccination or post infection and that data is messy.

[Stephen Warnick @swarnickjr]

We need more data on how to measure immunity for both the vaccinated and those with immunity from infection. It’s not as simple that you can assume protection from COVID if infected.

[Stephen Warnick @swarnickjr]

I somehow stupidly replied to a thread and am now arguing with folks who don’t think vaccines work and that natural immunity outperforms all vaccines. Unfortunately they debate is more complicated than a tweet but it worries me with all the absolute language- “no, none, nobody”.

[Stephen Warnick @swarnickjr]

Scientists know better than to speak in absolutes (or they should). There are stories showing natural immunity outperforming vaccines and at least one study showing the vaccinated less likely to get COVID than the naturally infected. There is a lot left out of these quick takes.

[Stephen Warnick @swarnickjr]

Natural infection brings risks at a personal and population level. Looking at reinfection in those who have had COVID leaves out the hundreds of thousands who can’t be reinfected because they died from COVID. This conversation is nuanced. We know the vaccines work.

[Stephen Warnick @swarnickjr]

@blblackburn89 @_stah Also in all reinfection studies of those naturally infected you have naturally removed all those who died from natural COVID infection. So your samples are different and skewed towards natural immunity. Science is complicated and messy. Doesn’t tweet easily.

[Stephen Warnick @swarnickjr]

@blblackburn89 @_stah That’s false. Science is complicated. One study showing those with COVID more likely for reinfection. An Israeli study did show natural infection slightly outperformed vaccination but infection plus vaccination worked best.