I think an interesting question for pediatricians is: If
#COVID19
was predominantly killing children with blonde hair, how adamant would you be that all kids attend in-person school in the fall? Be truthful…
#putkids1st
Dear
@TheAtlantic
,
I see that you’re having adult oncologists weigh in on pediatric Psychiatry and Infectious Disease.
Couple quick questions:
1) have you heard of pediatric psychiatrists and/or pediatric ID specialists? because they exist
2) wtf is wrong with you? seriously.
I just saw a midwife talking about performing VBACs (vaginal birth after c-section) in a birthing center. OUTSIDE of a hospital. AWAY from physicians.
Y’all, don’t do this. If your baby needs help, you have 60 sec to begin resuscitation. Being “close” to a hospital ain’t enough.
Maryland AG to review all death reports produced by former medical examiner David Fowler who testified Chauvin did not kill George Floyd. “His testimony and conclusions were so outside the bounds of accepted forensic practice that all his previous work should come into question.”
Y’all know this already, but don’t throw babies in the air. Not because you could drop them (though it’s possible), but the abrupt stoppage when you catch them can lead to shaken baby syndrome. It ain’t worth it.
@ClutchScience
@soledadobrien
@nhannahjones
“Got physical,” meaning even pulling away from the officer could have cost him his life.
Every time I drive away from a traffic stop, I thank God that I lived through it.
Unless there's clear evidence of complicity, we should be extremely uncomfortable with the idea of charging parents for crimes committed by their children.
@cyncope13
@EinherjarDO
Every. Time.
I can stutter and stammer all day and my MA will be like, “Lipid panel and A1c, right?”
When they’re good, they’re irreplaceable.
You were founded as a magazine that was all about the abolition of slavery across a certain ocean, correct?
How, then, are you now, in the midst of a pandemic which is disproportionately affecting the descendants of those enslaved, arguing for LESS protection against the virus?
If a physician says it’s bad to inoculate children from a pandemic-causing virus, you might want to rethink listening to their advice on anything. Ever. In life.
Yes, even if Wikipedia says they were the valedictorian of their high school class & made good boom-boom on the potty.
LRT: Y’all keep talking bout “everyone” being vaccinated this summer, leaving out roughly SEVENTY-FIVE MILLION CHILDREN in America. Those people can catch, spread, and die from covid-19.
Quick science lesson: Kids are also people and ignoring their health needs is fairly gross.
CDC says that children under four should always ride unbelted in the front seat; the driver’s swift right arm is enough to keep them safe in a crash.
#CDCsays
Little boy, flirting with my medical assistant while she’s helping you is gross, and isn’t gonna work. Especially since she knows you’re here to get your chlamydia treated.
And I’m unsober and unbelted while driving. Never had a crash. I keep my car healthy. I can’t hurt ppl I haven’t collided with. And the sober can still get into crashes and kill ppl per your over lords the NHTSA. So what’s the difference? Control. I control my car not the state.
@WBryanH
@tysonjfisher
@ScottGottliebMD
And I'm unvaxxed and unmasked. Never had the rona. I keep my immune system healthy. I cant give something to someone I dont have. And the vaxxed can get and spread it too per your over lords the CDC. So whats the difference? Control. I own my body not the state.
The systematic silencing of parents speaking out, questioning vaccines is telling. It’s bullying.I watched it with many celebrities that spoke about stopping vaccines after injury or it being against their beliefs. I will not stop because hundreds of you attack me.
#BelieveWomen
@jamorro
@AuschwitzMuseum
@Baddiel
Oh, they’re not joking. Prodisease people often compare themselves to victims of the Holocaust. They are absolutely serious. And reprehensible.
@aisha_dickerson
@BrilliantBlkGrl
And he wasn’t even being paid to “protect.” Look at what can happen when adults aren’t raring to kill black children.
In case it’s been unclear: Blaming the outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases on undocumented immigrants is racist. America has pockets of unvaccinated kids, because people think they know better than scientists and doctors. Full stop.
@sjjphd
YES. Happened to me just this year. They wanted to do some “extra” vetting before hiring me. It was trash and I let them know it. Instead, I went where they *wanted* me.
It felt amazing.
Hi,
#tweetiatricians
. There’s a child in Arkansas who has been abused, and a teacher who has admitted to said abuse. She continues to be employed and walks free. I feel like this is worthy of a signal boost and pressure applied to the state and board of Ed.
BREAKING: Elementary school teacher Karla Lasiter made a 5 YEAR-OLD BLACK student clean feces out of the toilet last Friday w/ his bare hands. She stated “she doesn’t know why she made him do it.” Crystal Hill Elementary, North Little Rock, AR has her on administrative leave. 😒
Newborn having trouble sleeping? CDC says that you should mix a bottle with 2 parts milk to 1 part Jack Daniels. This should have your baby sleeping straight through the night. Be sure to share with any older siblings, to prevent jealousy.
#CDCsays
Folks: We need the opinions of Black physicians to speak on these Black issues in medicine of black patients that are blackness and also diasporatic in their onyxness.
Me: Hi, both of my degrees are from an HBCU and here’s my opinion that differs from yours
Folks: never mind
So I guess nobody’s gonna wear masks anymore and everybody’s just gonna keep passing the virus around, huh? Great stuff,
@CDCgov
. I’ll keep wearing mine.
CDC says that blood alcohol level is a myth. If you are stable enough to start your automobile, you’re good to drive home. Blackouts are just long blinks and should be ignored.
#CDCsays
*pssst*
Hey,
#tweetiatricians
. This is one of our patients. Being put into a potentially lethal chokehold by a school resource officer. We should be concerned about the danger posed to this child.
Camden Fairview High school in Arkansas
An officer lifting a black student in the air by the throat and choking the life out of him as a viable solution to a non violent argument amongst students in a lunchroom
THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS
Y’all trying to tank this woman’s career because somebody ELSE did something bad?
All she said was that rudeness would be documented. She didn’t say treatment would be withheld or that patients would be beaten.
Folks can’t *wait* to get their feathers ruffled sometimes…
So, I just found out that y’all’s favorite fame-chasing pediatrician also had a pt with an HIV+ mom and he NEVER tested the child for the virus.
She died of AIDS.
J*y Gord*n can go [exactly what you’d imagine someone would say here] forever.
Antivaxers really think putting quotation marks around something makes it untrue:
So this “vaccine” is supposed to keep me from “dying” of a “disease,” is that your position, “doctor?”
Yes, dummy; it is.
Fact: More newborns die in home births than in hospitals. Like it or lump it, this is a fact.
If you tell me that Black women are often mistreated in hospitals (duh, I know), so let’s give their Black babies less of a chance of survival, you sound... counterproductive.
From the guy with absolutely no Pediatric training and zero evidence to refute the claims by the AAP comes…
I’m Rooting for the Virus, by Mommy’s Big Boy.
@HoerzDonut
@jemelehill
Ever seen a Wes Anderson movie? Read any books in school? Seen a movie Mark Wahlberg? Watched Friends or Cheers or any of those Brat Pack movies?
We know all about this demographic. The entire society is geared toward this demographic. That’s literally the point.
Hey,
@mychal3ts
As a pediatrician, as a dad, and as a Black man, I would like to thank you SO much for what you do. You inspire the kids, but you also inspire the adults to be our higher selves.
Your voice is absolutely vital, and I wanted to thank you publicly for caring for us.
No. No, the kids shouldn’t be back in school before they can get vaccinated.
As a father of a 15 year old that doesn’t look much different than this, this is absolutely terrifying.
This is what physicians do when other physicians threaten public health. Maybe*
@AmerAcadPeds
should do the same with its own rogue docs. Yes, I mean the antivaxers.
*definitely
People: Western medicine is trash. All they wanna do is give you pills and cut you open for $$$. In XYZ place, they treat people “holistically.”
Us: Actually, if you eat less, run more, and stop smoking, lots of risks to your health decrease
Them: You judgmental sonofab*tch...
FYI, if you want to interact with my toddler patient, today is not your day. She will not be examined. She will not be spoken to. She will not be played with. She will not return a wave. She will, however, throw herself to the ground.
You have been warned.
As an intern I told my fave OB nurse about my experience. She said, “Please, don’t do that again. You’ve done everything right for nine months. It would be a shame to throw it all away at the end.” Next time around, I listened. Had that baby via midwife, INSIDE the hospital.
FYI, Will Smith & his family aren’t trained in medicine.
Jada Pinkett was beautiful in “Menace,” but she ain’t a doctor.
That little boy had a catchy song a year ago, but he hasn’t even gone to college.
In short, ask your physician about your medical problems, not a rapper.