Assistant Director, Molecular Diagnosis Section, Microbiology Laboratory, UWMC in Seattle. ID Pathology, Mol Micro, testing pathways.|Tweets are my own views.
Seattle, WA
Joined June 2020
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Josh Lieberman, MD, PhD retweeted
Best wishes and great thanks to Mark Chandler, who retired from the UW Dept of Microbiology on Wednesday. I’m forever grateful for Mark’s partnership in the UW MICRO460 Parasitology course. Thanks for all you’ve done for UW students over the years!
Josh Lieberman, MD, PhD retweeted
Another provocative study by @JoannElmoreMD et al showing that dermatopathologists are influenced by the diagnosis of a previous dermatopathologist. This can even influence them to make an INCORRECT melanoma diagnosis. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
Josh Lieberman, MD, PhD retweeted
1/3 We already know that Sen Paul has no interest in covering the origins of Covid, it’s all about using his power in the Senate to target 🎯 prominent US scientists, while inviting fringe elements to testify and promote outlandish conspiracies
foxnews.com/politics/rand-pa… – at Houston, TX
Josh Lieberman, MD, PhD retweeted
There are no commercial tests for monkeypox in the US - only lab-developed tests (LDTs). LDTs essential for large labs to adapt & pivot as we learn more about tropism including need to test non-lesion specimens. This is precisely why the #VALIDAct would be so problematic.
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Josh Lieberman, MD, PhD retweeted
Pro-lifers don't like complexity. At 17 weeks my placenta detached and he was much too small. I thought I felt my baby's frantic attempts to breathe. My OBGYN advised me to terminate the pregnancy, there wasn't much time. But I couldn't.
Josh Lieberman, MD, PhD retweeted
"There's so much virus out there that it seems inevitable," said Dr. Pavitra Roychoudhury @pavitrarc on #COVID19 infections. "Hopefully, the protections in place are going to lead to mostly mild infections.” @uwlabmedpath @UWMedicine @CNN @ReporterGoodman cnn.it/3btvFsh – at Seattle, WA
Josh Lieberman, MD, PhD retweeted
Remember when you had to wait 7-10 days for a Covid test? Imagine that happening for all sorts of cutting edge lab tests as labs at your local hospitals across the country are disincentivized to develop novel tests to serve their communities. That is what #VALIDAct will do
I am a #medical professional. The #VALIDAct would regulate me as a #manufacturer. #Patients deserve access to #innovation and local care. No to the #VALIDAct @PattyMurray @HELPCmteDems
@SenatorBurr @SenSchumer @SenGillibrand @GOPHELP
Josh Lieberman, MD, PhD retweeted
It seemed like cases had peaked for this current wave in Washington. But now that we've started to see BA.4 and BA.5 at low levels, this data suggests we might be in for a long tail.
There is a notable drop in neutralization titer against BA.4 and BA.5 viruses in boosted individuals and individuals with BA.1 breakthrough infections (figure from Qian Wang, David Ho and colleagues biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…). 11/12
Josh Lieberman, MD, PhD retweeted
The thing I can't shake is how many of those kids slept in, forgot lunches or homework, had a stressful, rushed tearful morning. Our mornings are like that sometimes. How many parents and siblings and friends assumed they'd reconnect tonight? Try to have a better day tomorrow?
Josh Lieberman, MD, PhD retweeted
Thanks to info like this I knew thanks to Twitter, I just helped my now COVID+ 71yo mom get an appointment for this morning at a test-to-treat CVS location near her.
Neither she, nor the rest of my family, even knew this was an option. #Paxlovid covid-19-test-to-treat-locat…
PSA: If you’re one of the many testing positive for COVID these days – & have risk factors – there are #Paxlovid💊 you can get (for low or no $) that may help you get better faster.
npr.org/sections/health-shot…
Josh Lieberman, MD, PhD retweeted
#ACLPS2022 Call for Abstracts: We are hosting the 57th Annual ACLPS Meeting June 23-25, 2022!
The deadline for receipt of abstracts is 11:59pm EST on Monday, Feb 28, 2022.
Learn more: aclps.org/aclps-2022
@ACLPS_ @UWMedicine
ALT Seattle skyline with Space Needle and Mount Rainier with a purple banner on the top and a gold banner on the bottom.
Josh Lieberman, MD, PhD retweeted
Listeria Outbreak Linked to Packaged Salads Produced by Dole | CDC cdc.gov/listeria/outbreaks/p…
Josh Lieberman, MD, PhD retweeted
"So when people sit in agonizingly long COVID-19 testing lines, it’s worth remembering the beleaguered medical laboratory workers who have completed nearly one billion of these tests – with no end in sight." - @RodneyRohde #Lab4Life #WeSaveLivesEveryday
theconversation.com/the-omic…
Josh Lieberman, MD, PhD retweeted
Ivermectin has become a controversial potential medicine for #COVID19
A sub - group meta-analysis suggest that the significant effect of ivermectin on survival was dependent on largely poor-quality studies #ofid #IDTwitter @InfectiousDz
academic.oup.com/ofid/advanc…
Josh Lieberman, MD, PhD retweeted
Incredible: Our US health system is so feeble there is no Covid reporting this weekend. Sometime around Tuesday morning they’ll turn the machines back on and look at the numbers? I predict further increases in hospitalization and HCW depletion, hope the system doesn’t collapse – at Houston, TX
Josh Lieberman, MD, PhD retweeted
Valuable article on testing capacity.
But why are there are no quotes from laboratory technologists, who perform many of the tests?
The pandemic is having a terrible effect on lab staff, who remain largely absent from the news (there are exceptions).
nytimes.com/2021/12/17/us/po…
Josh Lieberman, MD, PhD retweeted
Limitations of COVID antigen testing using Mayor Garcetti's test results:
Mon=Antigen-neg (prior daily testing neg)
Tues=PCR-POS
Wed=Antigen-neg x2 (PCR results return), SYMPTOMATIC (PCR confirmed)
Take home? Testing is not a replacement for masks etc
spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-east…
Josh Lieberman, MD, PhD retweeted
Thx Dr. Reddy for speaking reason. Testing has its place (and I’m a testing guy), but daily testing isn’t it.
Josh Lieberman, MD, PhD retweeted
This is absolutely not true and was shown to be false. Gross antiscience disinformation from an elected member of the US Congress. Antiscience aggression is contributing to the death of 1,500 Americans each day. Enabled by social media. 100,000 needless American deaths since May – at Houston, TX
When boys and young men are at a higher risk of being hospitalized from side effects of taking the covid vaccine than actually being hospitalized from covid itself, there is every reason to stop the covid vaccine mandates.
Stop the insanity.
theguardian.com/world/2021/s…
