Freelance multimedia journalist. Medical research, global health, health policy, Covid-19. DM open. Story ideas welcome. @jsilberner@mastodon.social
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Private equity’s intrusion into US healthcare
Bad things can happen when capitalism meets medical care, writes @jsilberner bmj.com/content/382/bmj.p182…
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No One Knows if You Need Another Covid Booster
It’s cellular immunity, not antibodies, that probably protects against the coronavirus’s worst effects—and scientists haven’t worked out how long it lasts.
by @jsilberner for @WIRED
wired.com/story/cellular-imm…
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🙏@jsilberner for sharing 4 ways to #decolonizeglobalhealth with #EveryBreathCounts today👉magazine.jhsph.edu/2022/4-wa… Movement is growing @JohnsHopkinsSPH @ghn_news @DecolonizeGh @dukedecolonize @seyeabimbola @paimadhu @CKyobutungi @unfiltered_gh @GlobalHealthBMJ @GHS @ughe_org
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long guns, long covid, low temps, low tides
@jsilberner @libdenk @jbalter
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Vaccinators in Peru's Amazon are challenged by religion, rivers and a special tea npr.org/sections/goatsandsod…
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Super proud of my Lummi Tribal Health Center colleagues especially Dr. Dakotah Lane (med director) for better vaccination rates than other groups in US, despite credible historic reasons to fear governmental health interventions. Lummi also had a holistic response to the pandemic
American Indians/Alaska Natives have consistently topped the vaccination charts. How'd they do it?
bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n216…
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"I didn’t feel pressure timewise though there was a sense of urgency to immediately review the data. People in the country were dying every 30 seconds or so.”
@jsilberner interviews Stephen Thomas, lead principal investigator of the Pfizer BioNTech trial ow.ly/k6Jo50DI2r1
Joanne Silberner retweeted
Why You Should Still Wear A Mask And Avoid Crowds After Getting The COVID-19 Vaccine npr.org/sections/health-shot… I spoke @jsilberner about why we still need to continue to #WearAMask despite #COVIDVaccination
Joanne Silberner retweeted
IMPORTANT: WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC #MaskUpNJ
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Remember in Ebola all the discussion about needing to engage anthropologists to understand why African villagers would shun medical advice? Now we’ve got a much larger epidemic in our own country, but I hear no call to study the culture & mindset of those disregarding health recs
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Violence is the cause of 1.4 million deaths a year and is considered a global health issue by the WHO. How did an off-the-cuff comment 30 years ago lead Jonathan Shepherd to develop a model that has lowered violent injuries worldwide?
bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m298… @shivalifulchand
Joanne Silberner retweeted
The #NobelPrize committee couldn't reach Paul Milgrom to share the news that he won, so his fellow winner and neighbor Robert Wilson knocked on his door in the middle of the night.
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In controlling #Covid19 on college campuses, contact tracing is one of the biggest challenges. “There are lots of disincentives [for students] in reporting exposures or cases,” says @C_R_Watson. “Schools have to be creative and help students."
@voxdotcom: vox.com/21445908/covid-19-pr…
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I was just looking through an insurance underwriting manual from before the ACA. You know what would have gotten you denied individual insurance? Using hydroxychloroquine in the previous 12 months.
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howdy. i'm the sheriff of WEAR A FRIGGIN MASK
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Joanne Silberner retweeted
Contact tracing is widely considered to be key to ending the pandemic. @tinkerrr visits the pioneering Massachusetts effort taking a leaf out of west Africa’s book ow.ly/EV0L50zF7y4
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USAID recipients can't use funds to buy PPE for health workers without prior approval from USAID buff.ly/2zz4PvR
HT @jsilberner
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Words matter, and some of the ones being used in the #COVID19 pandemic aren't the best possible choices. #publichealth #COVID19 That's what I think, and so does @howardfrumkin
blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/04/27…
