Value in Health & Tech | Medical Science Liaison @AlexionPharma | PharmD/MS Neurology, InfxDz, CVDz, HIT, Digital | @USC @CedarsSinai alum | #OptOutside
San Diego, CA
Joined March 2017
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Jason Lebowitz retweeted
For a strong dose of optimism, turn to @youyanggu
He's the best US pandemic modeler out there. And he projects we are at/near peak cases and deaths per day
covid19-projections.com
I sure hope he's right.
It still results in 80,000 more Americans lives lost by end October.
Jason Lebowitz retweeted
Insult to injury: As we turn our attention to the atrocity in Minneapolis, #COVID19 remains undistracted. Below, I've animated cases in L.A. County since the start of the pandemic. We're still seeing quadruple-digit new cases per day. We are still in a pandemic. Please stay safe.
Wow! Congrats to @seanduffy and the @omadahealth team! Great coverage by @chrissyfarr on @CNBC this morning cnbc.com/2020/05/19/omada-he… – at San Diego, CA
Jason Lebowitz retweeted
1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 62
Today started as slow news day. Then it wasn’t, as @moderna_tx vaccine results hit. I’m not a vaccine-ologist, so I zoomed my go-to person, Joel Ernst, chief of Experimental Medicine @ucsf. My Q&A w/ Joel here bit.ly/2ycJM1C (17 min)
Jason Lebowitz retweeted
25/ That’s it. If you can spare 100 min (great weekend viewing!) it's worth watching the whole thing. Once again, you can find it here: bit.ly/2WW49bH
Back tomorrow with tweets. Next Grand Rounds next Thursday. Stay well...
Ordered COVID-19 blood test from @LabCorp.com on Friday for $10 and received my result on Monday morning, negative for IgG antibodies by @Abbott SARS-CoV-2 IgG assay. Not all will develop detectable response+IgG doesn't indicate active infection. HOWEVER...corelaboratory.abbott/sal/fa… – at San Diego, CA
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#pharmacists now permitted to order, admin #covid19test, particularly relevant for #pointofcare #fingerstick which also detect #IgM. EUA isn’t FDA approval, but assay shown 89% sensitivity/91% specificity for IgM Ab detec (@BioMedomics dist. by @BDandCo) fiercebiotech.com/medtech/bd… – at San Diego, CA
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Is POC fingerstick testing accuracy high enough? Are pharmacies ready to discuss positive IgG/IgM results at point of care in retail, independent Rx or outpatient clinic settings? businesswire.com/news/home/2… @pharmacists @CVSHealth @Walgreens @NACDS – at San Diego, CA
Jason Lebowitz retweeted
4/ Pueyo’s analysis is incredibly thorough & vivid, esp. amazing #dataviz & videos. Below clip is re: Taiwan’s successes; other stories re: Korea, China & Singapore. Lessons for U.S. abound, though many steps will butt heads with the “Give Me Liberty…” thread of U.S. politics
Jason Lebowitz retweeted
3/ @tomaspueyo’s “Hammer & the Dance” is essential reading re: what comes next bit.ly/34Ryhsk. His new piece @Medium, “Learning How to Dance,” is Part 1 in brilliant primer on lessons from other nations re: controlling Covid in tricky next phase bit.ly/34Uhdls
LIVE ADA Inter-professional Town Hall caring for inpatients w #diabetes + #COVID2019 from the experts.. Drs. Hirsch, Eckel, Clements, Mabrey, Agarwal, and Jeffrie-Seley! Nurses, pharmacists and doctors united. #coronavirus @pharmacists @ADCESdiabetes @AANP_NEWS @AmDiabetesAssn – at San Diego, CA
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Jason Lebowitz retweeted
LISTEN UP🔊
Patients with lupus, arthritis, other conditions are *already* on hydroxychloroquine.
And we are diagnosing them with covid19 *LEFT AND RIGHT*
If it does work, it‘s not as good as you hope it is.
And don’t give me any flimsy “resistance” excuses.
STUDY THE DRUGS!
Excellent summary of disease trajectory, first-hand experience from this clinician... – at San Diego, CA
I've been able to closely folllow about 15-20 pts over the past 15 days.
what i've learned:
- this is a long-recovery illness. anticipate long admissions & long vent days
- proning has improved hypoxemia in all stages of disease; pts even on floors encouraged to self-prone
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GRATEFUL for Warrior Angels Rescue, @kd_neal, @roseabraham1, @DanaRensi and @USEMBASSYPERU for getting us HOME! Still many left, but @StateDept ramping up at last. Thank you @DavidBegnaud for elevating our message. #AmericansHome @WarriorAngelsRe #stuckinPeru #stuckiniquitos – at San Diego, CA
There are Americans in Peru (maybe as many as 1,000+) who are stuck in a country that's locked down due to COVID19. They're trying to get out with the help of the U.S. govt. I spoke to 3 of them who say they're waiting for the US embassy to tell what to do. Here are their stories
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Was lucky to be repatriated from Iquitos today, but reflecting on @USEMBASSYPERU instructions here, asking us to take commercial airlines that cancelled. Who’s going to refund the money we spent on these flights?! We paid for @StateDept return tickets too! #stuckinperu – at Irvine, CA
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We received confirmation last night from US Embassy Peru that we would be on the manifest for LATAM flight out of Iquitos to Miami tomorrow. Hired a boat to get into City and this is what we see at the Port... #cuarentina #quarantine #socialisolation @ABC7News @AssociatedPress
[1/3] Working to increase #StuckInPeru awareness, support from congress (tx @RepTedLieu, @ScottPetersSD), @StateDept @SecPompeo @USEMBASSYPERU @realDonaldTrump efforts working w @MINCETUR, shine brighter spotlight on efforts with @WarriorAngelsRe (WAR) as #COVID19 cases rise... – at Iquitos, Peru
[2/3]...restrictions tighten for those #StuckInIquitos, Arequipa, Pucallpa. Non-profit WAR was founded several years ago after extracting stranded US citizens in Puerto Rico after #HurricaneMaria and received commendation from @barackobama... – at Iquitos, Peru
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[3/3]@WarriorAngelsRe(scue) does not charge evacuees $ and operates purely off donations! You can read more and donate on their page above. Thank you @abc7leanne and @ABC7News for sharing our story! – at Iquitos, Peru