When I got back to NYC for 4th year, all my classmates who did rotations in the US were so full of fear because of interactions like this

Genuinely one of the best decisions I made in my education was doing my core rotations in the UK. I got to learn under so many approachable and knowledgeable docs and I still see how their style of practice influences mine every day

happy birthday to @brazyazn.bsky.social specifically

dawg this is sending me

I think it has to be a copy of Lord of the Rings??

Dude cold and flu season was so bad this past year lmao (my asthma got so bad I had to step up on daily meds). An mRNA vaccine would be a dream, but I don't think we're getting that for at least three years given the RFK of it all

But also yeah, I think in higher density environments I'm more likely to mask, but otherwise it's not something I tend to do outside of work

I think that's reasonable. I like that my health group monitors infectious disease rates in the area and requires masks when it's above a certain threshold. It's personal preference outside of that, which I appreciate given that my practice is largely mental health focused and the face can help

God, absolutely. And you're PCCM, so if anyone's going to have a finger on that pulse it's you lmao. I worry about vaccine uptake as a PCP, because people seem to write off the flu as less bad than covid. Nevermind the fact that we're so vulnerable in this country rn to a bad flu wave

1000%! I still have nightmares about the ICU codes I was part of. I'm the last person to say that what we went through wasn't horrifying, but feels misguided (even if well-intentioned) to insist that that's still what we're living in

I know asking for nuance on the internet is a fool's errand (especially on this platform tbh), but I've kept my opinions largely to myself for the past six years, and watching the way everyone discusses covid has been nothing short of exhausting

If it seems like my views go back and forth, that's my point. The response to covid was a complex and nuanced issue and the conversation around that should be the same.

On the flip side of that however is the fact that the government response was severely lacking and the healthcare field's messaging was uncoordinated and inconsistent, all on top of an already broken healthcare system, so there were valid reasons to be skeptical of information.

My concern with the people who are still strict about covid is that there's a tendency to lean into rhetoric that isn't founded in science (or more commonly, cherry picked evidence), and I think that mistrust of experts is also harmful.

I've seen people who are still insistent on masking, which I think is broadly fine, especially for people who are immunocompromised, because that's another big angle to all of this: how the pandemic impacted people with chronic illnesses.

After the vaccine release is when things got trickier, because instead of social distancing, vaccination status became the number one factor that affected outcomes for hospitalizations, complications, and deaths.

As I see it, things were more black and white before the vaccine was widely available. Stay at home, mask up if you need to be out, distance socially. Anything else was putting lives at risk.

I know I personally lost friends from both angles because I was either too rigid or too lenient, and a lot of that was related to what was perceived as inconsistency. In truth, I just changed my response based on the science.

The bulk of what I see has to do with moralizing one's personal response to covid, going after each other for being too strict on precautions or not strict enough.

I expect we're going to see more wild discourse about it the further we get from it, with zero percent of the nuance that the topic deserves

Been seeing a lot of wild covid takes the past few days, which, as a doctor who started residency during the worst part of the pandemic, feels super cool and fun

mfer really contacted her representative

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I started running again! It's only been a week, but it's something I enjoy that I look forward and can stick to more consistently than weights

Kotaku hires Rebekah Valentine as Senior Reporter as site expands under new ownership Owner Keleops says that traffic has doubled in under a year; further hires planned to drive further growth

I work at Kotaku now! :)

You can go watch back today's KFGD to hear me talk about it a little if you want. You could also read my alma mater @gibiz.bsky.social to learn more! www.gamesindustry.biz/kotaku-hires...

Anyone who's ever had to deal with a loved one with pancreatic cancer will tell you that it's just about the worst cancer you could get. This is such a huge breakthrough.

My husband was laid off and we’re kind of at a loss right now. If anyone has any leads on PR jobs, please reach out to him.

Weed Mubarak everyone!

Infowars/Onion combo logo in rainbow saying “I support the onion’s hostile media takeover.”

It’s finally happened. After 18 months. Finally, a media merger you can root for.

It's the same vibe of "person who can excuse racism but draws the line at animal cruelty" but to an even higher degree