Author Archives: Joseph Thornton MD

Carl T. Bergstrom ⁦‪@CT_Bergstrom‬⁩ 31. Peer review is an important institution for vetting scientific claims. Students should be taught what peer review is, and what it does (filters for work that is more likely to be interesting and more likely to be correct) and doesn’t do (eg. it doesn’t guarantee correctness). 5/17/22, 7:41 PM JosephContinue reading “Tweet by Carl T. Bergstrom on Twitter”

Jason Kindrachuk, PhD ⁦‪@KindrachukJason‬⁩ ⁦‪@Tuliodna‬⁩ ⁦‪@rjlessells‬⁩ I recommend this older one looking at the differences between the two MPOX clades as well pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16186219/ 5/19/22, 6:48 AM Joseph Thornton

Isaac Bogoch ⁦‪@BogochIsaac‬⁩ The UK is using a ring-vaccine strategy to curb the monkeypox outbreak, vaccinating close contacts of cases. This vaccine is used for monkeypox & smallpox. bit.ly/3wq5tXq pic.twitter.com/HBpMcT1VEJ 5/19/22, 6:26 AM Joseph Thornton

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15477589/ Joseph Thornton

Clinical Infectious Diseases ⁦‪@CIDJournal‬⁩ The Digital Classroom: How to Leverage Social Media for Infectious Diseases Education 🆓 Freely Available 🔗 bit.ly/3Nf3ESH #IDTwitter via ⁦‪@TxID_Edu‬⁩ et al. pic.twitter.com/9ZlXSO2nEC 5/18/22, 10:21 AM Joseph Thornton

The Ferrari Lab ⁦‪@TheFerrariLab‬⁩ See also the great work by Jean-Jacques Muyembe, ⁦‪@arimoin‬⁩, and colleagues who have been working on monkeypox in DRC for years pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… 5/18/22, 8:38 AM Joseph Thornton

NIDUS Delirium Network ⁦‪@NIDUS_Delirium‬⁩ Are you eligible for #2022NIDUSBootCamp? Learn about eligibility, the agenda, or apply today! deliriumnetwork.org/career-develop… #Delirium ⁦‪@sharon_inouye‬⁩ ⁦‪@ElderLifeProg‬⁩ ⁦‪@DrDaleNeedham‬⁩ ⁦‪@rnjma‬⁩ ⁦‪@agilis‬⁩ ⁦‪@pratikpande15‬⁩ ⁦‪@ADAuerbachMD‬⁩ ⁦‪@BusbyWhitehead‬⁩ ⁦‪@devlinpharmd‬⁩ ⁦‪@H_SeniorLife‬⁩ ⁦‪@ElderLifeProg‬⁩ pic.twitter.com/VoHYyQwuLK 5/18/22, 12:30 PM Joseph Thornton

Bill Hanage ⁦‪@BillHanage‬⁩ Anyway I am sure other countries will report cases soon. This cat is already out of the bag, all that remains is to see what sort of cat it is – a tabby or a tiger? 8/end 5/18/22, 10:04 PM Joseph Thornton

Isaac Bogoch ⁦‪@BogochIsaac‬⁩ Over a dozen cases of monkeypox under investigation in Quebec, Canada. Spillover from non-human (rodent?) to human in endemic region (Central/West Africa)➡️ human to human transmission➡️global mobility. Sound familiar? By ⁦‪@LaurenPelley‬⁩ & ⁦‪@adamsmiller‬⁩ bit.ly/3FVTKD0 5/18/22, 6:44 PM Joseph Thornton

FluTrackers.com ⁦‪@FluTrackers‬⁩ Portugal – Media: “More than 20 suspected cases of infection with the Monkeypox virus were identified this May, all in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region, five of which have already been confirmed by the National Institute of Health..” flutrackers.com/forum/forum/eu… h/t Pathfinder 5/18/22, 8:49 PM Joseph Thornton