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Abraar Karan
@AbraarKaran
infectious disease doctor, epidemiologist, researcher @stanford
Stanford, CA
profiles.stanford.edu/abraar
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    Abraar Karan
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    May 19
    Discussed the #Ebola outbreak in DR Congo on @CBSNews — this is an example of why late detection sets you back so far (compared to a relatively much faster detection in the case of #Hantavirus where the cruise ship cluster was much easier to recognize). Communicable disease
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    Abraar Karan
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    Apr 11, 2020
    I’m a doctor in the emergency room seeing #covid19 patients. It’s definitely not.
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    Tomi Lahren
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    Apr 10, 2020
    It’s time to start the reopen of America.
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    Abraar Karan
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    Aug 2, 2020
    A lecture on school reopening and #covid19
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    Abraar Karan
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    Jun 6, 2022
    We knew from day 1 that fit tested N95 respirators could protect people— as a doctor I wore these for two years treating patients and stayed safe. Two years later, our public health response not once even bothered to create a true program to get people fitted masks. Insane.
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    Abraar Karan
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    Dec 17, 2021
    Upgrade your masks The single best way at an individual level- even once vaccinated- to prevent infection is to upgrade the mask you have and make sure it is on when you are near others in public, esp indoors Tight fit, high filtration. We can’t wait for the government on this
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    Abraar Karan
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    Apr 19, 2022
    Dropping public mask mandates on travel— where people are literally packed together; when they are traveling to different places where they may seed more transmission; while we are greatly under-detecting cases as evidenced by wastewater— is a costly mistake at this time.
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    Abraar Karan
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    Jul 3, 2022
    Future generations will look back and say “why didn’t they clean the damn air?”
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    Abraar Karan
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    May 12, 2022
    When we said to mask, they said masks don’t work When we said to test, they said cases don’t matter When people died, they said it wasn’t from, only “with”, covid Skeptics provided no solutions but to downplay this A million are dead & we are still arguing about it
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    Abraar Karan
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    Mar 8, 2020
    THREAD 1/ Of all the articles I read this week on #COVID19, this @nytimes ⬇️ really caught my eye. It was an interview w/ Dr. Bruce Aylward, the lead on the @WHO team that visited China to examine their response. It surprised me for multiple reasons.
    Dr. Bruce Aylward, leader of the W.H.O. team that visited China to assess the country’s response to the coronavirus outbreak.
    Inside China’s All-Out War on the Coronavirus (Published 2020)
    From nytimes.com
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    Abraar Karan
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    Oct 31, 2021
    One thing I guarantee you will notice if you pay attention Doctors who have cared for #covid19 patients will never underestimate what this virus is capable of The antivax, antimask pundits who have been tweeting from the safety of their home for the past two years often will
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    Abraar Karan
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    Feb 26, 2022
    The idea of ‘learning to live with Covid’ is wildly premature I say this very unapologetically Let’s first get through one friggin wave that doesn’t completely disrupt society & kill thousands of Americans before we start using that phrase?
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    Abraar Karan
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    Apr 16, 2022
    Weird how quickly the strategy shifted to -disregard cases -disregard morbidity -disregard equity -disregard prevention -disregard superspreading -disregard missed days of work -disregard vaccination gaps -disregard immunocompromised All to reassure the public - “all good”
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    Abraar Karan
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    Mar 9, 2022
    I’m concerned abt the nearly weekly new data revealing harmful effects on organs such as the brain & heart from #covid19 Over time, the unforeseen consequences of infection become more clear. But many are being infected in the process, reassured by pundits that they’ll be fine
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    Abraar Karan
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    Dec 8, 2020
    1/ Been saying this for a while, but I’m going to say it again. Do not indoor dine right now. Order takeout. Tip restaurants. Support businesses. But I would not be dining indoors. Last night, there were no ICU beds left at a hospital where I work in Boston. #COVID19