Dr. Bow Tie
President Biden Doesn’t Have Dementia
I’ve been seeing this every week since November of 2020, and I should have said something publicly (instead of just in personal...
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Managing Health Expectations
A Hospitalist Sifts Through Disinformation
I'm Dr. Joseph Thomas. I am an M.D. and I work as a hospitalist in Western New York. I started writing long-form status updates on Facebook to sort through all the disinformation that was being bandied about regarding COVID-19. I needed a place to collect those posts, and I forgot how much I like regularly writing, even if it's not so much creative as it is exasperated. I'm going to try to be regular in my updates around my work schedule. Please get your vaccine, and for now, wear a mask indoors and in crowds - the pandemic is still ongoing.
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Oct 24
- 3 min
RSV: Potentially Deadly - But Now a New Vaccines and a Monoclonal Antibody!
It’s that time of year! Fall is in full swing in the northern hemisphere and that means apple picking, hay rides, and gathering at...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Sep 29
- 6 min
COVID-19: Three Years Later (Pt. 5: UPDATE YOUR VACCINE!)
The public health emergency (PHE) has been officially declared over. Great - problem solved, right? Well, not quite. The pandemic has not...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Sep 28
- 4 min
COVID-19: Three Years Later (Pt. 4: MASKS AND MITIGATIONS)
TW: Suicide The public health emergency (PHE) has been officially declared over. Great - problem solved, right? Well, not quite. The...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Sep 27
- 3 min
COVID-19: Three Years Later (Pt. 3: LONG COVID)
The public health emergency (PHE) has been officially declared over. Great - problem solved, right? Well, not quite. The pandemic has not...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Sep 26
- 2 min
COVID-19: Three Years Later (Pt. 2: JUST THE FLU?)
The public health emergency (PHE) has been officially declared over. Great - problem solved, right? Well, not quite. The pandemic has not...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Sep 25
- 4 min
COVID-19: Three Years Later (Pt. 1: VARIANTS)
It's been three years since our world changed after a virus spread across the world and, over the course of two years, killed over one...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Sep 8
- 4 min
The Future of Hospital Medicine Is...Connected (Repost from The Hospitalist)
It's been a few months and my writing has been rather slow these days. This partly stems from the fact that I've been trying to write...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Jul 10
- 9 min
Transgender “Advantage” in Sports, And Other Myths
Transgender athletes are back in the news again. Admittedly, I'm not sure they ever left the news. But it resurged again when Lance...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- May 11
- 7 min
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine
I wrote a post three years ago, about a month prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, about HPV Vaccines. I was just starting to do more...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Apr 25
- 5 min
On Dropping Mask Mandates in Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities
On April 20th, one of the hospital systems in which I work decided to follow the examples of area offices, some other hospital systems,...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Mar 8
- 6 min
COVID-19 Catch-Up: Straight From The Heart
I've been dealing with some writer's block lately. My last two posts took weeks to write, which is not normal for me. But as I look at...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Feb 24
- 6 min
Calling In My Fellow Christians
My birthday is this week. As has been the case the past few years, I have tried to reflect on myself and my world. Earlier this month, in...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Feb 2
- 7 min
Buffalo Blizzard 2022: Let’s Never Do That Again
If someone says the words "Buffalo, New York," odds are that if you do not live here, you think of either snow or the Bills. If someone...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Dec 15, 2022
- 7 min
Meme-d Misinformation About Medical Management, Part 2: Let's Tackle The Meme
If you haven't already, read Part 1 of this 2-part post, which is sort of my mea culpa on behalf of the field of medicine - acknowledging...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Dec 12, 2022
- 4 min
Meme-d Misinformation about Medical Management, Part 1: A Mea Culpa For The Medical Profession
A while back, a friend of mine posted this on Facebook. I am not posting this to mock them, but I want to address some of these points...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Dec 3, 2022
- 7 min
A Quick News Round-up: Triple-Demic, Died Suddenly, Blood Donation
As we enter the holiday season, I have a couple of posts ready, but I also need to touch base on some current events. Well, I don't need...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Nov 16, 2022
- 5 min
What's Up With RSV?
I started this blog as a means of combating pandemic disinformation, and it's obviously focused a lot on COVID-19. I've dabbled with...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Nov 4, 2022
- 2 min
What’s Your Voting Plan?
Election Day is next Tuesday, November 8th. What is your voting plan? Voting has never been more important. Since 2016 the political...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Nov 1, 2022
- 3 min
The Imposter Syndrome I Didn’t Know I Had (Originally Posted to WIMSBlog)
I recently had the opportunity to attend the Women in Medicine Summit back in September. It was such a fun and enlightening experience! I...
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