Dr. Bow Tie
On Student Loan Forgiveness
I have over $200,000 in student loans. None of them are from undergrad, and I am privileged to make enough that I won’t qualify for any...
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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
- Aug 19, 2022
- 5 min
COVID-19 CDC Guideline Update: "We're Tired of Arguing, Do Whatever You Want"
The CDC released updated guidelines this weekend regarding COVID-19. They are...frustrating. Dr. Leana Wen, former public health...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Jul 20, 2022
- 5 min
COVID-19: Breaking Our Public Health Promises To Ourselves
A few weeks ago I shared maps of the CDC's "Community Levels" (the newer, politically-driven, toned-down version of the map to make it...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Jul 15, 2022
- 2 min
A Little Girl From Ohio
TW: Rape, sexual assault The 10-year-old girl from Ohio who had to go to Indiana for an abortion is literally the reason these...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Jul 1, 2022
- 6 min
The Supreme Court Has Blood On Its Hands
A lot of women and people with uteruses are going to suffer, and many will die, because of the decision of the Supreme Court on June...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Jun 20, 2022
- 5 min
COVID-19: FINALLY! VACCINES FOR <5!
(This previously began with a post about Novavax, but I’ll make that a separate post). After months of waiting, parents of small children...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- May 30, 2022
- 2 min
I finished reading The 1619 Project two days ago.
As I read, I became more convinced that anyone who decries Critical Race Theory doesn’t understand what it is. I look at the racist...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- May 24, 2022
- 1 min
Effective Gun Control Reform. Now. Nothing Else Is Enough.
18 children are dead, along with 2, possibly 3 adults in Texas. This just on the heels of 10 people at a grocery store in my city of...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- May 23, 2022
- 6 min
Fed. Is. Best.
You have probably heard by now that there is a formula shortage in the United States. Abbott Nutrition, one of the biggest formula...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- May 20, 2022
- 4 min
COVID-19: Treatment Updates (Or, What Happens If I Get COVID Now?)
In my most recent COVID post, I touched on the dismissive phrasing of "We don't need to worry about COVID as much now, because we have...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- May 17, 2022
- 4 min
No, We Are Not "Post-Omicron."
Someone wrote an article the other day about how Canadian public transit mask mandates should be discontinued now that we're...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- May 3, 2022
- 3 min
SCOTUS Conservatives Declare War on Birthing People, or Why I Am Absolutely Livid Tonight
Well...it's happening. There has been a leak of the Supreme Court's draft of the Samuel Alito-led majority decision on the...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Apr 25, 2022
- 6 min
COVID-19: We Just Can't Help Ourselves, Can We?
Imagine you're on a plane. You're someone with chronic health concerns, or who takes care of an elderly relative, or has children under 5...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Mar 18, 2022
- 4 min
COVID-19: Nails In Coffins (Not All Figuratively)
Last week we discussed the politicization of healthcare and how that has contributed to the extended duration of the pandemic. A few...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Mar 4, 2022
- 5 min
THE POLITICIZATION OF HEALTHCARE, Part 2 (Mehmet Oz, Transgender in Texas, and DeSantis the Bully)
My last post discussed the political motivations behind the CDC’s new guidelines, and how frustrating that is at a time when, more than...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Mar 3, 2022
- 4 min
The Politicization of Healthcare, Part 1
The pandemic is not over. Let's get that out of the way - the Omicron surge is on its way out, but it will not be the last, especially...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Feb 25, 2022
- 5 min
I'VE DONE WHAT YOU ASKED AND GOT VACCINATED, NOW I'M BEING FORCED TO GET A BOOSTER?
Today is my 33rd birthday. My second birthday in the pandemic. I wish I didn't still have to write these posts, but here we are. I make...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Feb 10, 2022
- 3 min
ENDING NYS MASK MANDATES
The NYS Mask Mandate ends today, earlier than planned. I do not agree with this decision, but maybe that’s why I’m not governor. Some of...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Feb 1, 2022
- 9 min
COVID-19: MORE MISUNDERSTANDINGS (Part 2/2): Florida, From vs. With, Rogan, Freedom Convoy
We continue addressing (basically, I'm playing catch-up) of several misunderstandings that have arisen or persisted or resurfaced over...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Jan 30, 2022
- 7 min
COVID-19: MORE MISUNDERSTANDINGS (Part 1/2): Vaccines Working? "Natural Immunity," Schools, Weed
As we hit the two-year anniversary of the pandemic hitting the United States, it's important to reflect on what we have learned. The most...
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