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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, and I forgot how much I like regularly writing, even if it's not so much creative as it is driven by exasperation.
I still write about COVID sometimes (get your vaccine!), but now I talk more broadly about public health and reproductive justice.
I don’t always write regularly because of my work schedule, but when I don’t you can find other content on my social media (@DocWithBowtie on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter/X, and Threads)!
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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...
Dr. Bow Tie
Dec 12, 20224 min read
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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...
Dr. Bow Tie
Dec 3, 20227 min read
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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...
Dr. Bow Tie
Nov 16, 20225 min read
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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...
Dr. Bow Tie
Nov 4, 20222 min read
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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...
Dr. Bow Tie
Nov 1, 20223 min read
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COVID-19: A NEW VACCINE!
I actually wrote this back in July, but it's been, as my good friend Dr. Zachary Rubin puts it, Disinformation Whac-A-Mole and my posts...
Dr. Bow Tie
Oct 27, 20223 min read
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DID A PFIZER EXEC SAY THE VACCINES DON'T WORK? DO THEY NOW REQUIRE COVID VACCINE FOR SCHOOL?
There are a couple of newer outrage touchpoints making the rounds on social media. Both are being propagated by the usual...
Dr. Bow Tie
Oct 24, 20226 min read
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COVID-19: BREAST MILK, MENSTRUATION, AND AVOIDING INFECTIONS
These days, there is a new level of vigilance regarding infectious disease. We still have a global pandemic going on with COVID-19, as...
Dr. Bow Tie
Oct 4, 20224 min read
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In Which People Are Used As Political Pawns to Exaggerate the Immigration Crisis
So two weeks ago Florida governor Ron DeSantis and Texas governor Greg Abbott did a despicable thing. They took groups of legal asylum...
Dr. Bow Tie
Sep 29, 20222 min read
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Trainees Are People, Too
Medical education is a double-edged sword. On one hand, it's an incredible expanse of knowledge that grows with each passing year, and it...
Dr. Bow Tie
Sep 28, 20225 min read
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COVID-19: BIVALENT BOOSTERS ARE HERE!
As the pandemic has worn on and new variants have emerged, vaccine effectiveness has been under close watch. The original vaccines...
Dr. Bow Tie
Sep 12, 20225 min read
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No, Masks Have Not Been Shown To Inhibit Child Development
Today I'm talking about a Tweet from Dr. Leana Wen, a physician who's touted herself as a public health leader, but has since abandoned...
Dr. Bow Tie
Aug 30, 20222 min read
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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...
Dr. Bow Tie
Aug 28, 20222 min read
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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...
Dr. Bow Tie
Aug 19, 20225 min read
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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...
Dr. Bow Tie
Jul 20, 20225 min read
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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...
Dr. Bow Tie
Jul 15, 20222 min read
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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...
Dr. Bow Tie
Jul 1, 20226 min read
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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...
Dr. Bow Tie
Jun 20, 20225 min read
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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...
Dr. Bow Tie
May 30, 20222 min read
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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...
Dr. Bow Tie
May 24, 20221 min read
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