Dr. Bow Tie
Reflections on 9/11/2001
Math class. 7th grade pre-algebra (or algebra?) to be (semi-) exact. But no math was done that day, because we were all watching with...
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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
- Sep 5, 2021
- 6 min
You're Making Me Talk About Ivermectin. And Joe Rogan.
*Sigh*...Joe Rogan has COVID-19. He announced it on Twitter on September 1st, mere months after he ignored what physicians and scientists...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Sep 3, 2021
- 3 min
In Which A Virus Has More Reproductive Rights Than A Person With A Uterus
It is an unpleasant coincidence that less than 3 weeks ago I discussed how irritatingly wrong it was to misappropriate "my body, my...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Sep 1, 2021
- 7 min
Masks in Schools (With Some Help From Dr. Chang)
Both my hometown in northwestern Pennsylvania and my current city in Western New York have entered "high-transmission" levels of spread...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Aug 15, 2021
- 1 min
To People Who Claim "mY bOdY, mY cHoIcE" When Faced With Vaccine Requirements
A follow-up to my previous post about how vaccine requirements are not oppression or discrimination: STOP trying to appropriate “my body,...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Aug 11, 2021
- 8 min
COVID-19: What This Is Not
The Delta Variant continues to surge across the United States. Areas that were bad before are worse now, and areas that were doing "okay"...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Jul 29, 2021
- 4 min
COVID-19: #MASKSUP Again
Welp. The fourth wave is here, it is already bad, and has the potential to get much worse. On Tuesday the CDC announced that everyone,...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Jul 20, 2021
- 9 min
COVID-19: The Disease of Disinformation (Or: My Greatest Hits, Remastered)
In my last post, I discussed how dangerous the Delta Variant is and how much it's spreading (currently on the rise in EVERY STATE and...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Jul 11, 2021
- 6 min
COVID-19: Catching Up As We Fall Behind (Delta Variant, Potential Boosters)
It's been a minute since I wrote one of these. Work has been pretty crazy lately, as I took on more (voluntary) shifts that left me less...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Jun 6, 2021
- 5 min
COVID-19 and Vaccines: Masking Guidelines Update, Additional Points from a Pediatrics View on MIS-C
One of the best things about being in scientific circles and having come through premedical and medical training is that I have the...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Jun 6, 2021
- 3 min
COVID-19 and Vaccines: Masking Guidelines Update
MASKING REQUIREMENTS UPDATE: New York State waited until a Friday evening to announce that on Monday they're changing masking...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- May 28, 2021
- 4 min
COVID-19 AND VACCINES: Moderna+SM-102, Magnets, and Myocarditis
Today we're going to talk about two myths that have making the rounds, as well as a concern that has risen with the vaccines (but is...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- May 21, 2021
- 4 min
New CDC Recommendations (And Subsequent NYS Regulations) Regarding Kids at Daycare/Summer Camp
New York State just updated its rules to indicate that, based on new CDC guidance, kids in daycare and summer camp programs, for whom...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- May 19, 2021
- 2 min
COVID-19 and Vaccinations: New CDC Recommendations (Originally on FB May 14, 2021)
So the CDC says that fully-vaccinated people can stop wearing masks indoors and outdoors. Great! Here’s the thing. Less than 40% of the...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- May 11, 2021
- 6 min
COVID-19 and Vaccines: Pre-teens and Teens!
Today the news has come out that the Food & Drug Administration has expanded the Emergency Use Authorization for the Pfizer vaccine to...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Apr 26, 2021
- 5 min
COVID-19 AND VACCINEs: Young/Healthy, Prev COVID, Length of Protection, Shedding, "Stanford", J/J&J
Time for a round-up of some vaccine myths circulating. Let's smash some disinformation: "I AM YOUNG AND HEALTHY, I DON'T NEED THIS...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Apr 13, 2021
- 4 min
COVID-19 AND VACCINES: BLOOD CLOTS, PAUSES, AND WHY YOU SHOULD STILL GET VACCINATED
It's been over a month since I've posted. This is mostly because I've been putting in a lot of hours at work, but also because for the...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Mar 29, 2021
- 3 min
COVID-19: THE NEAR FUTURE
This weekend I drove down to my hometown and hugged my parents for the first time in a year, because my mother is finally two weeks...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Mar 12, 2021
- 4 min
COVID-19 AND VACCINES, Part V: New Guidelines and Misleading Headlines. See Also: HOPE
At long last...some good news! We've passed the one-year mark, both for the pandemic itself and of me writing these essays. I have not...
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Dr. Bow Tie
- Feb 20, 2021
- 5 min
COVID-19 ROUND-UP: Ivermectin, Colchicine, Reopening, and Racism
Just yesterday a nurse mentioned how she felt like there was no real new "news" regarding COVID-19 aside from vaccines. So...here are...
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