Dr. Bow Tie
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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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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Dr. Bow Tie
Jul 29, 20214 min read
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, 20219 min read
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, 20216 min read
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, 20215 min read
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 5, 20213 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20212 min read
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 10, 20216 min read
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, 20215 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20213 min read
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 11, 20214 min read
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, 20215 min read
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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Dr. Bow Tie
Feb 19, 20214 min read
COVID-19 AND VACCINES, PART IV: A ROUND-UP
Well, I've been putting up a lot of political Facebook statuses and lately, so I decided it was time to check back in with COVID news....
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Dr. Bow Tie
Feb 15, 20215 min read
On Racism In Medicine
I have discussed in a couple of posts here about how prevalent racism still is in the United States. Usually if I bring up that or Black...
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Dr. Bow Tie
Feb 14, 20211 min read
COVID-19 and Racial Disparities in Vaccines
It’s Black History Month. As I vowed last month, I want to amplify Black voices. So here’s an article by Drs. Uché and Oni Blackstock,...
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Dr. Bow Tie
Feb 13, 20211 min read
Transgender Students in Sports
I forget that I'm supposed to be updating this website along with my Facebook page. This month I'm mostly focusing on Black Lives since...
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Dr. Bow Tie
Jan 29, 20215 min read
January 30, 2021: COVID-19 AND VACCINES, PART III: MORE Q&A, AFTER THE VACCINE, AND NEW VARIANTS
As with the previous vaccine-related message, I encourage you to take a look at COVID-19 and Vaccines Part I (How It Was Not Rushed, How...
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