Vinay Prasad MD MPH
Professor @ucsf, Physician-Scientist, Writer; More at @vkprasadlab @plenary_session, YouTube, #vpzd podcast & @Sensible__Med; Views are mine
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@RichardLehman1 @drjohnm @pash22 @flakebarmer @raj_mehta @TomPMarshall @kindred_health @hmkyale The thread had 3 points, you focus on the third Point 1: Belief in COVID predicts lo...
@RichardLehman1 @drjohnm @pash22 @flakebarmer @raj_mehta @TomPMarshall @kindred_health @hmkyale Maybe we're not arguing the same thing. I have no doubt that many people attribute t...
🤣🤣 Whoever works at NIH who decided not to fund even 1 randomized control trial of masking, but decided to fund this absolutely stupid, selection bias waste of time should be promp...
Mastodon is never going to replace Twitter. Social media depends on ease of entry. If you have to tweet a PDF document of the 17 steps to get on mastodon, No one will go. 🤣 No on...
I've seen some academics object to in-person gatherings in their departments. They're not satisfied with not attending, they don't want the event to happen. A few thoughts...
A few months ago there was some ridiculous observational study that said chemotherapy is better to get in the morning. It couldn't possibly adjust for all of the (bad) socioeconomi...
Tracy is right. The paper has huge issues. Furthermore: It is not surprising pro mask people generate pro mask obs data and anti mask people generate anti mask obs data. That's why...
All the matching in the world on MEASURED variables can't correct imbalances on UNMEASURED variables These are DIFFERENT PEOPLE ENTIRELY This is why anyone with sense will know y...
How courageous of the NYTimes to cover this preprint by the most prolific Long Covid VA research team! Oooooh, too bad the *not peer reviewed* study has got a few problems Shall...
This week in @JAMAInternalMed we explore the relationship between drug price and anti-cancer drug benefit (2015-20), led by @miljko & jordan tuia @vkprasadlab We have been workin...
Eventually politicians will strip CDC and other public health agencies of their power, and I won't be able to argue with them. Why? Public health misused and abused its powers...
If you dramatically change human behavior, sever global transit and travel, massively disrupt children gathering, and have a new pathogen, it's not surprising you disrupt cold and...