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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No offense. But I disagree with this a bit as well. Excess death is a modeled term that takes observed deaths and subtracts expected ones. But expected deaths are debatable. Need t...
Sorry, there is no good evidence mild or asymptomatic covid19 is any worse than mild or asymptomatic rhinovirus It's a sea of low quality studies incentivized by billions of dolla...
Great to see so many unmasked faces at @AmerAcadPeds indoor gathering 👇 Good to document their hypocrisy. This organization pushed masks on 2 year olds with no data, in defianc...
A thread on Colonoscopy RCT if too busy for video First, before this trial, only FOBT and Flex Sig had RCT benefit of reduction in colon cancer death FIT, Fecal DNA, Blood testin...
NEJM paper now out FIRST EVER RCT of colonoscopy With 10 year follow up, 42% adherence, no gain in colon cancer death nor all cause death I break down the trial, history & interpre...
This week, I gave 4 lectures in 4 days to people in 4 different cities 2 in person; 2 virtual; 10 over the last month (6/4 inperson/ virtual) 8 of 10 to academic audiences A few...
If we evidence based medicine were well-taught than every doctor who reads the literature would come to the same conclusion as Prof. Ladhani, Prof Ayers, & I Debate only exists b...
Our Latest @vkprasadlab Clinical trials enroll X pts per month Which factors speed & slow enrollment? Crossover & 2:1 randomization r touted as enticements-- but do nothing! How c...
We should note: No one knows vaccine effectiveness, because no published human data Observational studies will inflate it No ongoing RCTs Forecasting a benefit cannot tell us who s...
Many people pine for a new world, a new normal-- where we mask constantly; hyper ventilate rooms & shared spaces; cancel meetings preemptively; test constantly & they dream: we wil...
I'm extremely critical of how poorly this CDC & FDA have handled myocarditis in young men (aka Worst Job Ever/ You Only Had 1 Job) But I ALSO think this type of news reporting is...
A lot of concern about this decision, but here are the facts 1. We actually don't know if making doctors or patients wear flimsy masks in gift shops and hallways slows nosocomial...