Jake Johnson, MD

My favourite antibiotic is surgery thanks for asking

We have gone from the margin of error to the margin of effort.

On the day before the election, we stand on the verge of toppling a political dynasty and winning a city we can afford. But we can only do it with you.

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New ACIP group will be discussing thimerosal in vaccines next week. This will be a good litmus test for the new panel.

(It's a preservative used only in multi-dose vials and shown to be safe in large studies.)

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When Americans raised concerns about RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine views, he said he was "not gonna take away vaccines from anybody."

But now he's taking them away from millions of mommas and babies.

Vaccine recommendations should be based on science, not RFK Jr.'s political agenda.

Or, you could try just not giving a tax break to the rich.

If appeasement is your strategy, just remember: today is the best it’s going to be for a long time.

How many hospitalized patients need care in the ICU? How many of them survive? What interventions do they receive there?

These are some of the questions I had two years ago while trying to write the "background" section for my masters thesis. But I couldn't find the answers... they did not exist.

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The New England Journal of Medicine | Research & Review Articles on Disease & Clinical Practice The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is a weekly general medical journal that publishes new medical research and review articles, and editorial opinion on a wide variety of topics of importance to biomedical science and clinical practice.

Testing hyperlinking, please ignore.

Links:
NEJM
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Apropos of nothing, the first dose of MMR is recommended at 6 mo for all international travel given ongoing measle outbreaks (usual timing is 12 mo).

Any institution dismantling programs over vague ideological threats were never truly committed to them.

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Energy production on the winter solstice when it's snowing in Boston. Surprised it's not 0!

That’s a Wrap! Waymo’s 2024 Year in Review 2024 has been a year of incredible growth, connection, and learning for Waymo. We couldn't be more grateful for our riders and the trust they’ve placed in us to serve over 150,000 trips every week.

Help me and @jakejohnson.bsky.social understand the @waymo.bsky.social math:
- 4 million rides
- 11 million passenger-hours

Doesn't this imply that each ride averages 2.75 hours?

waymo.com/blog/2024/12...

Anyone else pronounce this app blue-skeee in their heads?