The gender bias of ChatGPT…
I have never given it my name or gender but use it mostly for programming and electrical work.
It “thinks” I’m a man.
The kick back from his own gun probably gave him a bruise.
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Honestly, the worst part of this is that others may follow his lead now that it’s public knowledge…
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First person with H5N5 has died :(
True but different avian flu strain. First was H5N1 in Louisiana. This is H5N5, first know human case. #IDSky
Press release from WA DOH… #IDSky
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Marjorie Taylor Greene sums up the current political climate thusly:
“It’s all so absurd and completely unserious”
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Johnny Manziel drops some casual racism…
“We paid a lot of money for this house. Get out of my tunnel, boy!”
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Not so much though if they get the shingles vaccine - >90% effective at reducing risk of shingles in adults >= 50 with healthy immune systems…
Trump’s paltry Get Out The Vote campaign…
🎁 article 👉 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/o...
Completely agree - sorry you had to go through that
Always amazed that people will accept really high end healthcare (transplants, heart surgery, artificial valves and joints, pacemakers) from us, then think that vaccines are a con job by us.
Why would we save you to intentionally hurt you?
🎁 article 👉
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
The Trump admin cure for too expensive housing? Raise the cost but hide the price…
www.wsj.com/personal-fin...
She loves some MNF…
This isn’t cognitive decline. He knows his followers won’t see the fact check and so the post serves its purpose.
That means SNAP beneficiaries in these blue states now have money to buy groceries.
I'm not aware of any red states that got SNAP money out during the brief window where court had greenlit sending funds. (Tell me if I've missed any though.)
The commitment to hurting people is stunning, if not surprising…
Completely agree - much of our populace is held hostage by healthcare needs and has to make employment and other decisions based on whether healthcare will be affordable.
This is nuts in a wealthy, developed country.
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A PIV bundle based on best evidence demonstrated promising results in reducing catheter-associated phlebitis & SAB…
- hand hygiene
- aseptic technique
- timely removal
- transparent dressings
- line extensions
SAB reduced 41%, phlebitis reduced 14-28%. #IDSky
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With UW’s Dr Paul Pottinger and others, new discussion re: fostering ID advocacy in ID fellowship.
They note:
Policies with a negative impact on ID clinical care, public health, & research underscore the importance of mobilizing the field of ID to advocacy
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Reminded of the ActUp slogan, silence = death.
Lack of knowledge hampers our ability to meaningfully intervene and reduce burden of illness, including mortality.
A particular interest of mine now - the passion of the convert, years in IM practice and I did not realize how important this problem was …
Great UW Medicine Grand Rounds today with UW ID’s Dr Jen Ross, winner of this year’s Fialkow Award which recognizes the outstanding achievements of junior faculty in medicine in research, teaching, clinical work & academic citizenship.
Congratulations Dr Ross and thanks for an awesome talk! #IDSky
Trump administration shuts down air travel just prior to the holidays to make point that they don’t want you to have affordable healthcare.
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