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Kate Violette
@kateviolette.com

No, no no. We are not doing this "oh it's ok because they had underlying medical conditions bullshit" yet again First off--anyone who's ever had covid now possibly has an "underlying medical condition" they aren't even aware of Second--people with existing conditions 👏 are not acceptable losses 👏

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

The Louisiana Department of Health reports the first death from H5N1 bird flu in the United States ldh.la.gov/news/H5N1-de...

Mitch Skywalker
@mensrea.bsky.social

The example you screenshotted is probably also underestimating the true prevalence of these comorbidities too, if the Northwell team was using EHR data to estimate! Pts who get primary care with Northwell would be more likely to have these dxs noted than those that are new to their system.