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One Vaccine or Two | What the Debate Tells Us

January 5, 2021 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

If you spend any time with doctors, epidemiologists and concerned citizens on Twitter you’ll catch the latest debate: One vaccine or two for COVID. The logic is that given limited supplies of vaccine we’re better off with more folks getting one vaccine with reasonably good protection rather than immunizing a smaller number up front with better protection. To date our ... Continue Reading about One Vaccine or Two | What the Debate Tells Us

Tagged With: COVID, Vaccines

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The Vaccine Selfie – Another View on Medicine’s Moment

December 22, 2020 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 3 minutes

The current moment in medicine is defined by the vaccine selfie. Pictures on Twitter and Instagram have marked a turning point in the COVID pandemic where desperate health professionals have begun to show defiance. Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson has another take on the vaccine selfie. She posted a wonderful thread suggesting that the vaccine selfie could have some ... Continue Reading about The Vaccine Selfie – Another View on Medicine’s Moment

Tagged With: COVID, Vaccines

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John Snow Memo v. Great Barrington – The Johns Hopkins Debate

November 2, 2020 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 21 minutes

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health held a debate on October 30, 2020. Locking Down or Opening Up? A Debate on the Best Path Through the Pandemic - Discussing the John Snow Memo and the Great Barrington Declaration. The debate was part of a series that draws researchers from Johns Hopkins and around the country to learn more about emerging approaches to ... Continue Reading about John Snow Memo v. Great Barrington – The Johns Hopkins Debate

Tagged With: COVID

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Why We Can’t See COVID as a Wicked Problem

October 29, 2020 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 6 minutes

I have been thinking about concept of the wicked problem and how it could explain our debate and deep division over COVID’s public health management. What’s a wicked problem? Proposed by University of California professors W.J. Rittel and Melvin M. Webber in a 1973 article in Policy Sciences journal, a wicked problem describes a problem that is difficult ... Continue Reading about Why We Can’t See COVID as a Wicked Problem

Tagged With: COVID, Media, Social media, Uncertainty

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Two Tweets a Day – How to Create Value Over Volume

August 3, 2020 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minutes

What would happen if everyone listened more than they spoke? Here’s a thought experiment: If Twitter gave you a limit of two tweets a day, what would you share? How would you rethink what you send? You would probably consider how you can make the most impact with limited access to your followers. As Twitter has become more populated we have all become more ... Continue Reading about Two Tweets a Day – How to Create Value Over Volume

Tagged With: Attention, Twitter

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MedBikini and the Moving Target of Medical Professionalism

July 27, 2020 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 4 minutes

A study published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery last week line itemed the apparent transgressions of a group of surgical trainees. The study, Prevalence of unprofessional social media content among young vascular surgeons, cited breaches of professionalism including wearing swimwear (medbikini), drinking alcohol, profanity and commenting on controversial social ... Continue Reading about MedBikini and the Moving Target of Medical Professionalism

Tagged With: Digital professionalism, Twitter

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