Bob Wachter

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Chair, UCSF Dept of Medicine. Career: What happens when a poli sci major becomes an academic physician. Author: "The Digital Doctor". Hubby/Dad/Golfer.

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Tweet Dec 29, 2021

My latest tweets have mostly been bad news, which saddens me, particularly during holiday season. Today I’ll take you to my Happy Place, with some thoughts on why we could be in good shape – and maybe even great shape – in 6-8 weeks. A 🧵(1/24)

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Tweet Jan 8, 2022

I’ve been tweeting about Covid for nearly 2 years. But this week it became personal when my 28-year-old younger son got it. With his permission, I’ll describe his experience & how I approached his situation, given the realities of life and the r

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Tweet Dec 28, 2021

There are so many Omicron #'s floating around, it’s overwhelming. In today’s 🧵,I’ll try to simplify things with a couple of rules-of-thumb that I’ve found useful. I’ll be interested in hearing if this helps or confuses more – it might hinge on whethe

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Tweet Dec 24, 2021

Bottom line is that some normally-scary numbers (surging cases & test positivity %) haven’t led to big jumps in hospitalizations. The big question: is it still too early to tell, or is this the hoped-for case–hospitalization dissociation at play?

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Tweet Dec 24, 2021

Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 647 (!) I haven’t done a San Francisco update for a while. Now seems like a good time, since SF – the most vaxxed big city in the U.S. – may offer lessons for the nation about how an Omicron surge is influenced by high v

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