Prism Health doctor elected as IDSA Fellow
Dec 14, 2020 |
Dr. Jason Gillman
Officials with Prism Health North Texas announced today (Monday, Dec. 14) that Dr. Jason Gillman, M.D., physician at Prism’s Oak Cliff Center and the agency’s chief clinical informatics officer, has been elected as a Fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America by the IDSA.
The IDSA is the nation’s leading infectious diseases professional society. Each year, a group of distinguished physicians and scientists from around the world are elected to be IDSA Fellows, a designation that is particularly impactful this year as ID physicians across the globe battle the COVID-19 pandemic.
TRENTON, N.J. – Republican state Senators Joe Pennacchio and Mike Doherty are ticked off. They previously inquired how Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests are analyzed in separate letters, and they say their inquiries are being being ignored.
“Businesses are going bankrupt and closing their doors forever,” said Senator Pennacchio (R-26). “People are seeing their life savings evaporating, and the state’s confused approach is contributing to the mayhem. It defies logic that since the spring the state has not figured that the PCR cycling rate has a direct correlation to the intensity and the number of COVID infections.
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“Studies have shown as much. Studies as far back as May from Oxford University concluded that the cycle rate of the PCR test should be used in establishing public health policy,” continued Pennacchio. “Is there any science besides political science being applied to the New Jersey’s pandemic policy? The state is ignoring the most important info
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