I love Uncle Bobby but he s wrong : Doctor granddaughter of anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. hits out after he asked why US public is being put at risk of severe allergic reactions to shoddily-tested vaccines
Kerry Kennedy Meltzer, 29, hit out at her uncle Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 66, calling his views on the COVID-19 vaccine dangerously wrong
She works as an internal medicine resident physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and treated COVID patients at the height of the pandemic
The doctor said she loves her uncle yet when it comes to vaccines, he is wrong
She called out his recent posts highlighting the allergic reactions to the vaccine
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ST-segment myocardial infarction (STEMI) in COVID-19 patients was linked to a higher burden of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in a case series suggesting an important role in pathogenesis of coronary thrombosis from the infection.
These structures webs spun by neutrophils to snag pathogens turned up in coronary thrombi of all five COVID-positive STEMI patients where thrombus aspiration was done in the cath lab of one Spanish academic center.
The density of NETs was much higher in these samples than in a historical STEMI series of 50 patients, of whom 68% had NETS detected in coronary thrombus aspirates: a median of 61% versus 19% (
After collecting billions of dollars in the United States coronavirus aid, many of the nation’s wealthiest nonprofit hospitals are now tapping into disaster relief funds that critics say they don’t need.
The money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is going to some large health systems that have billions of dollars in cash reserves and investments, according to government records reviewed by Reuters news agency.
FEMA has received nearly 2,200 aid requests from hospitals and thus far has approved about 15 percent of them, for a total of $894m, the agency told Reuters news. Hospitals can request more money as US infections surge, and FEMA officials expect total aid awards to rise significantly.
Wealthy hospitals rake in U.S. disaster aid for COVID-19 costs Reuters 12/29/2020
By Chad Terhune
(Reuters) - After collecting billions of dollars in U.S. coronavirus aid, many of the nation’s wealthiest nonprofit hospitals are now tapping into disaster relief funds that critics say they don’t need.
The money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is going to some large health systems that have billions of dollars in cash reserves and investments, according to government records reviewed by Reuters.
FEMA has received nearly 2,200 aid requests from hospitals and thus far has approved about 15% of them, for a total of $894 million, the agency told Reuters. Hospitals can request more money as U.S. infections surge, and FEMA officials expect total aid awards to rise significantly.
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