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nk

@whattamonkey

Family Medicine & Palliative Care Physician interested in value-based care, underserved & uninsured care

 Texas, USA
Joined December 2008
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Great photo by ⁦@godovasquez⁩ of Houston Police Chief ⁦@ArtAcevedo⁩ with protesters #GeorgeFloydProtests #GeorgeFloyd #BLACK_LIVES_MATTER
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Tomorrow @TRAEABN, @BunBTrillOG, and other activists are organizing a peaceful and organized protest tomorrow. I will join them and members of #GeorgeFloyd’s family in this peaceful event. We want to honor Mr. Floyd’s memory in a respectful way. #JusticeforGeorgeFloyd
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Chief ⁦@ArtAcevedo⁩ & Exec Asst Chief ⁦@TroyFinner⁩ marched for 3+hrs this evening with hundreds of community members who gathered at Emancipation Park and marched downtown to exercise their first amendment rights for #GeorgeFloyd #RelationalPolicing #hounews
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Image from Houston Police (@houstonpolice)
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Live webcast of Crew Dragon’s test flight with @NASA astronauts @AstroBehnken and @Astro_Doug → spacex.com/launches teapawt.org/i/broadcasts/1MYxNkwYW…
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UPDATE: Today's 'COVID-19 in 60' episode has the latest numbers on coronavirus in the Houston area.
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TODAY'S CORONAVIRUS COUNTS: Every weeknight, we'll show you the latest local COVID-19 numbers and news headlines for the Houston area. All in under one minute.
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African Americans 'suffering the worst consequences' of the coronavirus, Houston's top doc says houstonchronicle.com/news/ho…

Black Houstonians ‘suffering worst consequences’ of virus, but lack of data obscures full picture...

Details about how the coronavirus is affecting minorities remain hazy as local officials have yet to release a breakdown of cases by race and ethnicity.

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Today, I got confirmation that our federal partners will not pull out at the moment. They will not pull out till April 30th. Medical supplies will also continue to come. I appreciate our federal delegation for working to make this happen. #COVID19 – at Houston, TX
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Replying to @JohnCornyn
Here are the Texas counties with the highest COVID-19 infection rates per capita.
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Wonder if she knows that #TX22 has lots of Asian voters? Or that basically all the masks & other PPEs that’s been donated come from Chinese-American organizations?
Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) profile pictureHouston Chronicle
@HoustonChron2 Apr 2020
‘China poisoned our people,’ says campaign ad from Houston candidate for Congress Kathaleen Wall bit.ly/3aHxVGU
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Our strange new normal: stadiums being used as Covid-19 testing sites. Houston area confirmed cases shot past 1000 this week. More from @nkhensley and @emfoxhall: houstonchronicle.com/news/ho…
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Image from Mark Mulligan (@mrkmully)
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Another testing site is up! But the wait results could still be a while.
Miya Shay (@ABC13Miya) profile pictureMiya Shay@ABC13Miya1 Apr 2020
Delmar Stadium, @HoustonHealth’s lates drive-through location, is now open. You must be pre-screened. There are now over 1,200 #covid19 cases in the greater Houston region. #abc13 #stayhome abc13.com/health/houston-are…
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Houston ER nurse lacking proper protection is now fighting for his life houstonchronicle.com/news/ho… – at Houston, TX

Houston ER nurse lacking proper protection is now fighting for his life

A Houston ER nurse who spent days testing potentially infected people without recommended safety equipment has now fallen gravely ill and is fighting for his life, he wife says. It is the very...

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... Our free drive-thru sites are available to people with fever, cough and difficulty breathing, the common COVID-19 symptoms. @hcphtx has two additional sites in the county. Each site can test 250 people per day. (2/2)
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The Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services has approved the Section 1135 Medicaid Waiver submitted by @TexasHHSC on March 25, 2020. This approval grants Texas flexibility in administering Medicaid while the state continues to respond to COVID-19. bit.ly/2WZeXYf
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Very important. Call us we are happy to mail you a gun lock. Let’s protect our children while they are home during this stressful time. #protectourchildren #gunstafety @MomsDemand
Office of Harris County Constable Pct 1 Alan Rosen (@Pct1Constable) profile pictureOffice of Harris County Constable Pct 1 Alan Rosen@Pct1Constable30 Mar 2020
While kids are home due to the #coronavirus #COVID19 and #StayHomeWorkSafe order, guns MUST be securely stored. Precinct 1 offers free gunlocks to #HarrisCounty residents. Sign up to receive one here pct1constable.net/public-saf… #PCT1Cares #PCT1Kids #PCT1Community 🔫 🔒
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NEW: I've just extended our #StayHomeWorkSafe Order to 4.30.20. We’ve stayed ahead of #COVID_19 by listening to doctors, respecting data, acting swiftly to #FlattenTheCurve, and having a singular focus on protecting human life. We're continuing in that spirit today.
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The @HoustonChron’s standalone #coronavirus section launches today, featuring this big display photo by @mrkmully that nearly brought me to tears.
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Local Walmart stores in the greater Houston and Beaumont donated 23 brand new iPads to Harris Health that will be used by staff to communicate with patients in isolation. We are appreciative of Walmart and their commitment to Harris Health & the Houston community during this time
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Our community based testing site is now available to anyone with #COVID19 symptoms of fever, cough & difficulty breathing. Call 832-393-4220 from 9AM-6PM to be screened. People who meet criteria will be given a code and instructions on where to go. @HoustonTX @HoustonOEM #hounews
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