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Managing Health Expectations
A Hospitalist Sifts Through Disinformation
I'm Dr. Joseph Thomas. I am an M.D. and I work as a hospitalist in Western New York. I started writing long-form status updates on Facebook to sort through all the disinformation that was being bandied about regarding COVID-19, and I forgot how much I like regularly writing, even if it's not so much creative as it is driven by exasperation.
I still write about COVID sometimes (get your vaccine!), but now I talk more broadly about public health and reproductive justice.
I don’t always write regularly because of my work schedule, but when I don’t you can find other content on my social media (@DocWithBowtie on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter/X, and Threads)!
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Dr. Bow Tie
Jan 313 min read
No, We Don’t Care That RFK Jr. is a Republican
To everyone saying that we are anti-RFK Jr because he’s a Republican. I am here to assure you that we do not give two shits about his...
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Dr. Bow Tie
Jan 305 min read
But How Does It Affect ME??
I just saw yet another post about not vaccinating against influenza because the person is “young and healthy” and when reminded that...
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Dr. Bow Tie
Jan 293 min read
Dr. Fauci's Preemptive Pardon
Some of you have been asking yourself the question “ Well, if Fauci wasn’t guilty, why would he need a preemptory pardon?!?! ” I assume...
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Dr. Bow Tie
Jan 282 min read
Tell Your Senators NO (and WHY NOT) on Confirming RFK Jr.!
#Physicians! Robert F. Kennedy Jr appears before the Senate for the start of his confirmation hearings TOMORROW (1/29)! I’ve made...
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Dr. Bow Tie
Jan 32 min read
DocWithBowtie’s New Year’s Resolutions
I’m becoming a father in 2025, and I want to be the best father I can be to the new life that my wife and I created. Be the best doctor I...
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Dr. Bow Tie
Dec 31, 20242 min read
Jesus and John Wayne
Book #29 of 2024! A “how did we get here“ look at AmeriJesus extremism and how white evangelical leaders utilized male insecurity to fuel...
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Dr. Bow Tie
Dec 11, 20241 min read
UnitedHealthGroup CEO Continues to Sanewash UHC’s Greed
Look, we can empathize with #BrianThompson’s family who lost a husband/father/son/brother to #GunViolence, but still acknowledge that he...
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Dr. Bow Tie
Dec 5, 20242 min read
Hunter Biden’s Pardon
I am not a legal expert of any kind. So in my non-legal opinion, everyone crying about Joe Biden pardoning Hunter (including CNN) is...
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Dr. Bow Tie
Nov 3, 20245 min read
Two Days Until Election 2024
It's two days until the election. I find myself regretful because I just...feel like there was more I should have done. More videos I...
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Dr. Bow Tie
Oct 24, 20246 min read
A Third-Party Vote Does Not Support Palestine - In My Opinion
I had a conversation with a friend the other day, someone I like and respect, and who is intelligent. I say that because I still feel...
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Dr. Bow Tie
Oct 2, 20244 min read
The Hardest I've Cried (Repost from MedPage Today)
It's been a while since I've posted here - most of my creative output has been going to TikTok/Reels, but I also have done some writing...
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Dr. Bow Tie
Jun 29, 20241 min read
2024 National Hospitalist Day Contest Winning Entry: Celebrating the Human in Hospitalist (and Patient)
Recently I submitted this essay to the Society of Hospital Medicine's HM Voices National Hospitalist Day Essay Contest. The theme was...
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Dr. Bow Tie
Jun 28, 20242 min read
1st Presidential Debate 2024
I didn’t watch it live, but reviewing video -last night’s debate confirms a few things: One candidate is an old man who is a convicted...
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Dr. Bow Tie
Jun 1, 20243 min read
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew: A Commentary
As we sit horrified at Israel’s firebombing of Palestinian’s supposed safe haven, Rafah, and Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed it as a “tragic...
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Dr. Bow Tie
Mar 9, 20243 min read
SOTU 2024
I watched the State of the Union. I have my criticisms of Joe Biden, make no mistake. But once again, he puts to rest the myth that he...
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Dr. Bow Tie
Feb 24, 20247 min read
Response: "Tough Love - NEJM Not Otherwise Specified, Episode 2.3"
Last week, the New England Journal of Medicine put out an episode of one of its podcasts and posted it with a headline that it was...
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Dr. Bow Tie
Nov 9, 20231 min read
President Biden Doesn’t Have Dementia
I’ve been seeing this every week since November of 2020, and I should have said something publicly (instead of just in personal...
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Dr. Bow Tie
Oct 24, 20233 min read
RSV: Potentially Deadly - But Now a New Vaccines and a Monoclonal Antibody!
It’s that time of year! Fall is in full swing in the northern hemisphere and that means apple picking, hay rides, and gathering at...
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Dr. Bow Tie
Sep 29, 20236 min read
COVID-19: Three Years Later (Pt. 5: UPDATE YOUR VACCINE!)
The public health emergency (PHE) has been officially declared over. Great - problem solved, right? Well, not quite. The pandemic has not...
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Dr. Bow Tie
Sep 28, 20234 min read
COVID-19: Three Years Later (Pt. 4: MASKS AND MITIGATIONS)
TW: Suicide The public health emergency (PHE) has been officially declared over. Great - problem solved, right? Well, not quite. The...
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