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Rachel Alter, MD MPH

@rachelalter007.bsky.social

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@ColgateUniv @ColumbiaMSPH @TAUMedFaculty. Infectious disease nerd. I will fight your medical misinformation. Defender of Oxford commas. Supporter of vaccines 💉💉💪🏻 Sister of Charlie Dogwin. 🎗️

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH @rachelalter007.bsky.social · Nov 16

Pinning this here too because I can't let this moment go

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH @rachelalter007.bsky.social · 1d

It's 11/10 frustrating when you think you're on the cusp of an amazing diagnosis and the results of the labs you've sent aren't back 25 seconds after being sent 😭

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 2d

If members of the United States military are truly being paid their salaries by a private individual, the American people should know who that individual is. Now.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH @rachelalter007.bsky.social · 2d

In my hunger, I just asked myself "יש comida?" I have scrambled eggs for brains.

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Rob Reiner Fan @rob-reiner-fan.bsky.social · 3d

Good evening to all who remember Michelle Obama getting criticized for planting a vegetable garden at the White House.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

Absolutely no one spends $350 million on a remodel to a house they plan on leaving in three years. No one!!!

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH @rachelalter007.bsky.social · 3d

New badge holder what's up

Rachel Alter, MD MPH @rachelalter007.bsky.social · 3d

You're not missing anything. Its one of those antivax fb groups being ridiculous

Rachel Alter, MD MPH @rachelalter007.bsky.social · 3d

Relatable

Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 3d

Toad was lying in bed.

He had pulled all the covers over his head.

Toad hides under the covers in bed.

From "Spring"
In *Frog and Toad Are Friends*

Rachel Alter, MD MPH @rachelalter007.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Mole Day, nerds

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ALT: a cartoon illustration of an explosion with the website 123greetings.com in the lower right corner

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH @rachelalter007.bsky.social · 3d

Ooh I have to do the same.

I really liked the talk about history of pandemics and going forward. The last of the three, in particular, was great.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH @rachelalter007.bsky.social · 4d

Shhhhhh
But I was thinking about him the whole time!!

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH @rachelalter007.bsky.social · 4d

But then my car dropped me off at the wrong airport terminal and charged me double. And then I got to the gate so late that my carry on wouldn't fit and had to be stowed away under the plane.

Anyway, now I'm back on home turf and glad to say I made it safely in one piece.

What a week.

Rachel Alter, MD MPH @rachelalter007.bsky.social · 4d

Guys. Remember on Monday when my hotel caught on fire? Well, today, 3 hours before my plane back to NYC was supposed to board, they lost my luggage. I filed a police report for stolen property, only to find, an hour later, that some other guest had taken my bags instead of his. Now I've got them.

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Rachel Alter, MD MPH @rachelalter007.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you!!! Can't wait to find out where I'll be!

Rachel Alter, MD MPH @rachelalter007.bsky.social · 4d

Apropos of absolutely nothing, I'm thinking about how many schools or hospitals you could build or how much cancer research you could fund with the dollars spent to tear down a wing and build a ballroom in a big white house