{"id":1241563925201719300,"conversation_id":"1241563904800624640","created_at":1584846881000,"date":"2020-03-22","time":"03:14:41","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"At some point, you are likely to see a question on a ballot asking you to support the adoption of RCV in your state; or your legislature will be lobbied to adopt the policy. Vote yes, just as Mainers did.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":6,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1241563925201719298","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1241563922852970500,"conversation_id":"1241563904800624640","created_at":1584846881000,"date":"2020-03-22","time":"03:14:41","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"...I can respect that. But know that I also care about the environment, so pick me as your 2nd choice.” RCV incentivizes candidates to find common ground. That’s remarkable. Imagine if every candidate stopped badmouthing other candidates & pointed out what they could agree on.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":4,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1241563922852970496","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
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{"id":1241563920403501000,"conversation_id":"1241563904800624640","created_at":1584846880000,"date":"2020-03-22","time":"03:14:40","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"So RCV encourages candidates to appeal not just to be your 1st choice, but, if you prefer someone else, then they want to be your 2nd choice. They’re disincentivized from turning you off by being rude to your preferred candidate. They’re incentivized to strike a balance between…","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":4,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1241563920403501058","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
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{"id":1241563910391677000,"conversation_id":"1241563904800624640","created_at":1584846878000,"date":"2020-03-22","time":"03:14:38","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"“If your 1st choice candidate were to drop out before voting day, which candidate would be your 2nd choice? & if that person also dropped out, which would be your 3rd?” That’s called Ranked Choice Voting (RCV). Maine does it. Many cities do, including NYC, biggest in nation.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":12,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1241563910391676929","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
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{"id":1241563908189667300,"conversation_id":"1241563904800624640","created_at":1584846877000,"date":"2020-03-22","time":"03:14:37","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"But at-home creates a particular conundrum, especially for primaries. B/c people have to vote in advance, they might vote for a candidate that drops out after they send in their ballot but before the ballot count. That happened to millions of voters in CO & WA this year.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":4,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1241563908189667330","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1241563906931376000,"conversation_id":"1241563904800624640","created_at":1584846877000,"date":"2020-03-22","time":"03:14:37","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"At-home voting is good even absent a pandemic. It increases voter participation; people who can’t get away from work or are home-bound are still able to vote. And it’s easier. More people voting is good for democracy. Covid is just accelerating us towards a rational goal.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":8,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1241563906931376131","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1241563905803067400,"conversation_id":"1241563904800624640","created_at":1584846876000,"date":"2020-03-22","time":"03:14:36","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"To avoid crowding at polling stations during pandemic, 6 states adopted 100% at-home voting (WA, OR, UT, CO, HI, & CA phasing it in). Great idea. If people must vote in person, then prudent citizens will stay home & others will risk infection. Bad for democracy & public health.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":6,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1241563905803067393","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1241563904800624600,"conversation_id":"1241563904800624640","created_at":1584846876000,"date":"2020-03-22","time":"03:14:36","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"I’m a virologist & concerned voter. COVID endangers elections, yet might civilize American election campaigns in. Bottom line: At-home voting has unintended consequences (wasted votes) solvable w/ #RankedChoiceVoting (RCV), which civilizes politics. Like game theory? Read on...","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":6,"retweets_count":21,"likes_count":64,"hashtags":["#rankedchoicevoting"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1241563904800624640","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1241047680127766500,"conversation_id":"1241047172566695936","created_at":1584723799000,"date":"2020-03-20","time":"17:03:19","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"Bottom line, we can and will develop a vaccine to manage Covid-19, even if it mutates. It will take some time (~1.5 years is plausible) and we should social distance diligently in meantime. Also need treatments, and there are promising signs on that front.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":6,"retweets_count":12,"likes_count":41,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1241047680127766528","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1240693111325462500,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584639263000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"17:34:23","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"Yes, that’s now. the virus hasn’t been circulating asymptomatically for years only to suddenly starts causing serious diseases.  It’s a new, dangerous virus we just got from bats that happens not to cause symptoms in some people. It’s pretty straightforward.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":1,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240693111325462528","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1240664244590456800,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584632380000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"15:39:40","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"That’s key reason we don’t have more antibiotics. Current ones work so well there is only a small (terrifying though) need for new ones, & hospitals resist paying high price for the few patients who need them. Small market, small incentive, little investment, few new antibiotics.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":95,"retweets_count":159,"likes_count":1475,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240664244590456832","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
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{"id":1240610140660863000,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584619481000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"12:04:41","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"This is not credible to me. Seems to suggest we’ve had this virus circulating for a while and just didn’t notice before. Maybe English translation is garbled.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":0,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240610140660862977","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1240498087203831800,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584592765000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"04:39:25","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"Until then, we’ll need younger people to get vaccinated to provide herd immunity for older folks. It’s a travesty that 10k-60k/year die of flu (mostly old folks) & more hospitalized b/c the young don’t think they need vaccine for themselves. Vaccinate for others if not yourself!","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":24,"retweets_count":399,"likes_count":1942,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240498087203831813","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1240498085798785000,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584592765000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"04:39:25","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"You show our immune systems the mugshot, &’it doesn’t react very strongly. Biotech industry is working on vaccines that compensate, essentially illuminating better mugshots so more immune cells notice them. We’ll need that advanced technology for covid since it’s hell on elderly.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":7,"retweets_count":132,"likes_count":1021,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240498085798785026","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1240498084544745500,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584592765000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"04:39:25","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"I’ll leave you with following insight from flu & what it means for covid vaccine development. Vaccine is like a mugshot of criminal you show to police so they know who to look out for. As we get older, our immune systems become weaker & vaccines don’t work as well.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":136,"likes_count":989,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240498084544745472","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1240498081860370400,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584592764000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"04:39:24","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"because this is a serious public health problem. America can be heartless in its poor coverage of many medicines, eg insulin (I wrote a book about drug affordability and how to fix our system) but America is pretty good about making vaccines affordable.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":124,"likes_count":1136,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240498081860370432","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1240498080555962400,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584592764000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"04:39:24","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"insurance will pay for it just as it pays for the flu vaccine, in many cases without a copay. For those without insurance (shame on us, America!), there are free flu shot clinics. Google “free flu shot near me”. Similarly, there will be affordable covid vaccines for everyone...","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":8,"retweets_count":134,"likes_count":1193,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240498080555962368","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1240498079293464600,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584592764000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"04:39:24","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"Covid is so technically doable we already have vaccines for dog & cow coronaviruses. We’ll definitely make one for covid, trials will be simple since we’ll be specifically trying to prevent Covid, which is only caused by SARS-CoV-2 (not by dozen different viruses), and...","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":13,"retweets_count":251,"likes_count":1380,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240498079293464577","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1240498077997432800,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584592763000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"04:39:23","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"Despite decades of failure, there are still biotech companies toiling on a universal flu vaccine (would protect us against most strains w/ one shot every 5-10 years). It’s hard, yet I think doable. By comparison, covid is simple. It definitely ain’t herpes (simplex is misnomer).","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":142,"likes_count":1256,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240498077997432834","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1240498076449755100,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584592763000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"04:39:23","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"Maybe even mix it w/ annual flu shot for convenience.  — By the way, I’ve heard people say that industry doesn’t even care to make a universal flu vaccine. That’s also not true. There have long been efforts and investors willing to fund credible projects, but this is really hard.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":141,"likes_count":1233,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240498076449755139","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1240498075048849400,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584592763000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"04:39:23","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"Just as Sanofi, GSK, & several others companies compete on price & still make billions each year supplying the world with a constantly evolving yet affordable flu vaccine (usually $10-20), similarly industry can develop & supply world w/ a covid vaccine.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":146,"likes_count":1194,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240498075048849408","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1240498073689874400,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584592762000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"04:39:22","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"But Covid is different. It’s serious, more so than the flu. So we’ll develop a vaccine for it just as we have for the flu and dog/cow coronaviruses. It might cost a few billion dollars across a dozen different programs, but there will be a market.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":13,"retweets_count":236,"likes_count":1529,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240498073689874432","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1240498072393855000,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584592762000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"04:39:22","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"as the Lyme vaccine GSK developed, launched, & pulled off the market after a few years for same reasons I just listed. (And we really need a Lyme vaccine b/c ticks are spreading & carry a host of horrors. But that’s a slower, quieter pandemic we can talk about another time.)","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":28,"retweets_count":257,"likes_count":2243,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240498072393854976","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
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{"id":1240498069894058000,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584592761000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"04:39:21","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"Anti-vaxxers would tell you that it causes horrors. Some people would get diagnosed with, let’s say, MS or cancer a few days after they got the vaccine simply because that happens to some people by chance at random... it’s a coincidence but anti-vaxxers would blame the vaccine.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":11,"retweets_count":187,"likes_count":1781,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240498069894057985","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1240498068602192000,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584592761000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"04:39:21","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"Because 1) it’s just a cold, 2) your insurance would probably make you pay a copay to nudge you into not taking it, 3) people have needles, and here’s the clincher...","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":133,"likes_count":1156,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240498068602191873","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1240498067268305000,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584592761000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"04:39:21","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"we’re talking about inventing over a dozen, each of which would be useless along but all of which would be needed just to get what may be a commercially viable product people would MAYBE want to take. Why do I say maybe?","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":135,"likes_count":1171,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240498067268304896","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1240498065880088600,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584592760000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"04:39:20","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"And some viruses require vaccines to have multiple components (antigens) to be effective. All these components would require their own development and optimization. We’re not talking about inventing one product...","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":150,"likes_count":1193,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240498065880088577","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1240498064651141000,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584592760000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"04:39:20","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"The commercial product people want is not a coronavirus common cold vaccine. They want a COMMON COLD vaccine that protects them against most of their risk. For that, vaccine would have to protect against most cold viruses (and we don’t even know what causes 30% of colds).","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":7,"retweets_count":217,"likes_count":1585,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240498064651141120","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1240498063367602200,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584592760000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"04:39:20","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"It would be a large trial so that this 15% reduction would be statistically significant. But it’s doable. Bigger problem is the marketing message of 15%. Adults get 2-4 colds a year, so a 15% reduction doesn’t even add up to 1 fewer cold per year. Not very compelling, right?","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":177,"likes_count":1446,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240498063367602177","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1240498062046478300,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584592759000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"04:39:19","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"It would be difficult and expensive to run a clinical trial that showed that the coronavirus vaccine worked because even if it reduced your risk of suffering a coronavirus-mediated cold by 75%, that would cut the risk of any cold by only 15% (75% of 20%).","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":210,"likes_count":1490,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240498062046478342","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1240498060398071800,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584592759000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"04:39:19","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"So while we could have made a coronavirus vaccine (which really would have had to be four vaccines, one for each strain), the trouble is that it would have only helped protect you against 20% of the viruses that cause colds.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":237,"likes_count":1590,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240498060398071808","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1240498059081121800,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584592759000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"04:39:19","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"Our four standard human coronaviruses only cause 20% of colds. Colds are mostly caused by rhinoviruses, RSV, parainfluenza virus (not same as influenza), and other viruses we haven’t even identified yet. They are all so different that each would require a different vaccine.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":8,"retweets_count":306,"likes_count":1952,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240498059081121792","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1240498057738948600,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584592758000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"04:39:18","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"And that’s when you become susceptible to reinfection by same virus. So why haven’t we developed a vaccine against these 4 coronavirus strains? We could take it every year and protect ourselves against colds, right? That’s a nice idea but most colds are caused by other viruses...","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":260,"likes_count":1653,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240498057738948608","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1240498056203731000,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584592758000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"04:39:18","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"There are 4 coronavirus strains that circulate amongst humans causing nothing more than mild colds in most people. They stimulate a modest immune response- enough to get over an infection and leave you protected for about a year, maybe more. But eventually antibodies wane...","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":17,"retweets_count":372,"likes_count":2252,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240498056203730944","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1240498037958545400,"conversation_id":"1240498037958545410","created_at":1584592754000,"date":"2020-03-19","time":"04:39:14","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"I’m a virologist & investor... & I’m hearing people say it’s impossible to make covid vaccine b/c we haven’t been able to make one to any coronaviruses. Not true. We have veterinary vaccines for dog & cow strains. Human one’s not been investment worthy, until now. here’s why...","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":463,"retweets_count":12439,"likes_count":32512,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240498037958545410","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1240070636464214000,"conversation_id":"1239560638239838215","created_at":1584490853000,"date":"2020-03-18","time":"00:20:53","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"Please keep in mind though that healthcare workers and anyone working with vulnerable people should have priority as long as masks are in limited supply. They must be protected.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":32,"retweets_count":213,"likes_count":1180,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1240070636464214017","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1239782176226500600,"conversation_id":"1239560638239838215","created_at":1584422079000,"date":"2020-03-17","time":"05:14:39","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"I looked into this with an MD colleague and he thought inhaled steroids posed little risk as they result in minimal systemic exposure. He was wary of systemic steroids. But definitely talk to your doctor.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":34,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1239782176226500610","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1239765785465237500,"conversation_id":"1239765038807875585","created_at":1584418171000,"date":"2020-03-17","time":"04:09:31","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"Also shows how, hypothetically, we could expose the whole population gradually over a series of seemingly controlled bursts, never letting severe cases overwhelm our healthcare system. Emphasis on “hypothetically”. But initial peak is very disturbing.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":2,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1239765785465237504","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1239722129362387000,"conversation_id":"1239720695367639050","created_at":1584407763000,"date":"2020-03-17","time":"01:16:03","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"But these models assume people move like billiard balls. If people stay to a more contained zone, continually interacting with same people (avoid crowds of strangers), then some pockets would get infected while other pockets could stay uninfected. So stick to pockets of trust.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":2,"likes_count":9,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1239722129362386944","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1239560640563380200,"conversation_id":"1239560638239838215","created_at":1584369261000,"date":"2020-03-16","time":"14:34:21","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"That won’t help everyone. For various reasons, whether genetics, immunosuppressive medications, or underlying conditions, even low exposure levels will climb to high, dangerous levels.  But on the whole, keeping everyone’s exposure dose down (if exposed) could save lives. (3/3)","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":18,"retweets_count":230,"likes_count":1142,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1239560640563380225","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1239560639342727200,"conversation_id":"1239560638239838215","created_at":1584369260000,"date":"2020-03-16","time":"14:34:20","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"Keeping the exposure dose to a minimum means that virus has to divide many more times before getting to high levels... but immune system starts responding and therefore can flatten the curve, keeping the peak viral load lower, so it does less damage (fewer symptoms). (2/3)","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":21,"retweets_count":361,"likes_count":1512,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1239560639342727168","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1239560638239838200,"conversation_id":"1239560638239838215","created_at":1584369260000,"date":"2020-03-16","time":"14:34:20","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"I’m a virologist. Public should know covid exposure dose matters. We have to conserve masks for healthcare workers, but masks can help anyone, reducing amount of virus released (even by breathing) or taken in. Immune system is more effective if infection starts w/ low dose. (1/3)","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":178,"retweets_count":2895,"likes_count":6419,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1239560638239838215","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1239326110426574800,"conversation_id":"1239314506381012992","created_at":1584313344000,"date":"2020-03-15","time":"23:02:24","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"An intelligent precaution would be to not share food/drink (or engage in other intimate contact) w/ people who have recovered even if they seem healthy in case even low levels of virus they may harbor turn out to be transmissible. We’ll know more in the coming couple of months.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":3,"likes_count":7,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1239326110426574849","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
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{"id":1238975956456484900,"conversation_id":"1238971972593373184","created_at":1584229861000,"date":"2020-03-14","time":"23:51:01","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"If risk of ACE and ARB inhibitors (blood pressure meds) ends up being confirmed, expect guidance on safety of switching patients to calcium channel blockers, which work differently to manage blood pressure such that there is reason to think there wouldn’t be covid interaction.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":3,"likes_count":3,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1238975956456484865","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
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{"id":1238577996501594000,"conversation_id":"1238577996501594114","created_at":1584134980000,"date":"2020-03-13","time":"21:29:40","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"As a virologist in the finance field, I’ll take a stab at following question I’ve seen in media. Might social distancing cause more economic harm than public health good? In other words, should we be shopping and eating out to support businesses? Let’s break that down...","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":7,"retweets_count":18,"likes_count":83,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1238577996501594114","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
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{"id":1237901381413068800,"conversation_id":"1237899171161669632","created_at":1583973663000,"date":"2020-03-12","time":"00:41:03","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"That was my favorite part of calculus. Not way I wanted to experience it, though.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":0,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1237901381413068800","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1237711179587469300,"conversation_id":"1237581727867924488","created_at":1583928315000,"date":"2020-03-11","time":"12:05:15","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"For my job, I’m deep into cutting edge biotechnology. This crisis has mobilized the industry to direct all its tools at #coronavirus. That’s how we got HIV under control & cured HCV. We can beat covid19 & maybe other coronaviruses while we’re at it. Social distance until then.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":17,"likes_count":145,"hashtags":["#coronavirus"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1237711179587469318","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1237707254440353800,"conversation_id":"1237581727867924488","created_at":1583927379000,"date":"2020-03-11","time":"11:49:39","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"Critical that US recognizes how heartless its insurance system’s been for decades & fixes it. They deflected blame to drug companies but really insurance just didn’t want to do its job. Not covering #insulin hurts a diabetic. That sucks. Not covering #coronavirus hurts everyone.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":40,"likes_count":202,"hashtags":["#insulin","#coronavirus"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1237707254440353792","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1235274965848641500,"conversation_id":"1235274954955993089","created_at":1583347476000,"date":"2020-03-04","time":"18:44:36","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"That’s the Biotech Social Contract. It offers America a remarkable bargain and vision for better health, for us and our kids and grandkids.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":1,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1235274965848641541","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1235274963155857400,"conversation_id":"1235274954955993089","created_at":1583347476000,"date":"2020-03-04","time":"18:44:36","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"Just as Congress outlawed insurance discrimination based on pre-existing conditions, it must outlaw use of excessive cost-sharing to discriminate against existing ones, & all Americans need insurance.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":4,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1235274963155857411","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1235274961851420700,"conversation_id":"1235274954955993089","created_at":1583347475000,"date":"2020-03-04","time":"18:44:35","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"America is outraged at stupidity of dissuading coronavirus testing with huge out of pocket costs. Because no drug companies are involved, we can see that these are just gaping holes in insurance coverage. NY reacted with due outrage, but poor insulin access stems from same gaps.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":3,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1235274961851420672","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1235274960395960300,"conversation_id":"1235274954955993089","created_at":1583347475000,"date":"2020-03-04","time":"18:44:35","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"But I’ll chock that up to media stirring the pot (I’m sure STAT knows better). Besides, patients shouldn’t have to grapple with all that complexity. Bottom line is that they should be able to access appropriate treatment at their pharmacy. America can afford that.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":0,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1235274960395960321","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1235274958965743600,"conversation_id":"1235274954955993089","created_at":1583347475000,"date":"2020-03-04","time":"18:44:35","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"Sure, author did manipulate the reader a bit through omission. He writes Novolog costs $459/10 vials ($46/vial) in Canada vs $2,570 in the US, omitting that’s the list price (net would be about half) & Novo offers assistance that brings the price down to $95/3 vials ($32/vial).","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":1,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1235274958965743617","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1235274957678096400,"conversation_id":"1235274954955993089","created_at":1583347474000,"date":"2020-03-04","time":"18:44:34","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"This story shows the tears in the fabric of America’s healthcare system that we can recognize as gaps in insurance coverage. Read this as a call for insurance reform.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":1,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1235274957678096385","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1234856732167417900,"conversation_id":"1234855392397668352","created_at":1583247762000,"date":"2020-03-03","time":"15:02:42","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"Investors have long recognized that payers feel more emboldened to reject new diagnostics since they often don’t seem as essential to patients as medicines (though they are!). That’s resulted in much less investment. I could have just as well written my book about diagnostics.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":2,"likes_count":1,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1234856732167417856","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1231004392922460200,"conversation_id":"1230997611840180230","created_at":1582329292000,"date":"2020-02-21","time":"23:54:52","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"At best, I would like to read into this article as a call for everyone who cares about improving human health to do all they can to invent new medicines while also supporting criminal justice reform, renewable energy, education, etc. Yes! But why distract w/ anti-pharma rhetoric?","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":2,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1231004392922460165","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1231000205010534400,"conversation_id":"1230997611840180230","created_at":1582328294000,"date":"2020-02-21","time":"23:38:14","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"And why should the money to try to prevent suicide in America come out of saving the lives of children with Sickle Cell Disease? Maybe take it out of the $800B we spend on medical paperwork (branded drugs cost a third of that!).","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":3,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1231000205010534404","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1231000203169325000,"conversation_id":"1230997611840180230","created_at":1582328293000,"date":"2020-02-21","time":"23:38:13","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"It’s great that cancer deaths are falling because smoking rates are falling. But lots of people suffers/die of cancer unrelated to smoking, and new drugs are definitely keeping many people alive. Confounded population level stats don’t negate the known facts.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":0,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1231000203169325057","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1230670970534482000,"conversation_id":"1230589460728963073","created_at":1582249798000,"date":"2020-02-21","time":"01:49:58","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"This article’s truncated twitter link doesn’t do justice to David’s coauthor, Alex Karnal of Deerfield, with whom I brainstormed and gamed out the details of contractual genericization before locking it down in Chapter 13. We get by with a little help from our thought partners.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":1,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1230670970534481920","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1229930102609281000,"conversation_id":"1229930021600612353","created_at":1582073162000,"date":"2020-02-19","time":"00:46:02","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"If you are in insurance, don’t fight out-of-pocket reforms. And if you are in the biotech industry, know that you are doing some of the most important work on earth. Hopefully you’ll be so lucky as to hear patients tell you that and maybe they will also tell Congress.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":2,"likes_count":8,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1229930102609281024","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1229930095520944000,"conversation_id":"1229930021600612353","created_at":1582073160000,"date":"2020-02-19","time":"00:46:00","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"If you know Washington staffers, send this to them. If you know members of Congress, print this out for them. If you know CBO folks, give them the papers I linked to. If you teach a course on biotech, have your students read my book to immunize them against facile arguments.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":1,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1229930095520944128","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1229930092870217700,"conversation_id":"1229930021600612353","created_at":1582073159000,"date":"2020-02-19","time":"00:45:59","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"...instead of throttling ourselves back with price controls to achieve affordability that could have been solved with insurance reforms? We’re smarter than price controls, and you might be able to steer America to a better way. What can you do?","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":2,"likes_count":4,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1229930092870217728","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1229930090634580000,"conversation_id":"1229930021600612353","created_at":1582073159000,"date":"2020-02-19","time":"00:45:59","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"I’ll be eternally grateful to anyone who helps me keep my kids healthy. I bet every member of Congress would share that sentiment. But why can’t America remain a leader in biotech & make countries compete with us...","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":2,"likes_count":4,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1229930090634579968","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1229930088386453500,"conversation_id":"1229930021600612353","created_at":1582073158000,"date":"2020-02-19","time":"00:45:58","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"Biomedical innovation is an American export. We’re awesome at it & our inventiveness in this field has not yet been exported or ceded to other countries, though China is making admirable strides. As patients, it should be all the same to us who invents our treatments and cures.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":2,"likes_count":9,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1229930088386453506","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1229930082812166100,"conversation_id":"1229930021600612353","created_at":1582073157000,"date":"2020-02-19","time":"00:45:57","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"...& the value is much greater than appreciated by myopic health economists beloved by Congress. We should be guided by our hearts & broader-minded economists in tackling sustained affordability. If you follow me, there’s a good chance that you already know this... but...","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":1,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1229930082812166144","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1229930073156878300,"conversation_id":"1229930021600612353","created_at":1582073155000,"date":"2020-02-19","time":"00:45:55","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"The other key point in my book is that we need to reform insurance & expand it to all Americans so the modest 1.3% of GDP ($271B) that funds the drug industry is spread over a working, healthy population. The $61B paid out of pocket by the sick is too much for many, it’s clear.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":4,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1229930073156878337","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1229930069222723600,"conversation_id":"1229930021600612353","created_at":1582073154000,"date":"2020-02-19","time":"00:45:54","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"Making sure all drugs go generic is how we get a ton of currently unappreciated value from them. It’s the price control we’ve long had & all we need. For some complex drugs, we’ll need a novel regulation that I discuss in the book and other writings (contractual genericization).","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":4,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1229930069222723584","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1229930056748851200,"conversation_id":"1229930021600612353","created_at":1582073151000,"date":"2020-02-19","time":"00:45:51","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"So if conventional cost effectiveness analysis (CEA) says that a $60k drug doesn’t offer enough value to be cost effective at that price & really should be under $30k, then factoring in missing “insurance value” could reverse the judgment & declare the drug cost effective.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":3,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1229930056748851200","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1229930021600612400,"conversation_id":"1229930021600612353","created_at":1582073142000,"date":"2020-02-19","time":"00:45:42","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"All the drugs we have ever invented and will ever invent are more useful than we can know today. We are always discovering new uses. There are those who give this no thought (to the detriment of patients), those who strive to value this phenomenon, & some who are alive b/c of it!","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":7,"retweets_count":28,"likes_count":121,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1229930021600612353","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1226873710449242000,"conversation_id":"1226868200891129857","created_at":1581344461000,"date":"2020-02-10","time":"14:21:01","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"...foreign prices could not sustain innovation. Utah should just say “we don’t want to pay for innovation” and also shut down its universities’ biomedical research while they are at it, b/c that will come to nothing if America isn’t willing to reward the cost/risk of drug R&D.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":5,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1226873710449242112","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1226873708184318000,"conversation_id":"1226868200891129857","created_at":1581344460000,"date":"2020-02-10","time":"14:21:00","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"America’s willingness to pay (sadly, even if not for all Americans who need treatment) is the primary source of funding for biomedical innovation.  Other countries skimp on drugs, but what little they pay helps offset the cost of America getting novel medicines, but...","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":0,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1226873708184317956","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1223793845663608800,"conversation_id":"1223590217363443712","created_at":1580610164000,"date":"2020-02-02","time":"02:22:44","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"Check in with me after you’ve read the book.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":0,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1223793845663608833","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
{"id":1223780259759378400,"conversation_id":"1223590217363443712","created_at":1580606925000,"date":"2020-02-02","time":"01:28:45","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1130959251671834600,"username":"peterkolchinsky","name":"Peter Kolchinsky","place":"","tweet":"Would anyone invest their savings in any company that aimed to merely break even (ie. Non-profit)? That’s called “donation”. Donations do happen and non-profits do good. But they don’t drive the level of productivity that you see in the private sector.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":2,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1223780259759378432","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1130959251671834624","username":"PeterKolchinsky"}],"retweet_date":"","translate":"","trans_src":"","trans_dest":""}
