Elisabeth Kang MD @ElisabethKangMD:This is my very first tweet. My heart is heavy

[BeckyDem]

Link to tweet

[blm]

1. Oh geez.

[BSdetect]

2. How sad and unsustainable these losses. They honored their oath.

[BeckyDem]

6. Its so hard to watch.

[onecaliberal]

3. Fuck

[SheltieLover]

4. K&R!

[Starseer]

5. ...

[stillcool]

7. no words, just sorrow

[Phoenix61]

8. So much for the "only elderly need to worry." nt

[world wide wally]

9. MA3WSA

Make America a 3rd World Shitole again

[BeckyDem]

10. Shithole Nation has been trending, its not that I disagree. I just feel depressed at

the reality of it.

[cilla4progress]

32. So

True... apt.

[pazzyanne]

11. Damn!

[3catwoman3]

12. All those years of hard work to get to that point, and then...

...to have it end like this.

All of this is sad. Some things feel sadder than others.

[BeckyDem]

13. It is riveting to watch unfold, so young and so much promise just gone.

[gristy]

14. Some detail

There is an Elisabeth Kang MD in San Antonio Texas

Data from the NY Times (https://github.com/nytimes/covid-19-data) shows a total of 10 deaths in Bexar County (which includes San Antonio) through April 3. Data for April 4 should be posted later today.

In a Saturday 7:14pm article, the San Antonio newspaper reported 2 deaths on April 4: https://www.mysanantonio.com/coronavirus/article/Coronavirus-updates-Two-more-deaths-reported-in-15177017.php
According to a report from their mayor Saturday night, the 2 who died were both in their 80's: https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2020/04/04/watch-mayor-nirenberg-announces-2-additional-covid-19-deaths-more-cases-at-sa-nursing-home/

I'm not seeing any reports regarding residents deaths, but I'll keep looking.

[BeckyDem]

15. Thank you.

There is one associated with Bethesda too, I'm not sure where she is.

[gristy]

17. Yes, I saw her too. But she spells her first name with a z.

[BeckyDem]

20. I didn't notice that, thanks again!

[Crabby Appleton]

22. That's the correct one

Johns Hopkins has a hospital in Manhattan

[Scarsdale]

16. It is possible she meant

countrywide? Statewide? So very tragic, dedicated young professionals taken in their prime.

[DesertRat]

18. Unless they are verified by twitter with a blue check mark

it's hard to know who is real and who is a troll. Sorry to be skeptical, but the spelling and grammar on these tweets raise red flags to me:

Elisabeth Kang MD
@ElisabethKangMD
Replying to
@pamica
Thank you! Your re-twitting means a lot to me. I want all the silent voices to become loud and louder as we are facing lots of different invisible enemies at this time.
7:52 AM · Apr 5, 2020·Twitter Web App

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[BeckyDem]

21. No that is ok, its good to question.

I gave it the benefit of the doubt because some doctors are being threatened for identifying problems.

[BeckyDem]

26. This seems to be her, but of course I can't verify.

https://health.usnews.com/doctors/elisabeth-kang-700226

[DesertRat]

34. Yes, but not sure if twitter account is her

or someone using her name. I find the account suspicious.

[niyad]

19. Donnie death and his whole fucking, ignorant, murderous team have so much blood on their hands

it is a wonder they can even move,

[jayschool2013]

23. Regarding the obligatory "the media" mention

Yes, journalists are.

Google News is your friend.

Here's just one story from this weekend:

OVER 100 DOCTORS AND NURSES HAVE DIED COMBATING CORONAVIRUS ACROSS THE WORLD

The novel coronavirus has killed over 100 doctors and nurses around the world, nearly half of whom are reported to be in Italy. The U.S. saw its first emergency physician die after showing COVID-19 symptoms this week. Several other healthcare workers have died since the wake of the outbreak across the globe, including in China, the U.K., France, Spain and Iran.

The virus, which was first reported in Wuhan, China, has infected more than a million people across 181 countries and regions, while over 58,000 have died, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University.

Speaking to Newsweek, the chief executive officer of the International Council of Nurses, Howard Catton, said: "We have been concerned for some weeks now about how many nurses and other healthcare staff have become infected with the coronavirus. Nurses around the globe are working under extreme pressure for long hours without breaks and without days off, and it is taking its toll."

Infection rates among healthcare workers in Italy and Spain were reported to be nine percent and 14 percent, respectively, Catton noted. "Sadly there have been deaths among nurses there [in Italy and Spain] and in Iran and Indonesia, some nurses have died by suicide," he added.

[BeckyDem]

25. oh damn.

Heartbreaking!

[IronLionZion]

24. Must be NYC

because Italy had well over 60 doctors die last I checked. Young people are dying from COVID, not just elderly. It's a very dangerous thing to treat highly infectious patients while the dumbest politicians in the country fiddle around playing politics with necessary equipment.

[BeckyDem]

27. Yes.

[dewsgirl]

28. ....

[efhmc]

29. https://protectanurse.com/

A reference for hospitals to get PPE's. This is a great way to use technology.

[BeckyDem]

30. +1. Thank you.

https://protectanurse.com/

[cilla4progress]

31. Dear god...

Words fail me.

[PatSeg]

33. Wow, that is brutal and terrifying

[live love laugh]

35. Trump's fault...may he suffer the same tenfold. nt

[dalton99a]

36. I believe she's referring to two resident physicians in NYC and one in Detroit

The two residents in NYC were in Internal Medicine and Anesthesia
The resident in Detroit was in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
They were exposed while caring for patients in ICU (All specialties are being asked to help out)

[BeckyDem]

37. I think that's right. I believe from later posts that is what she is referring to.

Thank you.