ICU doc, researcher, writer, aspiring playwright, author of The Autumn Ghost #polio #nonfiction #criticalcare #ventilationhttps://bsky.app/profile/hwunsch.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/hwunsch.bsky.social/post/3m4bqbpvhyk2qCongratulations to Bijan Teja @utoronto.ca #idccm #anesthesiology on his #phd!!28 Oct 2025 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:2dhjgatei6nq7nlmsfnen75x/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4bqbpvhyk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/hwunsch.bsky.social/post/3m3xx6okyt22yToday is World Polio Day. #polio eradication worldwide is the goal. On Roosevelt island is a crumbling smallpox hospital -a disease we don’t worry about due to #vaccination. Keep #vaccinating!24 Oct 2025 22:44 +0000at://did:plc:2dhjgatei6nq7nlmsfnen75x/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3xx6okyt22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/hwunsch.bsky.social/post/3ls4yvon4ec2vhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/opinion/waste-musk-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share21 Jun 2025 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:2dhjgatei6nq7nlmsfnen75x/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls4yvon4ec2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/hwunsch.bsky.social/post/3lrgv6rcicc2dCongratulations to Dr Rachel Clarke @doctoroxford.com for winning the UK women’s prize for non-fiction for her book about heart transplants! https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/12/womens-prize-debut-yael-van-der-wouden-the-safekeep-rachel-clarke-the-story-of-a-heart?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other12 Jun 2025 21:41 +0000at://did:plc:2dhjgatei6nq7nlmsfnen75x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrgv6rcicc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/hwunsch.bsky.social/post/3lppdwwkwn22sThanks to the New York Society Library for their support! [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 May 2025 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:2dhjgatei6nq7nlmsfnen75x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lppdwwkwn22shttps://bsky.app/profile/hwunsch.bsky.social/post/3lnjmryaqsk2uJoin me at the NYSL in discussion with Pulitzer Prize winner David Oshinsky for a discussion of my book, The Autumn Ghost. Now out in paperback!24 Apr 2025 02:08 +0000at://did:plc:2dhjgatei6nq7nlmsfnen75x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnjmryaqsk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/hwunsch.bsky.social/post/3lllubtnzms2a#teslatakedown #nyc Explain it to younger generations and take them along! #genalpha30 Mar 2025 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:2dhjgatei6nq7nlmsfnen75x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lllubtnzms2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/hwunsch.bsky.social/post/3llf7kgz75s2e‘Polio, bad’: Bill Nye the Science Guy rebukes RFK Jr. over vaccine views https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/21/bill-nye-science-guy-rebukes-rfk-jr-over-vaccine-views/ via @statnews.com27 Mar 2025 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:2dhjgatei6nq7nlmsfnen75x/app.bsky.feed.post/3llf7kgz75s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/hwunsch.bsky.social/post/3lknqqgzxsc2oColossally wasteful is right. This is devastating for medical research and will destroy generations of researchers. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/nyregion/columbia-research-grants-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share18 Mar 2025 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:2dhjgatei6nq7nlmsfnen75x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lknqqgzxsc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/hwunsch.bsky.social/post/3ljt2ldnqrc2g#standupforscience2025 #boston07 Mar 2025 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:2dhjgatei6nq7nlmsfnen75x/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljt2ldnqrc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/hwunsch.bsky.social/post/3lj5ysinra22rThis is catastrophic for US public health…so many people are protected by timely planning and rollout of the flu vaccine each year. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Feb 2025 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:2dhjgatei6nq7nlmsfnen75x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj5ysinra22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/hwunsch.bsky.social/post/3li35exbvj22hA very very dark day for public health in the US, and because our world is so interconnected, for public health worldwide. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/us/rfk-jr-hhs-senate-confirmation.html?smid=url-share13 Feb 2025 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:2dhjgatei6nq7nlmsfnen75x/app.bsky.feed.post/3li35exbvj22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/hwunsch.bsky.social/post/3lfcxqzfuhc2dWe must continue to tell the stories of polio survivors. Reducing uptake of the polio vaccine will have devastating consequences for the entire world. @rotaryclubs.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @endpolionow.bsky.social https://time.com/7205614/we-need-to-remember-the-effects-of-polio/09 Jan 2025 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:2dhjgatei6nq7nlmsfnen75x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfcxqzfuhc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/hwunsch.bsky.social/post/3leufmkjrsc2xExcited to be a finalist at the Lane Anderson Award Ceremony for the best science writing in Canada on the evening of Wed, Jan 29. The event (at the North York Central Library in Toronto) is open to the public. Please come join me if you are in Toronto and free! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-lane-anderson-award-ceremony-tickets-111173532327903 Jan 2025 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:2dhjgatei6nq7nlmsfnen75x/app.bsky.feed.post/3leufmkjrsc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/hwunsch.bsky.social/post/3lepolrg2ht2cI recommend a viewing of Casablanca at the start of every year. So good every time. Happy 2025!01 Jan 2025 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:2dhjgatei6nq7nlmsfnen75x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lepolrg2ht2chttps://bsky.app/profile/hwunsch.bsky.social/post/3lcqnoy2rmr2gNaum Shaparin and I did residency together. He has experienced the unthinkable - the death of his son from SUDEP (sudden unexpected death in epilepsy). He has set up a foundation to help educate people about this conditon that (unlike SIDS) people don’t know about. If at the #pga78 stop by…booth 41607 Dec 2024 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:2dhjgatei6nq7nlmsfnen75x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcqnoy2rmr2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/hwunsch.bsky.social/post/3lcqajzzemy2xA great reminder to stick to your vision… Ken Burns pitched his civil war #documentary and was told “no one will watch this”. 40 million tuned in when it aired on #pbs.07 Dec 2024 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:2dhjgatei6nq7nlmsfnen75x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcqajzzemy2x