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  And thank you for doing what you have been doing! Re: your question... Your concern is certainly valid; protecting patient privacy is paramount. The framing is very important. Bobby asked a general question about a disease entity (eosinophilic esophagitis), about which we had a discussion. For example, I could send a tweet out to ask Howard Luks to find out if he is seeing any increased incidence of certain types of fractures in such-and-such a disease (or with PPIs, etc). For all intents and purposes, it could be just a general question (for knowledge) or about someone I have specifically in mind. The framing here is just for knowledge. I didn't ask Bobby publicly about the case or why he asked. Of course, if it started getting specific I would do what Bryan Vartabedian recommends and take it private. If Bobby had said something like "I just saw a 19 year old that I think has EoE"...that's a different story altogether. There have been occasions that I've mentioned to friends that they should be careful because their tweets/posts are in the grey zone...no specific patient information, but enough to be concerned (e.g., something like, "I just delivered my first set of twins!" is non-specific, but I think there is enough to warrant concern). RDM
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