#Disparities

Kmele

kmele

Is it so impossible to believe most people are upset by the prospect of losing their livelihoods on account of a pandemic + mandatory stay-at-home orders? Millions newly unemployed. Palpable

Ari BSN, RN, OCN

running_nurse_

I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I just want to point out something no one wants to acknowledge:Advocating for schools to remain virtual comes from a place of

Amy Maxmen, PhD

amymaxmen

The thing that irks me about California is smugness & self-congratulatory behavior. NYC is incredibly dense & runs on public transportation. Some of Cali's cities are so expensive that only

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NovusDivus

For somebody thats “not Black” she sure champions and leads on Black issues with legislation and advocacyHere’s just a few examples (THREAD)https://twitter.com/charriselane/status/1293341541470273538 In 2017 Harris used her platform t

☭ daniela ☭

dan1ela23

Capitalism is the only system that allows for the disparities we’re seeing highlighted right now. The ability for offenders to buy their way out of prosecution and for white people

jonstokes.com

jonst0kes

These Ecuador numbers also highlight the problem with the papers & stats that claim warm weather hinders it by pointing to the low number of confirmed cases in the global

kabbalah bitch

praisegodbarbon

left/liberal white guilt culture is essentially a secularized form of whatever New England Puritans once believed. instead of assessing white supremacy as rooted in material disparities 'whiteness' itself is posed

David R Holtgrave

HoltgraveHealth

What does your ideal, comprehensive COVID-19 dashboard look like? The decades-long experience with HIV surveillance gives us some guidance, I believe. Importantly, it suggests that multiple measures are key to

Bridget Keenan

bridgetMDPhD

Many (non-MD) friends have asked me about #colorectalcancer since the sad news about #ChadwickBoseman. Early onset CRC is becoming more common. I’m more surprised by how fully he was able

Raychelle Burks

DrRubidium

If you're thinking "you know what, now is the time for me to publish a we're-all-humans-colorblind-all-lives-matter kumbaya-diversity-makes-us-more-productive" piece, I really wish you'd read the room.No, not the room

The Black Caucus

TheBlackCaucus

We know that there is still much more that needs to be done. Short thread of just some of the CBC coronavirus legislative priorities we are fighting for: 1. 2.

Frank Cacace MD FACP

GIMaPreceptor

1/ Had a really interesting day on #medtwitter today, re: #advocacy #activism #primarycare courtesy of @MParshleyMD @sagar_ankita @EricLast3 @gabrieldane @meggerber @mmteacherdoc @sulane7 @SusanHingle @dhpomerantz @UREssien ... and of cours

Dr. Steven W. Thrasher

thrasherxy

Not to be a killjoy, but to be a killjoy:There's been good HIV meds for 25 yrs. Yet, the better part of a million (mostly nonwhite) ppl still die of

Andrew Stroehlein

astroehlein

Thread on how we see it at Human Rights Watch: 1: #GeorgeFloyd’s family should see swift and complete justice for his killing, including the prosecution of all officers connected with

Centrist Stacy

CentristStacy

Not accusing Warren of this per se, but I just realized that the same white liberals lamenting COVID racial disparities will almost gleefully point to maps showing areas full of

Taylor Harrell (she/her)

tm_harrell

Where I'm from, all of my friends (& myself) have either been directly affected by or know someone who was killed by gun violence. It is not a "flaw" fueled