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KU KLUX KORONA
Riddle me this: If u ran a hospital & u only had 50 ventilators for 500 patients, people dying all around you, which ones would u treat first: the healthiest with a greater likelihood of survival or the least healthy with a lower projected survival rate?
KU KLUX KORONA
Riddle me this: If u ran a hospital & u only had 50 ventilators for 500 patients, people dying all around you, which ones would u treat first: the healthiest with a greater likelihood of survival or the least healthy with a lower projected survival rate?
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The healthiest with a greater projected survival rate, right? Wrong. If you employed that thinking, you would be responsible for the medical genocide of black patients for according to American actuarial metrics, white people are healthier & have greater life expectancy.
The healthiest with a greater projected survival rate, right? Wrong. If you employed that thinking, you would be responsible for the medical genocide of black patients for according to American actuarial metrics, white people are healthier & have greater life expectancy.
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This is a function of white Americans having greater access to healthcare & greater health outcomes once in contact with the American healthcare system. Actuarial science reduces black life to a bleep on a stat sheet & it determines insurance premiums & interest rates.
This is a function of white Americans having greater access to healthcare & greater health outcomes once in contact with the American healthcare system. Actuarial science reduces black life to a bleep on a stat sheet & it determines insurance premiums & interest rates.
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Why am I telling you this? Because if you find your black ass in a hospital bed during this pandemic your likelihood of survival will be blemished by a healthcare system that grants preferential treatment to white patients. Racism doesn't take breaks during pandemics.
Why am I telling you this? Because if you find your black ass in a hospital bed during this pandemic your likelihood of survival will be blemished by a healthcare system that grants preferential treatment to white patients. Racism doesn't take breaks during pandemics.
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Ladies & gentlemen allow me to introduce you to the medical concept of triage, a philosophy developed by the French Emperor Napoleon's chief surgeon Dr. Dominique Jean Larrey who posited that during wartime, medics should treat injuries with regard to severity & NOT rank
Ladies & gentlemen allow me to introduce you to the medical concept of triage, a philosophy developed by the French Emperor Napoleon's chief surgeon Dr. Dominique Jean Larrey who posited that during wartime, medics should treat injuries with regard to severity & NOT rank
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America's healthcare system has traditionally been Dr. Larrey's triage conjecture in reverse. Racial ranking has permeated everything in American society and healthcare has no immunity from white supremacy. Put simply, racism is pandemic proof. Act accordingly.
America's healthcare system has traditionally been Dr. Larrey's triage conjecture in reverse. Racial ranking has permeated everything in American society and healthcare has no immunity from white supremacy. Put simply, racism is pandemic proof. Act accordingly.
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A plethora of studies have concluded that blacks are "less likely to receive preventive health services & often receive lower quality care. They also have worse health outcomes for certain conditions." (Hostetter & Klein, 2018). Pandemics no different. Act accordingly.
A plethora of studies have concluded that blacks are "less likely to receive preventive health services & often receive lower quality care. They also have worse health outcomes for certain conditions." (Hostetter & Klein, 2018). Pandemics no different. Act accordingly.
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Don't think black wealth immunizes black patients from bad outcomes. Just ask Serena Williams about the medical treatment of black women. American healthcare has run rough shod over "Us." I could go Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, forced sterilization to infinity & beyond.
Don't think black wealth immunizes black patients from bad outcomes. Just ask Serena Williams about the medical treatment of black women. American healthcare has run rough shod over "Us." I could go Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, forced sterilization to infinity & beyond.
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A black nurse recently told me that upon arriving at an elderly white patient's home who was suffering from Alzheimer's, he greeted her with, "who let this nigger in here?" Astonishingly, this white man had forgotten all else in life, but his racism survived intact.
A black nurse recently told me that upon arriving at an elderly white patient's home who was suffering from Alzheimer's, he greeted her with, "who let this nigger in here?" Astonishingly, this white man had forgotten all else in life, but his racism survived intact.
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If racism can survive Alzheimer's, it damn sure can survive a pandemic and it will be right there in that hospital room when yo non-masking wearing, non-social distancing black ass is laid up in that hospital bed because you thought this was all a big joke. Nigga.
If racism can survive Alzheimer's, it damn sure can survive a pandemic and it will be right there in that hospital room when yo non-masking wearing, non-social distancing black ass is laid up in that hospital bed because you thought this was all a big joke. Nigga.
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As sure as the sky is blue, dey will roll you and yo grandmama's old ass up against a wall in a dimly lit hospital hallway and give both of yall some brown paper bags and some straws to stick up yalls noses as ventilators with some 3x5 index cards that say "blow."
As sure as the sky is blue, dey will roll you and yo grandmama's old ass up against a wall in a dimly lit hospital hallway and give both of yall some brown paper bags and some straws to stick up yalls noses as ventilators with some 3x5 index cards that say "blow."
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Racism is ubiquitous, present in classrooms, boardrooms & operating rooms. During these pandemic times u must live your black life so health conscious & so serious as to flee all scenarios that could land u in a hospital bed where decisions about your life are not yours
Racism is ubiquitous, present in classrooms, boardrooms & operating rooms. During these pandemic times u must live your black life so health conscious & so serious as to flee all scenarios that could land u in a hospital bed where decisions about your life are not yours
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Later for that buffet my Negro. To hell with that Hennessey, Courvoisier, Ciroc, Jack & Malibu. Put dat blunt down. Throw dem dam cigarettes out the window. Do anything & I mean anything that lands you in a hospital bed or jail cell during Corona time & its lights out.
Later for that buffet my Negro. To hell with that Hennessey, Courvoisier, Ciroc, Jack & Malibu. Put dat blunt down. Throw dem dam cigarettes out the window. Do anything & I mean anything that lands you in a hospital bed or jail cell during Corona time & its lights out.
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Altering your senses in any shape, form or fashion during a pandemic is as smart as R. Kelly with a video camera b4 camera phones. Get that. No black person can ever afford to be without their mental faculties in a society that ravishes black life at every hook & turn.
Altering your senses in any shape, form or fashion during a pandemic is as smart as R. Kelly with a video camera b4 camera phones. Get that. No black person can ever afford to be without their mental faculties in a society that ravishes black life at every hook & turn.
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Keeping yourself in "fighting trim" through diet, exercise, meditation & training will ensure you remain in a constant state of vigilance & preparedness for the road that lies ahead. Do not sit back and wait for talking heads on television to instruct you on survival.
Keeping yourself in "fighting trim" through diet, exercise, meditation & training will ensure you remain in a constant state of vigilance & preparedness for the road that lies ahead. Do not sit back and wait for talking heads on television to instruct you on survival.
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Triage policy & medical rationing are terms you & loved ones must familiarize yourselves with because institutional racism within the American healthcare system is likely to affect treatment and outcomes for all black patients.
Triage policy & medical rationing are terms you & loved ones must familiarize yourselves with because institutional racism within the American healthcare system is likely to affect treatment and outcomes for all black patients.
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Then again, you can ignore all I'm saying, discard my words as junk science and dismiss Dr. Hamilton as some kook in cyberspace. Hopefully that will be before and not after you've gained your newfound citizenship as a Coronavidian.
Then again, you can ignore all I'm saying, discard my words as junk science and dismiss Dr. Hamilton as some kook in cyberspace. Hopefully that will be before and not after you've gained your newfound citizenship as a Coronavidian.
