400+ years of enslavement, disenfranchisement, and imprisonment for poor people of color has created health inequity. Now you want me to save the ventilator for the “less sick”? No, sir. That's the definition of structural racism & we ain’t about that.1/x https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/07/metro/massachusetts-officials-release-plan-ration-ventilators-icu-beds-if-need-arises/?fbclid=IwAR0XC6FmhF0vNDVxRvgW44cRS4JK9cWKoLTXPT6XSJJvyyN_nmlmYQMqi-8

I’m not suggesting we don’t have a plan. However, it must include a racial equity lens, be more nuanced, and consider regional planning as some institutions will undoubtedly bear the burden of caring for the most vulnerable with the least resources. 2/x

Thank you to @RepPressley and @MassAGO for highlighting issues facing Black and Latino communities! 3/3