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.@Marion_Health about to lay out specific #coronavirus thresholds to guide #SchoolReopening. @sjchealth did the same yesterday.
.@IndyMayorJoe: teachers in high risk groups will be allowed to opt out of in-person classes.
.@Marion_Health director Virginia Caine: cases have been rising steadily since #4thofJuly2020. Positivity rate rose for two weeks but has leveled off around 9% (current 7-day avg: 8.3%).
1/ “I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for that reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” - James Baldwin
Reflections on #4thofJuly2020
There is an attempt to cultivate fear that the movement pressing for racial justice,
Reflections on #4thofJuly2020
There is an attempt to cultivate fear that the movement pressing for racial justice,
2/ trying to fix our justice system, & remove symbols that reinforce white supremacy is REALLY trying to "destroy America" or erase its history or past. Fear is a powerful force. It stifles imagination, raises defenses & prohibits empathy. It causes us to hear things not there.
3/ When we say "systemic racism" or "America's original sin" or critique the paradoxically themed "Independence Day", other things are heard. Here's a quick rundown.
I recently had a conversation with a self described "middle aged, very conservative white guy."
I recently had a conversation with a self described "middle aged, very conservative white guy."
I wanna talk about the historical context of this line of the Declaration of Independence and how the British not meeting the colonists demand for more and more Native land was explicitly one of the underlying reasons for the Revolutionary War. #IndependanceDay 
When #4thofJuly2020 insurrections amongst us, & has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction...” that shit wasn’t abstract. #FourthofJuly
During the French and Indian War (1754-1763) most tribes fought against the British. At the end of the war, the crown had won precarious control over a continent on the other side of the ocean. To try & maintain peace w/ tribes, King George III issued the 1763 proclamation.
#4thofJuly2020 As we confront who we are as a nation, and debate who we want to be, inevitably, we must scrutinize where we've come from. Our founders were not perfect men, but they espoused some damn near perfect ideas: "As mankind become more liberal they will be more apt
to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protection of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations in examples of justice and liberality. " George Washington
Here's to THIS 4th expanding the definition of who are "worthy members," and catapulting us towards a "more perfect union."
My mom: Did you hear about the mermaid statue which was defaced?
Me: No....
[In Copenhagen, Denmark, apparently]
My mom: this is what happens when you give every child a trophy and they never lose at anything.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Happy #4thofJuly2020
Me: No....
[In Copenhagen, Denmark, apparently]
My mom: this is what happens when you give every child a trophy and they never lose at anything.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Happy #4thofJuly2020
This stature has historically been a target f all sorts of weird defacements and destructions. Just Google it. Blowing her head off, blowing the statue off the pedestal, painting a bikini over her boobs, etc. 🧐
Wow my grammar/spelling here is bad. Please point and laugh.
Remember Dutch artist Bas Uterwijk who used #DL to create realistic-looking images of famous people like Napoleon Bonaparte, Vincent Van Gogh, and others
Went to created few collages with original image and AI generated one
Thread 👇🏻
Went to created few collages with original image and AI generated one
Thread 👇🏻
David by Michelangelo (1/x) not bad huh 😻
Nicola Machiavelli (2/x)
#sharethemicnowmed @Julius__Wilder #COVIDー19 disparities are also related to implicit bias and racism. Based on state billing data, African Americans with cough and fever have been less likely to undergo appropriate testing for COVID-19. @D_R_Williams1
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…
@D_R_Williams1 writes that "The racial/ethnic disparities reported for COVID-19 infection, testing, and disease burden are a clear reminder that failure to protect the most vulnerable members of society not only harms them but also increases the risk of spread of the virus"
"COVID-19 disparities are not the fault of those who are experiencing them, but rather reflect social policies and systems that create health disparities in good times and inflate them in a crisis."
