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I can't speak to the details of all the pardons and commutations handed out by Trump, but there is one especially heinous one I'm moved to address. It involves #ophthalmology and #RacialEquity in health care.
Come along... 1/21
Come along... 1/21
First, you have to know a little about age-related macular degeneration (ARMD). We have a smart wallpaper (retina) that lines the back of our eyes (the center of which is called the macula), and it turns light into electrical signal to send to the brain. 2/21 
Melanin-derived pigment is an important photochemical buffer for absorbing this light over the course of an eye's life.
Macular degeneration, therefore, is a breakdown of this pigment layer of the retina. 3/21
Macular degeneration, therefore, is a breakdown of this pigment layer of the retina. 3/21
