Kicking off Day 2 of @aspenideas #AspenIdeasHealth with 2 of my faves ☺️ @iamKSealsAllers & Dr. Emily Miller!🙌🏾
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Catching up on a wonderful morning!
Started with this fantastic conversation on the Fight for Reproductive Health btw @ChelseaClinton & @ChanelPorchia moderated by @kwelkernbc
Chelsea & Chanel did not come to play!👏🏾
"we know what to do!" - CC
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"We need to be angry about the fact we're letting moms die...This isnt a mystery. Its a failure of political will. Its a comfort w/misogyny & racism" @ChelseaClinton
@ChanelPorchia dropped so much fire about racism in medicine folks left w/a certificate 🔥🔥
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Dr. C was always down to help me in any way he could whenever asked. Whether a curbside consult or questions about my own families skin, he always got back & would follow up to see how things turned out if I didn't tell him.
Made it! Let's get the IDEAS flowing & bring about the change needed in #Medicaid, racial health equity & early childhood 🙌🏾
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Hey @AmerAcadPeds & @Vot_ER_org look at who I found @aspenideas #AspenIdeasHealth🙌🏾
#AHealthierDemocracy #VoteKids
"Interesting" start to this panel of HHS secretaries @aspenideas #AspenIdeasHealth
@SecBecerra when asked what he wishes folks knew about HHS replied, "we don't control health care"
1️⃣ There was no federal stockpile (as the previous WH administration HHS had eluded) to support this decision.
So now ~1 million Minnesotans believed they were at the front of the line but MN was getting ~60,000 new doses/week & still had not completed everyone in phase 1A
2️⃣ A new administration came in with equity as a priority & recommended expanding eligibility even more... but no new guidance around subprioritization for any groups incl those 65+
& still not enough shots to meet demand = scarce resource allocation
I have enrolled in a #COVIDvaccine trial & last week got my first shot!!
But this wasn’t always my plan. I had a surprising amount of hesitancy early on. So I want to share how I worked through it.
This will probably be my longest thread ever. But stick w/me! (1/)
An avid advocate that #vaccinessavelives I found myself personally & professionally skeptical about the speed with which vaccines were being developed & politicized.