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@TurgesonFerd @HeidiNBC Where did I claim to be a medical Dr? I have clearly stated PhD in my bio. That DOES entitle me to be called Dr as long as I do not claim to be a medical Dr. Which I never have.

You clearly presume to have medical knowledge. My knowledge comes fm 30 years of living...
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@TurgesonFerd @HeidiNBC ...w/an autoimmune disorder, which, as someone who reaches for a book any time I have a problem, means going to bookstores & libraries [including medical libraries] & now reads medical articles online. Indeed, as I was waiting FOUR MONTHS for my rheumatologist...

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@TurgesonFerd @HeidiNBC ...to finally give me a diagnosis, I read everything I cd find on lupus. And that was before you could access libraries online.

It was obvious fm preliminary tests that I had an autoimmune disorder. Lupus was the autoimmune dx I most feared as I had TWO friends who died fm it.
@TurgesonFerd @HeidiNBC Of course, now it is possible to access MEDICAL JOURNALS online.

I want to know...where does your medical knowledge of lupus and other autoimmune disorders come from?
@TurgesonFerd @HeidiNBC Matter of fact, the Johns Hopkins Lupus Center [is there a more reputable source than that?] says indeed a lupus patient's life can be shortened by plaquenil / other anti-malarial drugs, whichcan "prevent lupus from spreading to certain organs," such as the kidney & central...
@TurgesonFerd @HeidiNBC ...nervous system.

Which, btw, is the primary cause of lupus DEATHS.

hopkinslupus.org/lupus-treatmen…

I cd offer you multiple other highly reputable lupus authorities who wd say the same thing.

Now, please cite YOUR AUTHORITY for doubting lack of access to hydrocholorquine...
@TurgesonFerd @HeidiNBC ...could ultimately kill lupus patients.

Would that be...oh, I don't know...Dr Mafia Don Trump?
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I watched Maddow from start to fin. W/ each passing minute my stomach churned faster & faster. Stuck it out to the end, but man, it terrified me. Noted:

1] trump promising all the PPE needed, but NEVER delivers, or delivers wrong [e.g., surgical masks instead of N95's].

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2] trump tells states they're on their own getting PPE; price is driven up by state competition, then FEMA re-appropriates [steals], redistributing to "needier," w/no info where [probably go to private contractors who will resell at higher prices; % of sales go to trump mafia]

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3] trump drags heels on testing: promising millions, never delivering.

All that, combined w/his encouragement of insurrection, adds up to goal of creating chaos so he can declare martial law & cancel elections.

trump knows he is doomed. Even election fraud won't save him.

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Pls, @GovWhitmer & @freep, investigate these tragic conditions, not only for this family but all other black families & POC. CV19 has revealed deep & widening fault lines of injustice across the board.

Of course many racist structures are at fault, not just those in medicine.
Wide disparities in access to healthy living conditions, adequate access to healthy foods in food deserts, massive disparities involving unhealthy work environments w/lax OSHA surveillance & enforcement, pay inequities, inadequate health insurance & medical leave.
Many racist structures contribute to decisions by med staff in CV19 treatment. It's not just individuals making decisions but rather individuals making decisions within a system that rewards those who deny care despite very obvious indications care is needed.
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Capitalists see themselves as job providers.

But CV19 has shown how dependent capital is on workers. It cannot exist, it cannot grow, it cannot do much of anything w/o workers.

The $$ they sat back and watched grow without lifting a finger is shrinking bc workers aren't there.
Workers provide the value off of which capital draws surplus--i.e., the profits--workers make for them. That is, the value that capitalists lift no fingers to create.

This is how capital mystifies what it does. It makes it appear capitalists are the great gifters of jobs when...
...in fact the workers are the great gifters to capital.

When workers demand higher wages, they merely expect a fairer share of the surplus value capital takes from them.

The great lie that capitalists sell is that they "give" jobs & livelihoods & workers must appreciate that.
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