1/ When #covid19 struck the world at pandemic scale, somehow the spotlight immediately turned to the US and Europe as the "leaders" of the response. Is this not ironic when in fact Asian and African countries have far more experience w/ infectious disease outbreaks?
2/ @DrMishalK and I wrote a piece on why this flawed line of thinking has taken root (hint- it was not surprising to either of us). As researchers who work in #globalhealth on understanding #neocolonialism-- a modern application of colonial views/power dynamics...
3/ We are seeing #covid19 as another blatant example of neocolonialist, xenophobic, and outright racist (in a number of cases) ideologies that are obstructing not only the US response, but threaten to do the same to responses in low/middle income countries.
4/ The "West" often says it has so much to learn from other countries/places (which it does); but #covid19 is exposing this as more tongue-in-cheek rhetoric as the US and countries in Europe recklessly try to experiment with their own strategies at the peril of many.
5/ The actual article, which we wrote *FIVE* weeks ago, should be out soon. I have many thoughts on how editorial review in a pandemic really needs to be re-structured drastically to get critical ideas out fast, but I'll save those for another day. cc @DrMishalK
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Colonial mentality is impeding the global response. #covid19 is not an exception, rather another example.
Cc @RifatAtun @marciacastrorj @muhammadpate @paimadhu @JunaidNabiMD @RanuDhillon @drdavidwalton @IngridKatzMD @michellemorse @JoiaMukherjee @devisridhar @kj_seung
Colonial mentality is impeding the global response. #covid19 is not an exception, rather another example.
Cc @RifatAtun @marciacastrorj @muhammadpate @paimadhu @JunaidNabiMD @RanuDhillon @drdavidwalton @IngridKatzMD @michellemorse @JoiaMukherjee @devisridhar @kj_seung
Cc @seyeabimbola a short thread above
