1/ For months I have been tweeting mainly about transmission risk for #covid19.
Recently, I have been asked by many reporters if protests may spread it
No one asked, however, if systemic racism, the underlying cause, had to be stopped before COVID19 could be
The answer is yes.
Recently, I have been asked by many reporters if protests may spread it
No one asked, however, if systemic racism, the underlying cause, had to be stopped before COVID19 could be
The answer is yes.
2/ If you don’t address the underlying cause of health inequities, then those inequities will persist.
And if you don’t ensure justice & protection for the most vulnerable populations, epidemics will persist.
There’s no way out of either crisis w/o addressing both together.
And if you don’t ensure justice & protection for the most vulnerable populations, epidemics will persist.
There’s no way out of either crisis w/o addressing both together.
3/ With that all being said, stopping racism is an imperative in itself, COVID19 or not.
While stopping #COVID19 will depend on us also dismantling racist systems, racist systems should be dismantled because they should never have existed in the first place, period.
While stopping #COVID19 will depend on us also dismantling racist systems, racist systems should be dismantled because they should never have existed in the first place, period.
