Thread by @usnehal

It is not like the information was not there.

I recall having Twitter exchanges in early 2020, telling someone who was reacting to seeing hazmat suits, to trust the public health officials. Nothing to worry about.

We must now restore integrity of & trust in #publichealth

https://twitter.com/rthk_enews/status/1211864508882284546

Apparently, there were doctor mom groups on Facebook that were tracking this in December and January and trying to raise the alarm while everybody was telling them to “calm down.” Back then I was trusting we would be alerted through government mechanisms.

In fact, I recall a friend of mine, whom I have known for years, who is very active in Facebook doctor women’s groups, when I kept suggesting she should avoid posting certain unverified messages, told me I was “mansplaining” her. I was like, but I am a woman.

Now I get it.

It’s true that most of my public health information comes from official sources and LinkedIn which is primarily populated by (white) men.

I likely sounded a lot like them to her.

(On Twitter I have a primarily female, minority crowd.)

Even when it comes to the alert Dr. Moore issued regarding her concerns on how she was being treated and substandard care or lack of empathy/compassion

that was via Facebook and women doctors’ groups.

ksro.com/2020/12/24/bla…

I don’t know the details

Generally:

We do know that burnout leads to compassion fatigue & depersonalization
We also know that empathy often fails across racial divides
Black pain is not even seen

Thus: logical Dr. Moore’s was care affected by all this

frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

It’s very unfortunate that even today there are tweets on #MedTwitter claiming that all people suffer exactly the same.

Even if we all suffered the same, some of our suffering is seen & responded to and others’ is not.

aamc.org/news-insights/…

Race aside

cultural stories abound

of examples of women

who had foresight or even prophecy

but were not believed

though they warned about danger

were silenced or marginalized

britannica.com/topic/Cassandr…

While I recognize the value of having “safe spaces “for women

high empathy in these spaces

as compared to a world that disregards women

In past generations a woman who did not comply was frequently shut up in an institution by her husband or father

theatlantic.com/sponsored/netf…

On the other hand, given there is disparity by gender and race the higher up you go in administration

one actually needs “man speak” to be heard

My own communication flips between super curt and oververbose

Execs (men) want brevity

inc.com/mary-rezek/wha…

Even in terms of content, men & women have been found to speak differently.

But is this circular? If women are not believed they may become increasingly detailed to try to prove the validity of what they say.

Then get oververbose, tuned out. (tldr)

insidehook.com/daily_brief/ne…

Then there is the issue of who is allowed to have emotions and how those emotions are perceived.

This study looks at whether anger is seen as a high power response likely to have social influence or not, broken down by gender and race.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

We all laughed at this

but certain people are only heard if they remain emotionless

perfect diction (combination of approachable & educated)

speak slowly

etc