This week: a lot of famous medtwitter accounts "oh sorry I've been away for a bit did I miss anything important? 😅"
Cowardice.
Cowardice.
This week a major medtwitter/tiktok influencer was accused with evidence of serious sexual harrassment and assault. One of the major figures of medtwitter, @choo_ek (who I looked up to immensely) is named directly in the lawsuit. There may be more to the story. It's a lawsuit.
But it is crucial that we unequivocally stand up and tell all vicitms that the system failed this person, that when they report things to program directors + residency supervisors there should be mandatory actions taken, and that we cannot in any way discourage people reporting.
I expect and demand an explanation and statement from @ek_choo, though perhaps she is receiving advice from lawyers not to and it could be in her self-interest to refrain from commenting.
In the meantime, the rest of us (I'm a tiny player in med twitter) cannot be silent.
In the meantime, the rest of us (I'm a tiny player in med twitter) cannot be silent.
My general strategy (as a boomer white male) is to retweet voices that I respect and amplify their messages. For the past 3 days, Ive been unable to do so, due to the cowardly hiding by people who routinely posture as "the good people".
Your silence is deafening, and it is time once and for all for it to be labeled as the cowardice it is.
"principles matter most when they are hardest to standby."
https://twitter.com/mclemoremr/status/1366460433394139136?s=19
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