I don't call Fauci a hero - have criticized him. Birx is no victim. She & her scarves can go away ASAP.
>500,000 dead. My mother included.
#Leadership means something.
Those unfit for leadership or public office, unable to meet demands of the job, can & should leave the post.
>500,000 dead. My mother included.
#Leadership means something.
Those unfit for leadership or public office, unable to meet demands of the job, can & should leave the post.
https://twitter.com/DissanaikeMD/status/1376229575877918725
There are two choices:
1- We have one definition of leadership & ethics. We don't make excuses just cuz she's a woman
2- Women have it so tough that we should use a double standard cuz, maybe, she handles media like a girl
Media is PART OF the job
nbcnews.com/politics/donal…
1- We have one definition of leadership & ethics. We don't make excuses just cuz she's a woman
2- Women have it so tough that we should use a double standard cuz, maybe, she handles media like a girl
Media is PART OF the job
nbcnews.com/politics/donal…
Look, if you want to be a scientist & just do the work, great. There thousands of non-profits, universities, aid agencies to do #publichealth and #policy.
If you seek out the limelight, guess what, you will have public accountability for when you betray science. Sounds...fair
If you seek out the limelight, guess what, you will have public accountability for when you betray science. Sounds...fair
So should we withhold #accountability for female #leadership? #Ethics optional?
Think of all the times she returned library books on time. And yeah she got a A+ in biochem, right? And she's nice to puppies.
Some people just have a bad day, right?
triblive.com/opinion/leonar…
Think of all the times she returned library books on time. And yeah she got a A+ in biochem, right? And she's nice to puppies.
Some people just have a bad day, right?
triblive.com/opinion/leonar…
Opposite. When you are being leader-sheep you are oppressing everyone else below you too. Tell me, was Dr. Birx encouraging anyone reporting to her to act with any more integrity or courage than herself? Compare to this movement on #ethics in #AI: bbc.com/news/technolog…
Women like Dr. Birx with her famed scarf collection
are the sheep's clothing for the wolf
She uses her credentials and elegant look to make someone like Trump more palatable.
She was deliberately justifying USING her medical degree to make nice-nice.
theintercept.com/2020/04/24/qua…
are the sheep's clothing for the wolf
She uses her credentials and elegant look to make someone like Trump more palatable.
She was deliberately justifying USING her medical degree to make nice-nice.
theintercept.com/2020/04/24/qua…
There is a reason women get hired to certain roles - one might have credentials but that is not actually the reaons for hire.
Women provide optics, EQ, soften the "strong man" and prevents people from feeling the guilt.
Make nice-nice.
nytimes.com/video/us/polit…
Women provide optics, EQ, soften the "strong man" and prevents people from feeling the guilt.
Make nice-nice.
nytimes.com/video/us/polit…
There was a very clear agenda that overrode science. Birx was of this same background. The "bleach" solution was sent by an evangelical church leader selling the cure on TV.
washingtonpost.com/national/healt…
washingtonpost.com/national/healt…
We knew this anti-vaxx history back in 2016. Why is everyone acting like the anti-science thinking came out of left field.
businessinsider.com/trump-vaccines…
businessinsider.com/trump-vaccines…
There were headlines like this, again, in 2016. We could predict just how any kind of health crisis would go: statnews.com/2016/11/30/don…
This is still having an impact now - Republicans are waiting for Trump to endorse it.
washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…
washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…
Based on her pattern of behavior around Trump, how would Dr. Birx react if a direct report, a minority physician, were falsely accused for doing his job to give vaccines with scarce resources?
1-Speak up?
2-Look away?
3-Throw under the bus?
lawandcrime.com/legal-analysis…
1-Speak up?
2-Look away?
3-Throw under the bus?
lawandcrime.com/legal-analysis…
Who died? BIPOC. Elders. Disabled. Low income. Etc
Anyone in #publichealth knew EXACTLY who was dying
To some:
= the expendable )some humans are more valuable dead than alive)
= Social Security will be a bit less squeezed
->Birx rubberstamped this
vanityfair.com/news/2020/03/d…
Anyone in #publichealth knew EXACTLY who was dying
To some:
= the expendable )some humans are more valuable dead than alive)
= Social Security will be a bit less squeezed
->Birx rubberstamped this
vanityfair.com/news/2020/03/d…
The women who demurely, discretely, elegantly, while perfectly coiffed and with the perfect scarf draped
cover up ugliness
is exactly why what allowed some women advance
while leaving behind others
how WW won the right to vote in America
cover up ugliness
is exactly why what allowed some women advance
while leaving behind others
how WW won the right to vote in America
https://twitter.com/usnehal/status/1267032439043567617?s=20
Birx suddenly found her voice and is doing a reputation management tour.
Is she speaking up on voter suppression with the previously muted voice she suddenly found? No.
She failed Americans
But she served her boss tho - so maybe she did do her job?
cnn.com/videos/health/…
Is she speaking up on voter suppression with the previously muted voice she suddenly found? No.
She failed Americans
But she served her boss tho - so maybe she did do her job?
cnn.com/videos/health/…
You can't have your cake & eat it too, ladies & femmes.
Is it unfair? Yes
It is utterly unfair I lost my mother from preventable pandemic cuz some docs simple confuse leadership wth leader-sheep
Use the voice you have to SAVE LIVES
Be a doctor first
Stop playing victim
Is it unfair? Yes
It is utterly unfair I lost my mother from preventable pandemic cuz some docs simple confuse leadership wth leader-sheep
Use the voice you have to SAVE LIVES
Be a doctor first
Stop playing victim
As a woman in leadership & public health, I have left jobs I was darn good
if someone like Birx outranked me & enforced a culture of silence & covering up
if my choice: to cut my integrity down to match hers or leave?
I leave bosses like Birx
Birx is no helpless child
if someone like Birx outranked me & enforced a culture of silence & covering up
if my choice: to cut my integrity down to match hers or leave?
I leave bosses like Birx
Birx is no helpless child
Yes, it is hard & costly leaving bad bosses - lose academic work, benefits, pension.
Yes, ethics is costly.
Who, in this pandemic, still thinks life is fair and has a sense of entitlement?
Amy Cooper types do
They are your boss, neighbor, teacher
thecut.com/2020/05/why-am…
Yes, ethics is costly.
Who, in this pandemic, still thinks life is fair and has a sense of entitlement?
Amy Cooper types do
They are your boss, neighbor, teacher
thecut.com/2020/05/why-am…
“Dr. Deborah Birx, has joined an air-cleaning company that built its business, in part, on technology that is now banned in California due to health hazards...
.. in a footrace to capture some of the $193 billion in federal funding to schools.”
healthleadersmedia.com/covid-19/birx-…
.. in a footrace to capture some of the $193 billion in federal funding to schools.”
healthleadersmedia.com/covid-19/birx-…
Bring out the tiny violins.
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