Please think about how she acted for so many years in African countries. Look at the job she took after. What is the best fit line?
Was she acting that differently before?
Or was she used to low/zero accountability and zero transparency
...when it was not American lives?
Was she acting that differently before?
Or was she used to low/zero accountability and zero transparency
...when it was not American lives?
https://twitter.com/greenfield64/status/1376553424209072136
As someone who has worked in #globalhealth, I can tell you that there are attitudes/practices towards those in other countries that do not meet standards in the U.S.
Not all of it is just resources, trained personnel, or local politics.
gh.bmj.com/content/5/8/e0…
Not all of it is just resources, trained personnel, or local politics.
gh.bmj.com/content/5/8/e0…
As for local politics, that is often a self fulfilling prophecy. If one comes with a “savior”/superior belief, believes other cultures lack ability or values to self govern
one often installs or rewards “strongman” dictators for expediency
Churchill is oft quoted.
His beliefs:
one often installs or rewards “strongman” dictators for expediency
Churchill is oft quoted.
His beliefs:
How did U.K. do with #COVID19 inequity?
Not well
Cultures and attitudes do not change. Boomer generation in #publichealth & #globalhealth leadership positions today were raised by Churchill generation.
bmj.com/content/372/bm…
Not well
Cultures and attitudes do not change. Boomer generation in #publichealth & #globalhealth leadership positions today were raised by Churchill generation.
bmj.com/content/372/bm…
In U.K. it is “BAME” for minorities.
Even if a doctor, at higher risk of exposure, illness, death.
We had #PPE shortages. Did everyone get the same access? Were some in higher risk settings? Did some feel afraid to speak up?
medscape.com/viewarticle/93…
Even if a doctor, at higher risk of exposure, illness, death.
We had #PPE shortages. Did everyone get the same access? Were some in higher risk settings? Did some feel afraid to speak up?
medscape.com/viewarticle/93…
America has a very mixed history with #globalhealth
misuse of #data.
#trust is VERY hard to establish. One branch of U.S. government cannot steal DNA or data
for espionage
and disrupt or harm relationships built over years.
npr.org/sections/thetw…
misuse of #data.
#trust is VERY hard to establish. One branch of U.S. government cannot steal DNA or data
for espionage
and disrupt or harm relationships built over years.
npr.org/sections/thetw…
The doctor on the ground was violating ethics, trust, relationships
but was rewarded for that by U.S. -
=how unethical leadership grows its own unethical workforce
while blocking, suppressing, driving out those WITH ethics
Stop blaming Trump only
jhsph.edu/news/news-rele…
but was rewarded for that by U.S. -
=how unethical leadership grows its own unethical workforce
while blocking, suppressing, driving out those WITH ethics
Stop blaming Trump only
jhsph.edu/news/news-rele…
Local leaders are blocked by foreign interests
even when women stand up to dictators and terrorists
they get mislabeled and their work erased like @LadyDoctorSays’s aunt
people only see what that have been taught to see - they still see brown & black people as Churchill did
even when women stand up to dictators and terrorists
they get mislabeled and their work erased like @LadyDoctorSays’s aunt
people only see what that have been taught to see - they still see brown & black people as Churchill did
https://twitter.com/ladydoctorsays/status/1349553222395039746
I recommend reading the entire thread
but I have screenshotted it some of the key parts from @LadyDoctorSays on her aunt, a freedom fighter and architect of a movement to empower women, including defending women’s existing right to own property
stop funding the “strongmen”
but I have screenshotted it some of the key parts from @LadyDoctorSays on her aunt, a freedom fighter and architect of a movement to empower women, including defending women’s existing right to own property
stop funding the “strongmen”
We are not the “Orientalist” fetish fed to you - we are not sex slaves like Epstein purchased
we don’t need female white saviors
You would not know it from how it is portrayed to you
but in some cultures - Muslim - women always had a right to their own property and money
we don’t need female white saviors
You would not know it from how it is portrayed to you
but in some cultures - Muslim - women always had a right to their own property and money
https://twitter.com/usnehal/status/1224475479014506496
What we need is
for foreigners to get out of the way
stop assuming superiority
local leadership
CAN (re-)build societies
that are functional
and prove Churchill wrong
“saviors” block us
sabotage trust from communities
empower local women
finance businesses, not warlords
for foreigners to get out of the way
stop assuming superiority
local leadership
CAN (re-)build societies
that are functional
and prove Churchill wrong
“saviors” block us
sabotage trust from communities
empower local women
finance businesses, not warlords
https://twitter.com/usnehal/status/1225067667150819335
I don’t see in Dr. Birx somebody so weak, scared
suddenly changed, powerless to do her job with Trump
I see an attitude some bring into #globalhealth
able to dictate & demand
silence & bully
with American dollars
her data demands
...shared with military?
(has happened before)
suddenly changed, powerless to do her job with Trump
I see an attitude some bring into #globalhealth
able to dictate & demand
silence & bully
with American dollars
her data demands
...shared with military?
(has happened before)
hypothesis: she knew exactly what she was getting into: “strongman” Trump
but was unprepared for
how she treats people in other countries
not tolerated on American soil
not acceptable with American lives
data sources she could not control/suppress (state & hospital reporting)
but was unprepared for
how she treats people in other countries
not tolerated on American soil
not acceptable with American lives
data sources she could not control/suppress (state & hospital reporting)
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1243583231200542721
Practicing healthcare in America is hard
You don’t get to fake a vaccination campaign & give DNA collected to CIA
This is the level of privacy one must adhere to U.S.
Birx called herself “data-driven” but she seemed #data extracting...
Data given to whom? for what purposes?
You don’t get to fake a vaccination campaign & give DNA collected to CIA
This is the level of privacy one must adhere to U.S.
Birx called herself “data-driven” but she seemed #data extracting...
Data given to whom? for what purposes?
There are some super creepy things that go on w/ #data & #surveillance
Example:
a male supervisor would randomly make comments referencing something random
like about my cat I had put in a personal email to a colleague
to let me know he was watching me
brookings.edu/blog/techtank/…
Example:
a male supervisor would randomly make comments referencing something random
like about my cat I had put in a personal email to a colleague
to let me know he was watching me
brookings.edu/blog/techtank/…
I have to wonder how safe am environment Dr. Burks created for women (and men) - of any color - working for her.
@meganranney tells us “male-centered” and “toxic” was the problem. is it?
I have reported to women of the boomer generation who advise this:
bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/…
@meganranney tells us “male-centered” and “toxic” was the problem. is it?
I have reported to women of the boomer generation who advise this:
bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/…
(also have reported to women & men of the Boomer generation who do the right thing)
If I experienced this in America
if Birx placated “grab them by the p*ssy” Trump
doesn’t she perpetuate this?
Is she safe for women?
Was she accommodated to a zero accountability
If I experienced this in America
if Birx placated “grab them by the p*ssy” Trump
doesn’t she perpetuate this?
Is she safe for women?
Was she accommodated to a zero accountability
https://twitter.com/usnehal/status/1224482751996485632
Then there was the Wellesley graduate (white female)
“expat”
(Really: immigrant labor)
In South Asia
who was 🤷🏻♀️ over brown men harassing
It seemed she felt that brown women should just get over it
Double standards
Oh & she asked shopkeepers for fake receipts for customs
“expat”
(Really: immigrant labor)
In South Asia
who was 🤷🏻♀️ over brown men harassing
It seemed she felt that brown women should just get over it
Double standards
Oh & she asked shopkeepers for fake receipts for customs
I don’t know Dr. Birx personally
nor have I worked with her
so I can only compare what is publicly available
to patterns of behavior I have seen that are highly prevalent in #globalhealth settings
hypothesize why we saw this on her watch:
med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/…
nor have I worked with her
so I can only compare what is publicly available
to patterns of behavior I have seen that are highly prevalent in #globalhealth settings
hypothesize why we saw this on her watch:
med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/…
I consider Dr. Birx to have blood on her hands
as if she picked up an AR-15 & sprayed bullets into a black church or Asian massage salon
I take solace in faith now
since thinking like a scientist on my mother’s passing from #COVID19 is torture
But my mother should be alive
as if she picked up an AR-15 & sprayed bullets into a black church or Asian massage salon
I take solace in faith now
since thinking like a scientist on my mother’s passing from #COVID19 is torture
But my mother should be alive
It has never been more obvious to me than with the @CNN piece defending Dr. Birx: medical racism is alive & well
“Feminist” defense of Birx, as a “good person”, who oversaw a half million deaths, mostly POC, elders
Crystal: WOC are on our own, our (mother’s) lives do not matter
“Feminist” defense of Birx, as a “good person”, who oversaw a half million deaths, mostly POC, elders
Crystal: WOC are on our own, our (mother’s) lives do not matter
https://twitter.com/usnehal/status/1376863863287713795
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