Them: We’re short staffed. We don’t have teachers, bus drivers, restaurant workers, delivery persons, nursing aides… people don’t want to work!
Me: It could be that… or maybe it’s that 715,000 people have died…& currently another 1 is dying every 47seconds. They were “staff”
Let me clarify a point, #Death is not the only thing that can keep someone from working, #disability can too. Studies show 20-50% of #COVIDinfections results in #LongCOVID. Well, 61% of the 44M Americans w/ #COVID are 18-74yo… that’s 27,454,517.
America, we have a problem
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And I’ve said this before, will say it again, history is our greatest teacher. #1918Pandemic showed that our nation’s economy is TIED to our nation’s health. The pandemic was 1918-1920. It had a great impact on younger ages, esp 15-44yos. The workers. And what happened in 1929?👇🏽
One thing I know for sure, if you want to cripple a persons potential, or stifle a nation’s growth, the only thing you have to do is keep them
🔹Sick
🔹Hungry
🔹Uneducated
Because that person is no longer trying to thrive, but merely survive.
And America, we are rolling die on 3
Many are saying, “well 78% of deaths were for >65yo”… first of all, since when does that make you dispensable?! But second, y’all tend to forget the #CostOfLiving In #America. Many are still working.
All of this. #MyStanceHasNotChanged.
The fact that we willingly expose our kids to #COVID19 is beyond me. Opening schools knowing full well structural racism exists preventing adequate social distancing & the lack of proper ventilation is a setup for further #RacialDisparities
▶️ 25% of Black 9th graders are in classrooms w/ >40 students: 2x rate of Hispanics, 3x rate of Whites
▶️ Urban vs Rural, 12.5x more likely to be overcrowded
▶️ richest 10% of districts spend 10x more than poorest 10%: literally use old buildings w/ poor ventilation & high lead
We can not play surprised when:
🔹Phase 1a is 70% White
🔹 Phase 1b (65+yo) are 77% White
🔹 70% of pharmacies are in white neighborhoods
🔹 Black/Brown communities are 2x less likely to have hospital
🔹Registrations require WiFi #DebateMe
Dear @VP Pence,
I wanted to give you a few tips as you begin to prepare for your debate w/ @SenKamalaHarris. It’s on the nuances of arguing w/ a black woman.
1)If she says, “First of all”, know that you’ve already lost. she is about to read you for all of your life. Take cover
2) If she lets you continue to talk and tilts her head to the side with a little smirk... you are about to get BODIED with facts. She peeped your lie and is allowing you to dig that hole that you will want to crawl in when she’s done. If you see it, stop mid sentence. Give in.
3) If you see an eyebrow raised it’s because you just said something absolutely disrespectful. Shows you don’t have home training and the brow is serving as a warning bell for you to shape up and tighten up.
Each specialty needs a DEI Officer. One that analyzes data for bias & engages in strategic planning to augment practices to include a health equity lens. There needs to be accountability of such efforts w/ standardized metrics for providers & depts alike. Time to fix the broken.
We KNOW the problems. We’ve reported the same death rates & disparities for generations on end. We don’t need to hear more numbers. We need to implement solutions. Every single physician, nurse, & provider should have a report card giving outcomes along lines of race & gender.
The department should also have the same report card of their collective averages of those same metrics. Compare them nationally. Every quarter there should be a review. Identifications of strengths and weaknesses of the individual providers and flaws of the system.
It took 4yrs of College, 4yrs of Med School, 4yrs of Residency, 1yr of Fellowship to be a Double-Board Certified Anesthesiologist.
I use #Ketamine to put people FULLY to sleep, & NEVER have I EVER used 500mg of ketamine to do so.
500mg IM is OVER the dose I would use for a GENERAL ANESTHETIC! Hell, for sedation you would barely use 1/3rd of that dose.
Ketamine carries risk of laryngospasm, cardiovascular collapse, & aspiration if you vomit. Bc of that I have to have full consent, so did #ElijahMclain?
His final words, My God.
How can you not be left angry after that?! Did anyone think to say, is there someone we can call for you? To speak to his Mother instead of violate his body and take his life.