He spent his life as a first responder when others needed him. When he had a heart attack on the job, system overwhelm meant no resources available for him.
This is betrayal.
We’ve been asking, pleading, negotiating, screaming for this not to happen.
This is betrayal.
We’ve been asking, pleading, negotiating, screaming for this not to happen.
https://twitter.com/drcswilliam/status/1474210481439133697
Maybe listen to the ones who care enough to speak up on REAL #safety issues rather then fire them.
The current #HCW correct dismissals over refusal of #VaccineMandate claim administrators are “bullies” because that HAS been true in past.
npr.org/2021/10/24/104…
The current #HCW correct dismissals over refusal of #VaccineMandate claim administrators are “bullies” because that HAS been true in past.
npr.org/2021/10/24/104…
No, #vaccinemandate is not the cause of #healthcare collapse.
Cause: Overwhelm from unvaccinated patients + years of failed #healthcare & political “#leadership.”
seattletimes.com/nation-world/c…
Cause: Overwhelm from unvaccinated patients + years of failed #healthcare & political “#leadership.”
seattletimes.com/nation-world/c…
In March 2020 I thought long & hard about a #NYC CMO offer as #pandemic rose. “We need you” appealed to my sense of mission. My prior attempts at heroism had beaten me into pragmatic reality. I assessed risk of #moralinjury like @drbreenheroes. I declined
nytimes.com/2020/07/11/nyr…
nytimes.com/2020/07/11/nyr…
Also, for years I have pushed past & persevered thru my getting sick easier, staying sick longer, prone to syncope. There’s never been any compassion for #HCW tho. Be cog in system.
Was unsure what exposure to #COVID19 would do to my ability to function at needed heroic levels.
Was unsure what exposure to #COVID19 would do to my ability to function at needed heroic levels.
https://twitter.com/usnehal/status/1169960882446774273
My late mother supported me, when I turned down the job, in overcoming the shame we heap on ourselves when we “fail” to be superhuman as #HCW/doctors to compensate for the system’s failures. I think my awareness of my risks/health realities saved my life. khn.org/news/article/u…
The #COVID19 #pandemic took my mother, who lived in #Texas and who did not yet have vaccine available in her zip code. I have never used “doctor privilege” to cut in line or gain extra access. Mom raised me to be fair, humble. She had mobility limitations.
Did I fail my mother?
Did I fail my mother?
https://twitter.com/HoustonChron/status/1474053182942818311
I have done my best to have faith. “Her time was appointed.” “God controls these things.”
Except I know human beings made deliberate #pandemic choices, especially in #Texas, to devalue life, especially of elders.
I do NOT forgive those responsible.
amp.usatoday.com/amp/2905990001
Except I know human beings made deliberate #pandemic choices, especially in #Texas, to devalue life, especially of elders.
I do NOT forgive those responsible.
amp.usatoday.com/amp/2905990001
Even if I *had* tried to get my mother the #vaccine earlier, would I have been mislabeled & harassed
like fellow Pakistani-American physician who was called a “thief” for NOT discarding expiring doses, instead…getting them into arms in #Texas?
project-syndicate.org/commentary/gok…
like fellow Pakistani-American physician who was called a “thief” for NOT discarding expiring doses, instead…getting them into arms in #Texas?
project-syndicate.org/commentary/gok…
Race is used as the criterion to determine you did something wrong. It is not “#ImposterSyndrome” we are feeling but a real, constant danger if we do not live up to an impossible of perfectionism there will be draconian consequences.
thedailybeast.com/texas-doctor-h…
thedailybeast.com/texas-doctor-h…
This has hit communities of color & the #HCW of those communities the hardest. It is literally our own relatives & neighbors dying. Hit on all sides. Black & minoritized doctors more likely to work in the community, at margins, with refugees, or #FQHC.
usnews.com/news/health-ne…
usnews.com/news/health-ne…
Mike Hart, first responder who died while no resources available to him, mentioned in 1st tweet, was also at higher risk of #COVID19. As it is, EMS already go into unknown situations & danger. This was an added risk.
Stop using “hero” to justify deaths.
contagionlive.com/view/first-res…
Stop using “hero” to justify deaths.
contagionlive.com/view/first-res…
Yes, there is higher #vaccine hesitancy among EMS #HCW so that may contribute to higher risk - exposure via peers as well as the general public or face to face life saving procedures. Many lost faith in the system after 9/11 & affects on their health.
pbs.org/newshour/healt…
pbs.org/newshour/healt…
“We said we were sick from 9/11,” Feal says. “They [members of Congress] said we were making it up, it was in our heads, we were crazy.”
Would you trust that government?
Public officials’ failures created the distrust that blocks #pandemic response now.
scientificamerican.com/article/health…
Would you trust that government?
Public officials’ failures created the distrust that blocks #pandemic response now.
scientificamerican.com/article/health…
This is NOT “chickens coming home to roost” though cuz those dying are NOT the ones sabotaging & slashing #publichealth or harassing & mislabeling #HCW or telling 9/11 frontline they were “crazy.”
It is the powerless, frontline, at margins who have died, including on the job.
It is the powerless, frontline, at margins who have died, including on the job.
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