Thread by @DrRupaMarya

To spare myself the barrage of emails and concerns from our community, I’m putting out this statement—

UCSF doctors Jeanne Noble, Monica Gandhi and Vinay Prasad have been giving the most reckless and at times, blatantly false analyses on the pandemic. 1/

Monica celebrated the pandemic being over in July 2021. In case you haven’t noticed—It’s not over.

Vinay compared masking mandates to the Holocaust.

Jeanne Noble is putting out FALSE interpretations of our hospital data to support her agenda, which is to be over 2/

and done with the pandemic. We all would like to be but wishful thinking isn’t an analysis of reality.

All 3 have advocated for kids who are vaccinated to be unmasked in schools. I consider their reckless recommendations racist, classist/casteist and ableist. 3/

Putting the pandemic behind them, their lives no longer have to be inconvenienced by caution and care for those who are vulnerable right now.

The people who have been harmed by their agendas are BIPOC, immunocompromised people, low wage workers, their children and elders. 4/

I do not share their viewpoints and I know Jeanne’s misrepresenting our data and going to the press with those misrepresentations is a major problem creating confusion in our communities.

When I have time I will write more about this phenomenon of privilege leading to 5/

really bad health policy ideas. Right now I’m exhausted and just wanted to give the 411 to my community. Stay safe. Stay caring. 💜

#DoNoHarm
#CultureofCare

I turned off responses after it got barraged by Trump supporters who don't want any curbs to their "freedoms." Unchecked privilege crosses the political spectrum. It stems from a deep misunderstanding of our interconnectedness that is upheld by our racial capitalist system.