Megan E. Doherty, PhD Profile picture
Recovering Academic — Writer. Photographer. Rabbit person. Out of spoons//Only knives left.
Mar 27 5 tweets 1 min read
I spoke with @WBEZreset and @thrasherxy this morning about being immunocompromised in the on-going pandemic, being abandoned by society and our public health institutions, how we deserve safe access to healthcare—and what @CareNotCOVIDChi is trying to do about it. The current state of affairs is not inevitable. This is all a consequence of policy choices. When gov't/CDC/healthcare facilities decided to abandon the protection of universal masking—that was a choice. And people are mobilizing because it was the wrong choice.
Dec 21, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
The group I co-lead @CareNotCOVIDChi helped organize this protest + mask distribution event. Thanks to @BlockClubCHI for covering!

@IDPH + @WHO now recommend universal masking in healthcare facilities, so why aren't most Chicago hospitals requiring them? Recommendations are a great first step. But hospitals should not be able to opt-out of lifesaving infection control. COVID transmission is rated "high" in Cook Co., but @UIHealth @NorthwesternMed etc, still allow most staff and patients to spread asymptomatic COVID to others.