A radicalized #Socialist MD working to restore my humanity, be less angry, and improve upon the human experience by fighting right-wing & neoliberal extremism.
Aug 27, 2020 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
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The derangement and fearmongering about the dystopian future that is to unfold should Trump be re-elected is both faulty and dangerous in itself. We need to stop acting like Trump is the enemy or villain; he is neither.
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The very notion that one man, especially one so incompetent as to waste the bulk of his inheritance, unable to generate a profit running casinos, and having as many bankruptcies as sexual affairs, could pose such a threat is absurd.
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Apr 11, 2020 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
Bernie Sanders gave me, my wife, and many others a reason to continue onward in our medical profession. The prospect of change and liberation from a predatory system was the hope that kept us going.
Now, that hope is gone.
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I've spent the entirety of my career as an emergency physician, working at hospitals in impoverished communities that has a high turnover rate and often substandard care. I wanted to be a champion for those underserved patients.
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Feb 19, 2020 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
When first finishing the academic portion of medicine and transitioning into the practical, hands-on part of the training, the physicians we trail all mock us for our enthusiastic nativity about the passion interns have toward making a difference.
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Not for me, we all say. We're in this to save lives and make an impact on patients' lives. Both myself and so many others are reaching the stage of cynicism. It is disempowering to figure out that the patients you are passionate about work against you.
