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“many public health programs are not collecting the data needed to show the [#COVID19] pandemic’s impact on poor and minority people.” Fantastic piece by @tsimonite in @WIRED on how inequality and racism also *cause* public health data bias in the US. wired.com/story/covid-hi…
As we demonstrated in our recent @PLOSCompBiol publication, these data biases further the inequality by obscuring those communities most in need and often hardest hit by epidemics.
However, when considering new public health surveillance systems designed to close these data gaps, we must also acknowledge and *address* the decades and decades of racism and violence that have *caused* so many communities to be at higher risk during epidemics. #racismnotrace
It's 2020.
Words matter.
I hope to use my privilege and platform to change the way we discuss health inequities (while I stand on the shoulders of giants who have been in the trenches of this work).
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Words matter.
I hope to use my privilege and platform to change the way we discuss health inequities (while I stand on the shoulders of giants who have been in the trenches of this work).
Following is a 🧵on #RacismNotRace
#MedCrit
#MedTwitter
In medicine, we must change our language when teaching students, discussing with colleagues and publishing about racial health disparities. The primary pivot is AWAY from pathologizing Black patients and TOWARDS pathologizing systems that hurt Black patients. 2/
For example,
Don't say "Black children are at risk for worse asthma outcomes."
Don't say "Black women have higher rates of preterm birth and perinatal mortality." 3/
Don't say "Black children are at risk for worse asthma outcomes."
Don't say "Black women have higher rates of preterm birth and perinatal mortality." 3/
1/n Before I begin today, I’d like to invite us all to mourn the #COVID19 Deaths. 233,792 Globally. 63,019 in the U.S. There are names and faces attached to these unsettling statistics and our shared humanity calls on us to grieve the loss of life. Please add a candle below.🕯
2/n During the #COVID19 pandemic, it's important to be grounded in this notion of shared humanity. It will help us as we ask the questions, Who's dying and why? Hopefully, this will lead us to more nuanced responses that critically examine these deaths 'in context'.
3/n In the U.S., we must contend with the fact, that the #COVID19 pandemic is unfolding within the context of a society steeped in interlocking systems of racism leading to the disproportionate impact among Blacks and other marginalized racial groups. #RacismNotRace
