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Rhea Boyd MD, MPH
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Just read Johnson and Johnson’s vaccine is 66% effective against moderate COVID and 85% effective against severe disease (to compare Moderna is 95% effective against moderate and severe COVID) -
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The very first Black doctors, back in the 1800s (!!), argued that racial health disparities were driven by racism (and more precisely racial capitalism). That I have to argue this
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Unpopular opinion: There is something amiss, and by amiss I mean racist and paternalistic, about demanding Black folks get a COVID vaccine. Healthcare systems routinely deny Black folks equal care.
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The bar to publish on racial health inequities is too low.So @mclemoremr @EdwinLindo @Lachelle_Dawn and I set a new bar in @Health_Affairs.Rule 1. NEVER reify biological race (it is not
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Please stop reading White Fragility.Stop recommending it.Stop sharing it. Read Killing the Black Body or Fatal Invention by @DorothyERoberts Read Racecraft by Barbara and Karen FieldsRead Medical Apartheid by @haw95
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To all of those now asking:"What can we do about the racial health inequities emerging amid COVID-19?" I'm starting a list, right here, that I invite my colleagues to add
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Is everyone reading this??!I gotta break down this science real quick. This study compared COVID-19 mortality rates by racial/ethnic group AND age. It found: Among folks aged 35-44, Black people
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