#Disparities

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

Why is testing breaking down again? Of course where cases are rising, demand is also rising. More people are symptomatic and more people have been exposed. The result is discouraging

Zach Parolin

ZParolin

In a paper forthcoming at Nature Human Behaviour, we track school closures during each month of the pandemic for nearly every school in the U.S. (100k+). Our results show large

Tamorah Lewis, MD, PhD

TamorahLewisMD

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

Daniel Rogers

thecla923

This more or less tracks with a central hypothesis I’ve had for a while: Defaults, esp for African American borrowers are driven by disparities in servicing outcomes and not just

Emilie Sundorph

ESundorph

The #alevels2020 anger and debate has been almost exclusively about the unfairness of an algorithm. Let's maintain this anger to tackle the source of the algorithm's data: systemic and long-term

modest proposal

modestproposal1

Want to expand a bit on this thought, and try to synthesize some thoughts going through my head.https://twitter.com/modestproposal1/status/1246099863575633921 Prior to covid, I had a conversation with one of my smartest

Caitlin Howley

CaitlinHowley

I live in two worlds: Appalachia and not-Appalachia. I lean left in Appalachia, and it’s an extremely challenging double consciousness. 1/10 WEB DuBois described double consciousness in terms of black

Cuy Sheffield

cuysheffield

1/ I've been thinking a lot lately about how crypto could become a vehicle for Black economic empowerment. I've published my thoughts for discussion herehttps://link.medium.com/pFq7euEtEbb 2/ Crypto is uniquely powerful

Kris Held,MD

kksheld

Time for federal and state politicians,bureaucrats,and appointees to be held accountable for the past year’s COVID-19 response. Let’s start with a list of questions- please add yours.1. We shut down

TulsaTeresa

TulsaTeresa

COVID-19 has taken an outsize toll on Black and Hispanic Americans. And those disparities extend to the medical workers who have intubated them, cleaned their bedsheets and held their hands

Ashwat Narayanan

ashwatn

We at @OurStreetsMpls have been asking that Hennepin County does the bare minimum—a 4-3 conversion on Lyndale Ave S to improve safety on the corridor. Lyndale is just one example

Atheendar Venkataramani

atheendar

1/ Here are five papers I've read/revisited recently that collectively (a) describe the myriad ways in which structural racism can influence health and economic outcomes and (b) use new data

Abimbola Johnson

BarristerAbi

Here we have @CWhittaker_MP a Conservative MP interchangeably blaming Muslims/Asians/Immigrants/BAME people for spikes in COVID19. Stating that they are not taking it seriously.... because they live in high multiple occupancy

Clay Masters

Clay_Masters

The @IowaPublicRadio newsroom this week featured a series explaining the history behind systemic racism in Iowa and how racist policies, practices and attitudes of the past and present continue to

Braylon T. Warrior , SPT

Bray_Brayyy

A post in the DPT Group Looking for a black PT for a pt. Mostly white clinicians in the group scream “omg what if someone asked for a white PT.

Kathy Fallon Lambert

kflambert

1/7 The TRECH project analyzed the potential air quality & active mobility benefits of several hypothetical #TCI policy scenarios to inform program design. In science as in life, content &

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