Down the Rabbit Hole with Roberta
A week of high alert, reflecting, listening, marching, watching, and hopefully the beginning of change. Through the healthcare lens, we are still encumbered in a global pandemic that disproportionately affects minorities. And the country has erupted in protest over police injustice which is putting tens of thousands of people in crowds without masks or social distancing. Worldwide cases are over 6.5 million and deaths closing in on 400K. In the US we will top 2 million cases next week and 110K in deaths. All eyes are on spikes from the coast to coast public gatherings. And as we now own close to 30% of all cases, the current administration decides to quit the World Health Organization.
My reading took me to who was listening and stepping up to acknowledging the health disparities and pledging to not just talk the talk but walk the walk.
We really quit the WHO?
In the grip of a global pandemic that has already killed more than 100K Americans, severing ties with WHO serves no logical purpose and makes finding a way out of this public health crisis dramatically more challenging. @AmerMedicalAssn https://t.co/Gfz6UCsfhT
— Roberta Mullin (@mssoftware) June 1, 2020
More than 102,000 Americans are now dead in a #Covid-19 pandemic that history will record as the result of a lack of planning, denial and finally the “open up” America push. https://t.co/qD1bhcSgNB via @pass_blue
— Roberta Mullin (@mssoftware) June 1, 2020
By cutting ties with the World Health Organization, it endangers global public health https://t.co/eLsVj36KdD via @statnews
— Roberta Mullin (@mssoftware) June 3, 2020
Disproportionately affecting minorities
Black people are at the center of two public health crises in the US: #Covid-19 and police brutality https://t.co/rhZz67TkFi via @qz
— Roberta Mullin (@mssoftware) June 2, 2020
Finding the Center on State and Local Aid: As a result of the #COVID-19 many state and local governments are in desperate financial straits @thenewcenter https://t.co/zdPOZEIRky
— Roberta Mullin (@mssoftware) June 5, 2020
COVID-19 is shining a light on existing disparities in our healthcare and economic institutions for communities of color. This Executive Order addresses those disparities and improves access to resources and opportunities as we recover from the pandemic.https://t.co/DPNv0FHh3D pic.twitter.com/8uyXWPuoS7
— Governor Roy Cooper (@NC_Governor) June 4, 2020
Today, HHS announced new Guidance that specifies what additional data must be reported to HHS by laboratories along with #Coronavirus Disease 2019 (#COVID19) test results. Read the full news release here: https://t.co/pXBFRfvXFd pic.twitter.com/GIZBK7G6WK
— HHS.gov (@HHSGov) June 4, 2020
Industry Pledges to Do Better
Hospitals play an important role in creating healthier communities for all people. Read this leadership insight from Nancy Myers, vice president, @ahahospitals Center for Health Innovation, on addressing sustainable cross-sector partnerships. #CHIweek: https://t.co/mn4uWfsqBs pic.twitter.com/NyrU5VQgME
— American Hospital Association (@ahahospitals) June 4, 2020
Racism is a public health issue. The AAP condemns violence, especially when perpetrated by authorities, and calls for a deep examination of how to improve the role of policing. Systemic violence requires systemic response. https://t.co/YJ8rZHeyzB
— Amer Acad Pediatrics (@AmerAcadPeds) May 31, 2020
Just as the disproportionate impact of #COVID-19 on communities of color has put into stark relief health inequity the recent deaths of Breona Taylor & George Floyd spotlight yet again where the deck is stacked against Black people @AmerMedicalAssn https://t.co/ZNn1MYZ7RA
— Roberta Mullin (@mssoftware) June 1, 2020
Tom Priselac, President and CEO, Cedars-Sinai Health System Statement
As an institution founded on principles of equality, inclusion and diversity, Cedars-Sinai has a longstanding role addressing these issues. Further, for these most recent events we have begun planning a variety of additional ways to provide support, dialogue and engagement.
Today, we at @MSMorningside had 9 mins of silence to honor the memory of #GeorgeFloyd Injustice for one should be injustice for ALL. Thank you to our MSM President & CTO @MountSinaiNYC @Artgianelli for ur moving talk & for keepin it real #BLM @ronsjvill @LegallyMaxed @MVezinaCNO pic.twitter.com/RnCXhmP4um
— Marsha Sinanan (@mcrsinanan) June 2, 2020
A moving interview from Merck's CEO https://t.co/8knPY81JZv
— Christina Farr (@chrissyfarr) June 1, 2020
Past Presidents Show Their Support
So let’s not excuse violence, or rationalize it, or participate in it. If we want our criminal justice system, and American society at large, to operate on a higher ethical code, then we have to model that code ourselves. @BarackObama https://t.co/lZyt6S29ik
— Roberta Mullin (@mssoftware) June 1, 2020
Statement by President George W. Bush pic.twitter.com/KjEolhAN6U
— George W. Bush Presidential Center (@TheBushCenter) June 2, 2020
No one deserves to die the way George Floyd did. And the truth is, if you’re white in America, the chances are you won’t. That truth is what underlies the pain and the anger that so many are feeling and expressing.
My full statement on his death:https://t.co/HK0gaHJWj1— Bill Clinton (@BillClinton) May 31, 2020
