Wanted to share an editorial about diagnostic disparities I had the opportunity to write with Gurpreet Dhaliwal—grateful to those working on this equity issue…much work ahead qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/early/…

Presenting to HHS.gov Minority Health #COVID19 #HealthEquity Task Force tomorrow and put together this graphic on the link between data, access, racism, model minority myth, perpetual foreigner myth, anti-Asian hate, and disparities.

Guilty. Wow.
A moment of truth has been spoken from within an incredibly broken system. For that I am relieved.
But this is not justice. Nowhere close to it.
Process however you need to. Such complex emotions today. This is not as simple as a victory.

So grateful to all the scientists who worked so hard to make the COVID vaccine a reality, to all those who worked so hard to package, deliver, and administer it. I am so privileged to have gotten a dose today. I’m praying for more access for everyone soon. Here’s to hope in 2021.

Truth to power. Thank you to Paula Thompson, PhD Monica Lypson Carrie Byington, MD, FAAP, FIDSA JP Sanchez MD, MPH Brian Wong Arno K. Kumagai for such a clear and critical message.
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By CDC criteria 50,000+ people incarcerated by CDCR are medically vulnerable to #COVID19 . By CDCR criteria, 6,200 are eligible, and only 42 have been released. CA Corrections must take public health seriously and listen to the experts. #DecarcerateNow  
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What he said...
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What it feels like to let back in a little hope for this country is hard to describe — good tears are flowing

'I fear that ‘antiracism’ curricula may distract us from the very institutional problems that got us here.' Kevin Gutierrez, MD, MS, “The Performance of ‘Antiracism’ Curricula”

I interviewed a 79-year old Black man from Louisiana today. He told me, “I was surprised to see all the outcry when police killed George Floyd. I’ve been seeing that happen to Black people my whole life.“

Shot in the back. Seven times. In front of his kids. My heart aches for those babies. So much pain. #JacobBlake #SayHisName #BlackLivesMatter

I am very proud of this piece that I wrote for the Harvard Primary Care Blog! Please read it and share widely!

Seeing the Water: Seven Values Targets for Anti-Racism Action info.primarycare.hms.harvard.edu/blog/seven-val…

There have only been 12 days in 2020 where police did not kill someone. The police killed 751 people in 235 days.

Such critical and thoughtful work - thank you to Justin Bullock and team

Standing in solidarity w/ 900+ colleagues calling on Gavin Newsom to decrease San Quentin population to <50% capacity. Social distancing in overcrowded prisons is impossible. CA Corrections must grant releases now to #StopSanQuentinOutbreak #CareNotCages link.medium.com/bTJ43gCas8

As a first-gen medical student what I’m about to share means so much to me:

This week I published my first, first-author publication in NEJM about the need for increased representation of Black people and minority populations in #MedEd learning material.
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