🧵RACISM IN MEDICINE: This is disgusting! @KPMedSchool claims to be committed to diversity, equity & inclusion but SUSPENDS Dr. @ayshakhoury hours after being asked to teach med students about racial disparities in medicine wearing a "I can't breathe" t-shirt 1/10
@DrMarkSchuster

"When facilitators were asked to incorporate topics on bias & racial health disparities into the August 28, 2020 class, I decided to show up fully as a Black woman & physician. That morning, I paired a t-shirt with the words ā€œI can’t breatheā€ with my usual African print attire"
For six weeks, Dr. @ayshakhoury was removed from both the clinic and the classroom. She remains suspended from her teaching role at the medical school. 3/10
"How is it possible in the same summer that racism is repeatedly confirmed as a public health issue, I was placed on a now 18 week suspension after facilitating a medical school class incorporating topics of bias & racial health disparities?" @ayshakhoury
https://t.co/hO3RNmgH4v
Doctor at Kaiser Medical School Claims She Was Suspended for Talking Race https://t.co/XljTzPTjlc
Black Doctor Fired From Med School After Discussing Racism.

At the town hall, medical students presented a petition signed by more than 91% of students demanding Khoury's reinstatement 6/10
https://t.co/8Y3oihmTCw
.@MichaelKanterMD & @DrMarkSchuster refuse to REAPPOINT @ayshakhoury to faculty claiming, "the decision is not based upon your bringing content related to anti-racism to the classroom or for sharing your experiences as a Black woman in Medicine".. butšŸ‘‡šŸ½
https://t.co/ADj1K8JeLM
Without her teaching duties, "everything is just a reminder of not living the life you planned for yourself. I told my story in the class and within 9 hours, I get this call and it's gone," @ayshakhoury
There are 47.8 million (14.6%) African-Americans in the US, however only 5.0% of active physicians are Black.

WE will NOT BE SILENT, while @MichaelKanterMD, @DrMarkSchuster, @KPMedSchool, and @aboutKP DESTROY the career of @ayshakhoury! Reappoint her to faculty!!
šŸ‘šŸ½WE šŸ‘šŸ½WILL šŸ‘šŸ½NOT šŸ‘šŸ½BE šŸ‘šŸ½SILENTšŸ‘šŸ½AGAINSTšŸ‘šŸ½BLATANTšŸ‘šŸ½ RACISM šŸ‘šŸ½--- @MichaelKanterMD, @DrMarkSchuster, @KPMedSchool, and @aboutKP

Reappoint @ayshakhoury to FACULTY so she can continue to teach medical students! /end
If you're Black or Latino strongly consider NOT applying to @KPMedSchool, given their SUSPENSION of Dr. @ayshakhoury hours after teaching med students about racial disparities. If they treat BLACK FACULTY like this, imagine how they treat MED students
https://t.co/hzHhw5sobn
Legal Fee Support for Aysha Khoury organized by @choo_ek

Dr. Aysha Khoury was suspended from her faculty position at @KPMedSchool after hosting frank conversations about racism in medicine. https://t.co/w4ppsqCNmQ

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I've seen many news articles cite that "the UK variant could be the dominant strain by March". This is emphasized by @CDCDirector.

While this will likely to be the case, this should not be an automatic cause for concern. Cases could still remain contained.

Here's how: 🧵

One of @CDCgov's own models has tracked the true decline in cases quite accurately thus far.

Their projection shows that the B.1.1.7 variant will become the dominant variant in March. But interestingly... there's no fourth wave. Cases simply level out:

https://t.co/tDce0MwO61


Just because a variant becomes the dominant strain does not automatically mean we will see a repeat of Fall 2020.

Let's look at UK and South Africa, where cases have been falling for the past month, in unison with the US (albeit with tougher restrictions):


Furthermore, the claim that the "variant is doubling every 10 days" is false. It's the *proportion of the variant* that is doubling every 10 days.

If overall prevalence drops during the studied time period, the true doubling time of the variant is actually much longer 10 days.

Simple example:

Day 0: 10 variant / 100 cases -> 10% variant
Day 10: 15 variant / 75 cases -> 20% variant
Day 20: 20 variant / 50 cases -> 40% variant

1) Proportion of variant doubles every 10 days
2) Doubling time of variant is actually 20 days
3) Total cases still drop by 50%

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