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I’m an Infectious Disease Public Health professional in Brooklyn and I argue that one of the reasons why we see such disparities in severe COVID outcomes has to do with communication inequalities. All of the early information was only textual and accessible online creating

...creating barriers for folks with low literacy or limited access to the internet. Public health professionals, if consulted prior to 1st wave could have helped identify vulnerable populations. My institution was the only COVID only clinical site in Brooklyn and we have so many

It was incredibly frustrating to beg folks to understand that this crisis could only be addressed adequately if it was a joint effort with medicine and public health

Trying to get even some of our elected officials (who were more concerned about looking like they were doing something) would continue to only engage in social media platforms not used by the older, Black and Brown folks in Flatbush.

I’m furious, as you can tell, but I’m determined to get folks to recognize that still very little has been done to address our unique vulnerabilities (crowded housing, digital divide, “essential” jobs with no PPE

OMG! I don’t know how to tweet! They were supposed to be in order :)