I’ll never understand this argument. Any piece in the public domain is subject to critique, & writers should be prepared to defend their work. Why not just sit with the criticism, as the author has maturely done, and consider whether it’s justified, & not how it makes you feel?
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@DrWorsTen. But I'm channeling it via Dr Richardson's response b/c I think it important to ask the purpose of debate right now. As I said yesterday, there's a f**king pandemic going on. A lot was preventable. What are *you* doing to help others, & stop further harm?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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Torsten Retweeted Monica H Green, PhD
The aim of the article was though, as you say above, to draw attention to the disproportionately larger casualties Covid has caused in BIPOC communities. IMO, this does help. https://twitter.com/monicamedhist/status/1272411405551931392?s=21 …https://twitter.com/monicaMedHist/status/1272411405551931392 …
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Monica H Green, PhD @monicaMedHistLet me begin by noting the point on which Dr Rambaran-Olm and I agree, which is her concluding statement: "While the Bubonic Plague of the 14th century may not have been a Black Death in a literal sense, we must face the horrendous truth that COVID-19 most certainly is one."Show this thread1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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To whose attention is this abundantly apparent fact being drawn? Who does not already know this? The "current events" element of the essay is a matter of Googling. What remained was to show the connection to the Middle Ages. And that aspect was (1) not expertly done; and (2) ...
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Monica H Green, PhD Retweeted Monica H Green, PhD
.. included a blatant error that actually worked to the detriment of the alleged anti-xenophobic intent of the essay (https://twitter.com/monicaMedHist/status/1272434601185521664?s=20 …). "First do no harm." I treat the work of historical epidemiology w/ the utmost seriousness. I would ask that you do, too.
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Monica H Green, PhD @monicaMedHist.. Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, over to the west. The region where the Black Death originated was far away from any border that China had in the Middle Ages. Yet on news reports & other media, the now-outdated idea keeps being repeated. Since I am the person who refuted it (see ...Show this thread1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes -
Replying to @monicaMedHist @DrWorsTen and
I think there is space to answer errors in an essay, and I deleted some previous tweets I made but I think it is still worth pointing out that it is worrying to see how you have come after Dr MRO, who was not writing a scholarly article.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @monicaMedHist and
But also, as a white woman, I have seen more than a few articles and discussions from young Black people in academia and elsewhere talking about it the disproportionate deaths of Black people right now and I think it’s a valid discussion to have.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @monicaMedHist and
Many people aren’t going to take the initiative to look it up themselves. Dr MRO has at this time and on several other occasions written many accessible pieces for the wider public on racism and medieval studies that have prompted me and many others to look further into it.
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@AdmiralHip. I'm acknowledging your comments. If you & others are just now learning about issues about race & health from Dr Rambaran-Olm, then the question becomes, if I knew already, why didn't you? As I've said there was nothing unpredictable about how#COVID19 has presented.1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
I knew because I had read about it from Black people writing about it. But I am not an epidemiologist, I do not study the presentation of pandemics or disease. The wider public may not be as well informed, what is the problem with writing more about it?
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @AdoyoCS and
And what is the problem w/ writing more, *excellent quality* work that can stand up to even the kind of fact-checking an undergraduate can do? When people's lives & livelihoods are on the line, why is good scholarship "optional"? Why reduce this to scoring points w/ GIFs?
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