Dr. Christine Eady Mann Retweeted Esther Choo MD MPH
From equipment calibration to organ function calculations, to lack of adequate trials involving POC, the medical profession is rife with systemic racism and institutional biases that harm communities of color.https://twitter.com/choo_ek/status/1291393767463718913 …
Dr. Christine Eady Mann added,
Esther Choo MD MPHVerified account @choo_ek
Pulse oximetry - a key instrument of clinical management in Covid-19 - can be inaccurate with darker skin. This is what we mean by racism built into healthcare, literally built into the equipment we use every day. https://bostonreview.net/science-nature-race/amy-moran-thomas-how-popular-medical-device-encodes-racial-bias …
8:26 AM - 6 Aug 2020
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