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The CDC HICPAC Committee Tried to Reduce Infection Prevention and Control Measures in Healthcare Under the Radar. My Response:
I join other scientific experts, as well as experiential experts in the disabled community, in demanding transparency from the CDC and urging the CDC’s HICPAC members to reconsider their drafted guidance and update it to reflect the science on prevention of aerosolized transmission of disease.
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Mask Week of Action 2023
Masks belong in healthcare because Covid is not over, Covid is airborne, and patients deserve to be safe. Last week we called on medical professionals to remember why they joined the profession in the first place, the oath they took to “Do No Harm”, and that they CAN choose to be kind and protect their…
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Exploratory Analysis of Google Search Trends for ‘microclots’ from 2015-2023: Part 1
This analysis is part 1 of a response to an increase in Google searches for “microclots” between April 25, 2023 to May 1, 2023.
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Is your Accommodation Policy Sending the Right Message to Disabled Students?
It is common knowledge in the disabled community that “accommodations” for disability in higher eduction are often unreasonable, putting immense burden on disabled students to navigate a class environment that does not meet their access needs. When professors fail to provide reasonable accommodations, they are rarely forced to change course–honestly, you’re lucky if your disability…
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Two Approaches to COVID Safety, Depicted Two Ways
This scenario was a response to several encounters on Twitter involving women who were extremely well regarded in their respective [credentialed] expert fields. It began as a digital pencil sketch. I recently had another of these encounters, and exhausted/angry/frustrated I returned to my sketch, adding digital oil paint overlay. One scene, two ways, more than…
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The Breaking Period: Follow-Up
Just over a week ago, I wrote about the uniquely horrified and yet unsurprised understanding held by disabled people who predicted this watching the pandemic “breaking point” (aka breaking period). Early this week, I got news that the breaking period had graced our close friend group—and it was anything but graceful. The breaking period crashed…
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The Breaking Period: View from My Wheelchair
To everyone who has ever had to say “no, I really can’t use the stairs.” I don’t know what our path forward is, but I am secure knowing our community has only gotten tighter during COVID.
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#IMaskBecause Networking Matters, but Not More than Safety.
Based on part 1 of the Twitter series of the same name: I mask because networking matters, but not more than safety – digital self portrait of me, a red headed white woman, posing for a photo with my spouse, Jake, a bald white man. We are dressed in N95 respirators and “holiday” attire for…
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#IMaskBecause COVID is Not Over
Want to view my process? Watch Here: Where it all started: Find the #IMaskBecause series on my Twitter @MedSociOnWheels. This portrait is based on post 2 of the series, shown below. Feeling inspired by all of the angry anti-mask trolls. May start a daily “I mask because” post 😏 Today’s: #IMaskBecause anti-mask ableist bullies don’t…
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”Are You Sure You Shouldn’t Extend Another Semester?”
Grappling with the disappointments of graduate school as a disabled student during the COVID-19 pandemic As we slide into our third summer dealing with COVID-19, I cannot stop thinking about privileged people’s approach to problem solving. I find myself surrounded by people who seem to seriously believe that if they ignore the problem, it will…
Medical Sociology on Wheels
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