Two Systems, Same Outcome: influence of necropolitics and systemic racism
physicians from the U.S. and United Kingdom discuss the impact of COVID-19 on Black communities.
“After reports of racial and ethnic disparities in the U.S. pandemic, a large, nationally representative survey provided empirical evidence regarding the sources of these disparities. The authors found that increased likelihood of exposure to the virus, increased susceptibility to severe consequences of the infection, and lack of healthcare access were all important contributors, and they concluded with pointed, domain-specific recommendations to mitigate these disparities. The clarity of this path forward would be alluring and reassuring were the historical nature of these observations not so alarming.” — Annals of Internal Medicine
UK physicians:
– Dr Enam Haque, GP Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester Medical School
– Dr Hina J Shahid, GP Public Health, Clinical Tutor at Imperal College Medical School
Chair of Muslim Doctors Association
– Mita Mistry, Newspaper Columnist. Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapist & Acupuncturist. freelance / self-employed
US:
– Dr. Leigh-Ann Webb, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, UVA Health System
– Dr. Taison Bell, assistant professor of medicine in the divisions of Infectious Diseases and International Health and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at UVA
– Dr. Essien Utibe, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
– Dr. Ebony Hilton, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University Of Virginia Medical Director, GoodStock Consulting, LLC
