Emily Tarvin, MD

Physician, mom, reptile lover. Tweets are my own. She/her. Stop the silence—end gun violence!

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

😂TN’s own @traecrowder: “I’m from a small town—Aldean sings about being carjacked at a red light… I’m like, a RED LIGHT? What is this, Times Square? He’s from Macon, GA - the fact that you’ve heard of it means it isn’t a small town. They have a TARGET. Might as well be PARIS.”

[David Dark stands with Ilhan @DavidDark]

Soft civil war is when a Christian millionaire commands a political party which forcibly denies constituents access to their own resources. Terror marketed as "faith" is still terror. You aren't our overseer, @BillLeeTN. You're our employee. Start acting like it. Or resign.

[Switching Codes with Eric Deggans @Deggans]

Please stop with that nonsense. The NAACP was formed in 1909. Any white person who doesn’t know the phrase colored people would be considered insulting in modern times coming from a white person outside very specific situations probably shouldn’t be serving in Congress.

[Rep. Justin Jones @brotherjones_]

This week in Tennessee: kkk puts fliers up at Black churches, state holiday officially recognizes kkk grand wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest, and state attorney general joins letter threatening business that practice diversity in hiring.

We must continue to resist white supremacy.

[Katrina Green MD, FAAEM (she/her) @KGreenMD]

@AMWADoctors I had to tell a rape survivor who was 6wks pregnant that the closest place she could go to get abortion care was 4hrs away. Our patients are suffering from lack of complete reproductive healthcare in abortion ban states. This is not compassionate medicine. #AbortionIsHealthcare

[Robert Garcia @RobertGarcia]

👋🏽 HEY EVERYONE! This is who Robert Kennedy Jr is. He’s a tin foil hat conspiracy theorist who is anti-vaccine and dangerous to the LGBTQ+ community. If you are a Dem or ally promoting this nut job then you should be ashamed of yourself. Pls share widely. https://t.co/UspUkNDPHE

[Allyson Felix @allysonfelix]

It’s absolutely heartbreaking. We continue to face a black maternal mortality crisis in this country. My heart aches. We have to do more.

[Maxwell Alejandro Frost @MaxwellFrostFL]

I need everyone to stop drawing this false equivalence when talking about the fascist right & progressives in office.

One is banning books, removing electeds from office, & taking away civil rights.

The other wants healthcare, to protect our planet, good wages, & housing.

[Katrina Green MD, FAAEM (she/her) @KGreenMD]

Are Tennesseans also aware that the @TNGOP refused to put fatal fetal anomalies in the exception bill to the abortion ban? Families faced with this heartbreaking diagnosis are forced to carry to term. This is beyond heartless. #AbortionIsHealthcare #Tennessee

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

WATCH: “…it wasn't mental health that killed these people, it was an automatic rifle. I'm a gun lover. I have guns. I'm a former police officer. I’m a former Army officer ... prayers won't bring these people back. We need action in our legislatures.”

[toronodon @toronodon]

@TheTNHoller @hamcoschools When are school districts going to start standing up for their teachers and librarians? Letting individual parents dictate lesson plans is such an unserious way to go about running things.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

⚡️FINAL RESULTS: 113,000 votes later a poll by @JasonZacharyTN (R-Knoxville) shows 89% say guns are the “core issue driving the evil acts of violence”

[nikkizitemd @nikkizitemd]

This is my rep, who refused to address common sense gun regulations but was perfectly happy to regulate the doctor-patient relationship. @tnmedonthehill @VoteGloriaJ @TNDemocrats

[Matt Steinhauer @mattsteinhauer]

@KGreenMD @JasonZacharyTN Medicaid Expansion is a win/win. More people covered with health insurance means more access to mental healthcare for 300,000 Tennesseans, AND rural Tennesseans might not continue losing their hospitals.

[Vivian Jones @Vivian_E_Jones]

Vanderbilt Poll: 72% of Tennesseans support a "red flag" law to prevent more general violence, and 75% support restrictions that would prevent "school shootings"

Full story from @itsmelissabrown at @Tennessean:
https://t.co/ds9Xq3TTyq

[Esther Choo, MD MPH @choo_ek]

This reminds me of the carefully worded titles we use for medical articles when we have established correlation but cannot presume causation

[Jeff Yarbro @yarbro]

Reversing the rising trend in pedestrian deaths is something our city has to get right.

Actually—this whole story by @brittneymckenna is worth your time…