Richard Coffin, MD

Forensic Psychiatry Fellow @UMN_Psychiatry || Tweets are my own, not advice, retweets and follows don't imply endorsement || he/him

[Garrett Reuscher @GarrettReuscher]

Police will accuse someone of homicide for sharing drugs that unknowingly contained fentanyl while claiming innocence on an officer-related murder because they didn’t know their gun wasn’t a taser.

[Dr. TaLisa J Carter @talisajcarter]

I hope I never:
-become #numb to #fatal encounters between #Black people and the #police.
-shrug off when individuals entrusted to "protect and serve" abuse #force.
-dismiss #violence by immersing myself in context that justifies/dilutes #misconduct.
#SayTheirNames

[Don’t Boo…Revolt! @BreeNewsome]

Why is the question always:

“who will you call in times of danger?”

and not:

“How is it that we spend billions of dollars funding police forces that are armed to the nines & yet millions of people still don’t feel safe & instead fear the police as much as anything?”

[Don’t Boo…Revolt! @BreeNewsome]

Why is the question always:

“who will you call in times of danger?”

and not:

“Why are we paying police to harass homeless people instead of providing funds to house everyone?”

[Don’t Boo…Revolt! @BreeNewsome]

Why is the question always:

“who will you call in times of danger?”

and not:

“why do police spend most of their time on the clock harassing Black people & poor folks for simply existing?”

[APM Research Lab @APMResearch]

#Minnesota ranks in the lower half of states for vaccinating all racial and ethnic groups except White Americans.

Minnesota's #vaccination rates by #race and #ethnicity:
- White: 24.3%
- Indigenous: 15.9%
- Asian: 13.1%
- Black: 11.5%
- Latino: 6.5%

https://t.co/0pf8GJUNKb

[Hannah Lichtsinn, MD @DoctorLix]

By opening up vaccine eligibility all at once, @GovTimWalz and @mnhealth are prioritizing people with the most resources over those with the most need.

This is not the right call.

[Richard Coffin, MD @RCoffinMD]

Stop Blaming Tuskegee, there is current day racism and discrimination/disparities and it is used as "an excuse."
"It almost absolves you of having to learn more, do more, … admit that racism is actually a thing today" https://t.co/WmuYjX0kN8

[The Minnesota Star Tribune @StarTribune]

Minnesota's largest school district is working to help students who have turned to substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://t.co/vZULonDkMB

[Richard Coffin, MD @RCoffinMD]

@tajmustapha_md That's very generous! At this point, if anyone feels entitled to my time I have a hard time not throwing it in the trash.

[Richard Coffin, MD @RCoffinMD]

The unfortunate reality for a lot of my patients and their families that despite all of the $$$ put into assistance there are still people falling through the cracks in Minnesota! https://t.co/vWp4wg58Az

[JGME @JournalofGME]

This study did not find consistent, meaningful correlations between the most common residency selection factors and residency milestones at any point in training https://t.co/pn6BvX2Yds #MedEd

[Lora Wichser, MD @lorawichsermd]

As a psychiatrist who specializes in inpatient psychosis, this article describes a reality for so many of my patients. Being discharged while acutely psychotic, with diagnoses of malingering or antisocial. Being ignored, forgotten, punished, murdered.
https://t.co/ruKmd2Idqc

[JAMA Network Open @JAMANetworkOpen]

https://t.co/oy4EWzuVTS

[Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder @mnspokesman]

“We have a human rights disaster going on..."
COVID-19 cases have ratcheted up in Minnesota prisons recently, sparking alarm and questions about the Department of Corrections’ handling of the virus. Story by @AmudalatAjasa
https://t.co/eAhfHldSAW

[Richard Coffin, MD @RCoffinMD]

Today is #TransDayOfRemembrance. In the last year at least 37 trans and gender nonconforming people were killed, not to mention the uncountable number who have died from #healthdisparities and #coronavirus. This needs to change! #TransRightsAreHumanRights

[Richard Coffin, MD @RCoffinMD]

@tajmustapha_md So frustrating and sad! Makes everything else seem like lip service.