In a family meeting, after you explained the situation is worse, I see many doctors ask,
"What would he WANT?"
I think this is a BAD question, although I'm aware it is well-intentioned.
I will tell you why...(thread)
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1 in 30 people in London now have COVID. NHS staff were shouting from the rooftops that Christmas could risk thousands of lives. Now they are working themselves into the ground trying to stop our capital from being overwhelmed. Please RT and follow us if you stand with NHS staff.
This guy. @DrMikeRyan is a plain-language health-communication rockstar. Today he reminds us: "This is still a deeply unfair, deeply inequitable world, in which access to the basic human right of health is something that is given by privilege and by how much money you have..."
I couldn't put down this epic piece from @lawrence_wright, to which @newyorker devotes almost its whole issue. It captures not only the inside story of what happened but the emotions—terror, impotence, despair, fury, determination, hope, sorrow. Must read. https://t.co/UlMvxeJCoK
LIVE NOW: Join our Director-General @GuyRyder at the virtual launch of the 2020 Global Deal Flagship Report. Findings will illustrate the role that social dialogue will play in promoting lifelong learning and skills development during #COVID19. Event info: https://t.co/Bk2wcGsBnz
We're joining the @UN in taking a #PledgetoPause. Spreading misinformation online can be dangerous and harmful, but together we can break the chain. Learn more at https://t.co/YeAXs96e4H
The #COVID19 pandemic has laid bare #gender inequalities in the world of work
The @ILO estimates that worldwide “almost 510m, or 40% of all employed women, work in hard-hit sectors compared with 36.6% of men”
Read more here: https://t.co/gFrJH67Fne
"Too often, nature and the economy are placed in opposition"
The @ILO and @WWF has just released a new co-publication on developing nature-based solutions to power a #greenjobs#recovery
Take a look here: https://t.co/64CkNlGYTZ
International Day of the Girl!
Let's encourage the next generation of girls to amplify their voices and stand up for their rights. An equal future in the workplace is a better future.
#DayOfTheGirl
Trump and his supporters defend his avoidance of tax as “smart”. Wouldn’t anybody? Well, no, actually. Paying tax is part of our responsibility to society. A foreign concept to Trumpists. via @NYTOpinion https://t.co/Z7HWUCgd0R
"The level of jobs lost in the second quarter of the year is now estimated at 495 million"
The ILO's sixth #COVID19 monitor has just been realised.
Take a look at the newest estimates of the disruption to labour markets by the #pandemic
Read more: https://t.co/YPkTI02AJz
"Now a study suggests that when Black newborns are treated by Black physicians after birth, the mortality disparity between Black and white babies shrinks."
https://t.co/qDNWpeZLMt
Ministers are accused of trying to cover up the findings from investigations into hundreds of health and social care worker deaths linked to coronavirus
It has emerged the results will not be made public
Please RT if you think everyone should be aware
https://t.co/frnY8m5zt8