"Underneath our neuroses and all our pushing and pulling, most deeply, we’re glad to be here. Connect to the pleasure of relaxation, the pleasure of the fact that you’re able to breathe." - Martin Aylward
People asking why this is factually incorrect…I’m at a conference today so am pressed for time but I’ll quickly address each of the 5 “key points.”
Bottom line: You can dress up unsupported horseshit in as much polished data viz as you want, but it still stinks.
“To help stabilize people faster, address a range of drug threats and spare the brain from worse damage, people trying to halt overdoses have also turned to oxygen.” https://t.co/TYnQDD9PBB
Asthma ER visits during NYC smoke haze were highest in high-poverty, Black & Hispanic areas.
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NYC hospitals saw 2x as many asthma ER visits as bad air blanketed city.
Narrative medicine might be the most important teaching at medical school, alongside the science of disease. It’s the framework through which we see the intersection of biology, society and environment and find our shared humanity.
@mariamtokhi
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“If the pandemic was whispering to us about air quality, the wildfires are screaming to us about it,” writes @linseymarr. “It’s clear we should be on the precipice of a new public health movement to improve the air we breathe.” https://t.co/UCldzm09V5
Let’s be clear: The problem isn’t the workers, it’s the complete failure to implement policies that would protect workers from an ongoing pandemic that is costing the US economy.
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“The confrontations that emerge here between women and water focus less on conclusions and more on ever-ongoing processes of engaging with water as a site of trauma, of change, and of possibility.”@OpenRiversUMN https://t.co/7C2sOC7WRP #OpenRivers#JustBreathe#openwater
Protecting ourselves as individuals is insufficient. Protecting each other is urgent.
Our “Safer In-Person Gathering” guidelines - - https://t.co/yBCNob5EuK
#SeeYouSafer
I roll outside, my caregiver wraps me in a blanket and gives me a sip of coffee, and then I sit there breathing in and out, feeling so grateful to be alive for today.