I wrote out some thoughts on how to make this moment a real turning point to bring about real change––and pulled together some resources to help young activists sustain the momentum by channeling their energy into concrete action. https://t.co/jEczrOeFdv
@Bryz1 God, grant me the serenity to accept about COVID-19 the things I can not control, the courage to change about COVID-19 the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
@Bryz1 For now we all have to take it a day at a time, do what we can do, trust and surrender, and keep trying to be honest and present for ourselves and our loved ones.
@Bryz1 Scientists are learning more and more every day. We have a lot of questions about how to test if we have it/had it/ how long we stay immune to it/how it acts on the body/why it affects different people differently. It will take time and good data to come up with answers.
@ShimminyKricket COVID-19 go-to reply at our house: "Thanks for telling me." (Said in a nice way).
Nobody's fixing anything right now. We're just trying to be present for a moment for the other person.
@cosign4sarcasm So sorry for your loss. As someone married to a MD coming home from the COVID+ units everyday, I can say that it is devastating for them too. They are fighting a battle against a bad disease and not enough equipment. But they care.
@ShimminyKricket Yeah, I'm thinking about heart disease is a bigger killer than Covid-19 and that has so much to do with what we eat and our lifestyle. And might be contributed to by food subsidies. But I'm not that knowledgeable about it.
@ShimminyKricket I think it comes down to each hospital system managing the resources of each hospital, staff managing the resources of each unit best they can, governors managing the resources of the state the best they can, and the federal government sending a boat.
@ShimminyKricket @__imaannn We homeschooled for a number of years during my husband's residency. Now the kids are in school. I think homeschooling can just amplify what you have to give your kids already, the good and bad.
How many days of social distancing is enough? Former Ebola coordinator Ron Klain, now advising Joe Biden, argues to ask basic questions first. For example, are there universal tests? Enough hospital beds and masks? If not, it's too soon. @MorningEdition@NPR
@ShimminyKricket It's like you've discovered your own work personality. I'm sure you've heard your wife calling into the hospital already a million times.
A funny thing about quarantining is hearing your partner in full work mode for the first time. Like, I’m married to a “let’s circle back” guy — who knew?
@ShimminyKricket UPDATE: In the last 24 hours the shit has hit the fan and we're in full separation mode. Husband is running a wing of all confirmed COVID-19 cases. He's the only one in the house who hasn't been sick in the past 14 days. Are we protecting him? He us? We don't know.
@ShimminyKricket We are a medical family. We are not considering that at this time. We live in a busy metropolitan area with school that were only very recently shut down. We are most certainly already exposed. We do not have a newborn.
@ShimminyKricket Personally, I think that we need communal language to handle this right now, more than individual blame or self-congratulations for staying in. This probably spread while people had absolutely no idea they were spreading it. And now we all need to do what we can together.