Gina Shaw

Health writer, cancer survivor, mom of three, theater junkie, passionate traveler, super liberal nerd. She/her. All opinions solely mine.

[Gina Shaw @writergina]

@Sundancing_ He should have listened to Toby.

[Gina Shaw @writergina]

@retrocvnty Cibo Matto can clog dance?

[Dr Terry Simpson @drterrysimpson]

Yes, actually, we do accommodate them.

We recruit rural physicians for rural communities all the time because people are more likely to trust and stay connected to healthcare systems when clinicians understand their culture, language, geography, and lived experience.

That is why we have rural tracks in medical schools, Native health pathways, Black maternal health initiatives, Spanish-speaking clinics, VA systems, tribal health systems, and community-based recruitment programs.

This is not “woke.” It is how public health works.

The difference is that nobody calls it “identity politics” when medicine bends over backward to accommodate rural White populations because that has long been viewed as normal. The outrage only seems to appear when minority communities ask for the same recognition.

Patients are human beings, not interchangeable widgets in a bureaucratic sorting machine.

[Julian☽◯☾ﾟ｡⋆🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈(OBSESSION SPOILERS) @onewitchwillow]

Davonta Curtis
Juniper Blessing
Lucas Redbeard Knapp
Aleanna Royal Belcher
Dannielle Spillman
Shyyell Diamond Sanchez-Mccray
Lanessa Rodriguez
Hailey "Spotsie" King

These are the trans people we KNOW OF who've been murdered this year for being trans. Remember all of them.

[tré easton @treeaston]

I would like to speak with the arc of the moral universe’s manager.

[Dr Terry Simpson @drterrysimpson]

This is a fine example of how to turn routine quality metrics into a conspiracy.

What he calls a “bribe” is a performance incentive tied to public health benchmarks—the same structure used across medicine for things like cancer screening, blood pressure control, and diabetes management.

The goal is not to “pay doctors to inject babies.” The goal is to ensure children actually receive recommended preventive care—care that prevents measles, meningitis, and hospitalizations. In other words, outcomes.

If this is corruption, then so is:

Paying doctors more when fewer of their patients have uncontrolled diabetes
Rewarding clinics that improve cancer screening rates
Incentivizing hospitals to reduce infections

Apparently, in this worldview, the only ethical system is one where no one is rewarded for doing things that work.

But notice the sleight of hand.

He lists programs—many of which include patient rewards, population health targets, and broad quality measures—and rebrands them all as “bribes,” as though a pediatrician is twirling a mustache while cashing a check for each syringe.

That is not how this works.

Pediatricians don’t get rich off vaccines. In many cases, after storage, staffing, and reimbursement headaches, vaccines are barely profitable or even a net burden. What these incentives do is offset the friction of delivering preventive care in a system that otherwise rewards treating disease more than preventing it.

And then comes the darker insinuation—that this somehow corrupts the doctor-parent relationship.

No. What actually corrupts that relationship is telling parents that decades of data, millions of lives saved, and global consensus are all a façade maintained by a $2,500 bonus.

That is not skepticism. That is narrative-building.

Yes—question incentives. You should.
Yes—ask what benefits your child. You must.
But if your argument requires redefining preventing disease as profiteering, then you are no longer analyzing the system—you are attacking the very idea of prevention itself.

[Bobby Fakename, Esq. @BobFakeNameEsq]

Because leftist freaks couldn't bring themselves to vote for Hillary Clinton, we've lost Roe v. Wade, The Voting Rights Act, made (Republican) presidents immune from criminal liability... and we won't have the chance to fix it until our grandkids have grandkids. Way to go, guys.

[Gina Shaw @writergina]

@OracleOakley @NiallHarbison Same here. Pretty much every day that ends in Y.

[Gina Shaw @writergina]

@spinfisher @adgirlMM Nope. The winner (loser) is and will always be “I’ve Never Been to Me” by Charlene.

[Gina Shaw @writergina]

@TorchyBlaine @GambelerQuail I had a cake recipe from my late mom that called for Oleo and I was in the grocery store hunting for it, utterly baffled, until someone significantly older than I am said, "Oh, you mean *margarine*..."

[Gina Shaw @writergina]

@KeruboSk I remember meeting my great-great-aunt Mary, who was born in 1878, on a trip to California in 1975, shortly before she died. And my great-uncle Bill, born in 1899, died in 1972 when I was 5.

[Holly Robinson Peete 💃🏾♍️ @hollyrpeete]

So proud of you @RodneyPeete9 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 #CerinaFairfax

[Gina Shaw @writergina]

@tomswrren Oh thank god I thought I had gone insane...

[Gina Shaw @writergina]

@666tody666 "I was casted in my dream roll!"

[Daniel Joyaux @Thirdmanmovies]

I’m tweeting for the first time in many months to share a piece I’ve written about the problematic history of the Oscars recognizing Black directors.

Please share this one far and wide—it’s an important convo that’s been absent from the Oscars discourse.

https://t.co/ZMqtMSHXPa

[Meghna Chakrabarti @MeghnaWBUR]

Horrific details of Trump’s abuse of an underage girl. She was interviewed by law enforcement multiple times; they believed she was credible. These pages are from 2019. Vile beyond description. Begins p 8.

This should be alongside every Iran headline.

https://t.co/0DTWeCK5Zi

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

The Justice Department has withheld thousands of documents from the Epstein files, including FBI documents that detailed a woman’s unverified allegations of sexual misconduct against President Trump, according to a review by WSJ. https://t.co/eHyb4LcnRs

[Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse]

“The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds.” https://t.co/43FAFiyhJf

[Gina Shaw @writergina]

Such a privilege to interview this absolute icon for @BrainandLifeMag! @eamslider24

[Brain & Life @BrainandLifeMag]

🏅🎉 A huge congratulations to Olympian @@eamslider24 on winning gold for @TeamUSA in women’s monobob on Monday! With this win, she is now the most decorated US female bobsledder.

Don’t miss our feature on her, where she shares her experience with #concussion: https://t.co/GandjyNbND

[Team USA @TeamUSA]

Monobob? More like MOM-obob. ❤️

#WinterOlympics