When JAMA tweeted this study, though, dozens of Twitter users who advertised their academic credentials in medicine and public health accused the journal and the study’s authors—all nonwhite, and one a black woman—of racism. [More]
Tell us what we want to hear instead of the truth or we will destroy you? Never mind that we're also condemning ourselves.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
[Via Michael G]
So does sickle cell anemia only affect people based on SES or other societal factors? ;) From the Mayo Clinic dot org:
ReplyDeleteRisk factors
For a baby to be born with sickle cell anemia, both parents must carry a sickle cell gene. In the United States, sickle cell anemia most commonly affects black people.
JR in Kansas