racism in medicine
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Quickies
Quickies: Black holes, dealing with anxiety, buzzing your hair, and more on COVID…
Hello, all! What differentiates the weekend from a weekday for those of us stuck working at home? Less Zoom professional meetings and more Zoom happy hours. COVID-related stories: Check out this long and good read, Our Pandemic Summer, on why we shouldn’t expect to “get back to normal.” The death rate is Not Like the Flu, Not Like Car Crashes,…
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Politics
Quickies: Racism in Medical Algorithms, Russia Calls Trump a Lying Liar, and Kamala Harris Takes a Stand
Bot Bias: Study Finds a Medical Algorithm Favors White Patients Over Sicker Black Ones, the Root: “An algorithm used by major hospitals and healthcare providers misjudged how sick black patients were compared with their white counterparts, allowing healthier white patients to get additional medical supports more often.” h/t Muscadine Russia: Trump’s Baghdadi Victory Lap Is Nothing But ‘Propaganda’, the Daily…
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