From @elisaperego78.bsky.social on Twitter: "The Covid pandemic is one of the most devastating public health failures in history. It's also one of the deadliest pandemics, especially if we think of the death toll and morbidity (LC) in the context of modern medicine..." OP: x.com/elisaperego7... - ThreadSky

drinfosec.bsky.social • 3 days ago

From @elisaperego78.bsky.social on Twitter:

"The Covid pandemic is one of the most devastating public health failures in history. It's also one of the deadliest pandemics, especially if we think of the death toll and morbidity (LC) in the context of modern medicine..."

OP: https://x.com/elisaperego78/status/1912213603450572871

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troytassier.bsky.social•2 days ago

I argue a big reason for our failure sits with the inequality in our economic system and our unequal provision of healthcare. It hurt us directly, but it also sowed division bc it placed people in wildly divergent circumstances.

drinfosec.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thank you Troy for sharing the link to your 🎯 article. I really liked the parallels you drew.

Looping in some other folks to bring your article to their attention: @joffirphd.bsky.social @jessicawildfire.bsky.social @juliadoubleday.bsky.social @taylorlorenz.bsky.social

troytassier.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thank you for sharing it and for the kind words.

joffirphd.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thanks for tagging me, Christophe. I look forward to reading the book.

A small comment I have about the substack piece is that, of course, we *do* dump toxins into rivers (& that's about to increase substantially), & just as w/ other issues related to public health, the poor take a disproportionate

troytassier.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thank you for your comment. You’re correct and that metaphor could have used some nuance instead of being written as a dichotomy. The point within that part of the book is that disease flows to others as does a river and I should have written something like “in an ideal world” we don’t let either…

troytassier.bsky.social•2 days ago

flow downstream to others. Your point is correct and valid. Thank you.

joffirphd.bsky.social•2 days ago

It wasn't meant as a criticism, per se, just a note about rivers. (And about who always gets nailed, regardless of the problem in question. Environmental justice and health justice are rather tightly interconnected.)

I'm really looking forward to reading the book; thanks very much for writing it!

joffirphd.bsky.social•2 days ago

2/ hit. In fact, CBS evening news just did a piece about this issue last night. You can find the video here: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/american-streams-and-rivers-being-choked-by-sewage-especially-in-poor-communities/

...and here is a companion piece noting that minority communities are twice as likely to have sewage polluting their rivers : https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sewage-river-creek-us-minority-community/

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