Author: Ross Laidlaw

My latest #DecolonisingHealthcare @galdemzine why I’m fed up of ticking a box that doesn’t mean what everyone seems to think it does. Time to say bye 👋🏾 to dodgy race science & crappy genetic theories https://gal-dem.com/race-tick-boxes-and-bad-science-mask-the-real-reason-why-black-people-are-at-risk-from-covid-19/

We need to NOT be led by eugenics when looking at Covid-19 data. Re-highlighting this from @SoSowemimo – “It's been [spuriously] suggested that marginalised groups have a similar genetic predisposition based on their belonging to the acronym ‘BAME’” https://gal-dem.com/race-tick-boxes-and-bad-science-mask-the-real-reason-why-black-people-are-at-risk-from-covid-19/

With this delay the UK government has basically said “we’re waiting for people to stop caring about #BlackLivesMatter before we show how our system has failed the BAME community”
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-bame-review-delayed-again-due-to-proximity-to-us-race-riots-over-george-floyds-death-11998897

I created a moment from 2 great threads where (combined) >700 black pple in STEM introduced themselves/shared content. If you’re looking for contributors search the people in the comments instead of picking the same 2 people from your “diversity” list x
https://twitter.com/i/events/1266753444116860928