Posted on 04/08/2024 9:51:56 AM PDT by John Semmens
The Mass General Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts discovered that its policy of reporting cases of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) to public authorities was disproportionately affecting Black individuals.
Sarah Wakeman, MD, senior medical director for SUD at Mass General Brigham Hospital, observed "we don't fully understand why SUD is more prevalent among Blacks. Regardless of whether the pathogen for this disease comes from the wild or some bioweapons lab, the racially disparate effects are concerning. Do non-Blacks have some sort of inborn immunity? Or are there environmental influences that could be responsible?"
"While we explicitly reject the idea that sufferers from SUD should be stigmatized, racists could use our reports as grounds for punitive actions against the beleaguered sufferers of this awful disease," Wakeman added. "Consequently, I have advised, and the Hospital Administrators have agreed, that we should cease reporting cases of SUD until more is known about how the contagion is acquired and spread among different races in the population."
US Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra praised the hospital's decision, saying "sometimes an absence of definitive answers cries out for the suppression of information that could lead to the stigmatization of minorities that are more prone to suffering from certain ailments. Ignorance may not be bliss, but it beats alternatives that would require deviating from our diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) objectives."
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*do whites have a natural immunity to substance abuse?** the stupid is strong in this one.!
...and maybe gunshot wounds?
Remember these are supposed to be smart people with university multiple degrees and they cannot fathom that blacks and colored simply commit more crimes than whites? Even when their own studies plainly say so. “Willfully blind and deaf” is I call that.
Not this toe head
They suffer from the same mental illness most liberals do. cognitive dissonance.. You can’t free a man from the chains he so tightly clings to.
This statement is missing the (sic!) after capitalizing black, but that's not the worst mistake.
Enforcing the law does not "affect" criminals. It identifies them.
Sarah Wakeman, MD doesn’t get out side much.
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