Posted on 03/18/2024 2:51:18 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
A resurfaced ad for a prominent painkiller brand has sparked outrage for calling out racial bias in healthcare. The Advil Pain Equity Project dropped last year to shed light on “pain inequity” and how it impacts Black communities.
The YouTube series, titled Believe My Pain, was produced in partnership with The Morehouse School of Medicine based in Atlanta, and the non-profit BLKHLTH, dedicated to “creating a space for critical conversations about racism, health, and new ways forward,” and consists of several videos of visible minorities recounting their experiences with medical professionals.
One video introducing the campaign begins with a Black man expressing his frustration with the healthcare system: “When I approach a medical professional, I’m frustrated that we have to validate our pain just to get treated like human beings.”
Continuing, a text overlay cites statistics from a study conducted by Advil about “pain experiences,” which concluded that “74% of black people said there is bias in how pain is diagnosed and treated.” The study surveyed “2,000 Americans about their experiences when seeking pain care and treatment” and found the results from “Black individuals to be “significant.”
Another black woman highlighted in the video admitted that while the “healing of the body was easy for [her], she had a difficult time overcoming the “psychological part” of seeking help to deal with her health issues.
In addition to featuring individual stories, the series hosted a roundtable unpacking what the painkiller company describes as “systemic bias in healthcare.” The discussion was hosted by Elaine Welteroth, an American journalist and TV host, and covered several topics, including the “reality of pain inequity.”
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Stir it up good.
Pfft.....advil.....I might as well eat m&ms
Pfizer again. The fish rots from the head.
They need to follow-up with a trans spokesperson
< sniff >
< sniff >
Smells like "National Barn-cleaning Day".
But is there bias? Or just perceived bias.
I have a 30 day tramadol prescription my doctor faithfully refills - about once a year. Because I don’t ask for more than that, they know I’m not selling or abusing it.
Constant pain (mine is intermittent) requires more, but also required vigilance by the medical community to guard against abuse.
Will blacks ever get tired of the corporate pandering?
I would be embarrassed...but I’m white so.....i dunno...too privileged to judge, I would guess.
Indeed.
...Pfizer.
Go broke, go woke, go more broke.
So Pfizer calls doctors racist against black pain sufferers and virtue signals that Pfizer will save such sufferers.
I suspect Pfizer is targeting Advil (ibuprofen) at black customers because other customers are walking away from it.
Hmmm...
...might it be that the side effects of long term ibuprofen use include:
-Blood clots
-Heart attack
-Kidney damage
-Stomach ulcers
-Stroke
what saps. Equity, bias, using code words to sell advil. Last I checked there were no racist white people trying to stop black from buying advil.
“creating a space for critical conversations about racism, health, and new ways forward”
=
Creating a space for anti-white hate and how to implement it.
“They need to follow-up with a trans spokesperson”
Now that thar was funny! I agree, 100%.
What blatant and vile pandering to “the current thing”.
It is worse than that—when they talk about “critical conversations” they are talking about top down brainwashing.
Same here. I've been taking a few Tramadol a year for severe arthritis pain. But I learned a lesson a few months ago. Don't take it when you are fasting. I took one tablet and got high as a kite. I won't make that mistake again.
You are right. That said, they have to make, or create a problem so that they can level blame on white folks in order to look noble when they come up with a cure that excludes white folks.
I’ll create a space with my foot in your ass.
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