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MuseRider

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4. This just seems unbelievable

Reply to bluewater (Original post)

Tue Aug 18, 2020, 05:06 PM

Aug 2020

but sadly it is not. I was an ER nurse then an ICU trauma nurse. I do not remember anyone ever not going 100% to save anyone. The only ever mention of race was because of ID on the admission charts.

I cannot say how much this saddens me on every level.

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Black newborns 3 times more likely to die when looked after by White doctors [View all] bluewater Aug 2020 OP

This makes me very sad. ❤ nt littlemissmartypants Aug 2020 #1

Me too. a kennedy Aug 2020 #2

I wonder if fact the study was performed on births in Florida has anything to do with it. Hoyt Aug 2020 #3

This just seems unbelievable MuseRider Aug 2020 #4

Even our babies are victims malaise Aug 2020 #5

That is horrifying soothsayer Aug 2020 #6

I try to avoid them by choice which is not difficult here. But if it's an emergency, you are stuck lunasun Aug 2020 #7

That is shocking. Demsrule86 Aug 2020 #8

Holy shit! Baitball Blogger Aug 2020 #9

I hope that if physicians (regardless of race) are made aware of this statistic, TomSlick Aug 2020 #10