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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 3d

“The Empire is strong because it recognizes the value in all our people. Including you, Dinios Kol. And when the Empire is weak, it is often because a powerful few have denied us the abundance of our people.”

The Tainted Cup, by Robert Bennett

Art has so much truth for us in every era.

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 7d

And that it was specifically in response to these kinds of shitty beliefs about “people like this don’t get care here”!

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 7d

Just our dipshit vice president literally advocating that undocumented people — who pay taxes — should bleed out on the sidewalk instead of going to the ER.

Wait till he sees how crowded the ERs get when hospitals close due to his & Trump’s massive Medicaid cuts.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 7d

Wait until he hears that the rule is that we see people in order of acuity and time in department. Period.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 8d

Bin-go

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 8d

Just keep fighting those cat wars

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 9d

Make it make sense

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 9d

Soothing the pain with matcha bubble tea and whimsical donuts, of course

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 9d

If you get shot your assailant’s gun was a right

If you come to the ER afterwards, your healthcare for that visit is a privilege

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 11d

I work in the ER and have gotten no alerts about backup staffing needs. Today my kid’s trumpet lesson got canceled because his teacher is under the weather. Went to the carwash instead. Sun is out. What were we talking about?

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 11d

Update from the Portland suburbs. Yesterday went to a peaceful rally where there were adorable little girls dressed as princesses holding signs that read, “NO KINGS ONLY PRINCESSES.”

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 12d

Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 12d

Visit... War-Ravaged Portland

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · Aug 18

I think it’s high time we take back the national narrative. For centuries Americans of all races, genders, religions, and abilities have worked to create a more perfect union, and we should shout from the rooftops that WE are America. Not these idiot white supremacist authoritarians.

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 21d

What struck me is how much these women’s advocacy is grounded in love for their patients. So it is mutual 💕

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 21d

Here are some heroes for today: Idaho physicians fighting for women’s health in a heartbreaking practice environment (35% of the ob/gyn workforce have left since Dobbs) after realizing that there was no cavalry coming #WIMS

An ob/gyn, a family med doc, and an ER doc sit on a stage at a women in medicine conference

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Retiredrph @retiredrph.bsky.social · 21d

Oregon will allow pharmacists to administer Covid and other vaccines, starting TODAY. Whew! Thank you Gov. Kotek, West coast Gov’s, Oregon BOP. Get ‘em now, folks! www.oregon.gov/pharmacy/Doc... #covid19 #medsky #pharmsky @choo.bsky.social @jeremyfaust.bsky.social @tinakotek.bsky.social

www.oregon.gov

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 29d

Sickening. I’m sick of it and we all should be.

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · Sep 6

“And so my state of Oregon, along with Washington, California and Hawaii, wisely decided to step away from a dysfunctional enterprise and establish its own evidence-based health alliance.”

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...

West Coast Health Alliance is a noble effort to offset RFK Jr.'s damage at the CDC

Attempting to create a system that will issue public health guidelines like the CDC will be a monumental task for Western states in a new alliance.

www.msnbc.com

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Ari B Friedman @abfriedman.com · Sep 2

We are excited to launch our new talk series: Care, Outcomes, and Reform of Emergency Systems (CORE) Talks. Free Zoom seminars on policy-relevant evidence about EDs, telemedicine, and urgent care.

www.coretalks.org

Today at 11a EST, Dr. Jesse Pines, “How AI May Transform Emergency Care.”