Unfortunately, the police complex is coopting a lot of stuff it has no business coopting.
I’ve had cops (and firefighters, for that matter) help me control aggressive patients until we could get them restrained or medicated so I didn’t get my ass beat. I’ve taken over from cops when they determine that it’s a medical call rather than a legal concern. Chemically sedating people for the cops, though? That should have never been happening, and IIRC it was official FD policy in Aurora.
Okay, I’ve worked in medicine for fifteen years. I’m not sure I would agree with you on that from where I’m standing now, but I’m open to learning new things. I’d like to invite you to make your case, either for yourself or by pointing me to the appropriate resources.
it’s really concerning you’ve worked for more than a decade in healthcare and you haven’t put 2 and 2 together. but I guess that’s just HCW privilege for you.
I recommend Medical Apartheid by Harriet A. Washington
I saw a lot of injustice because I work in the US healthcare system. The company let old white people die just the same as anyone because they were on Medicaid; dude needed dialysis, and some goddamn bean counter decided that the costs after gas and crew wages didn’t pencil out. If you want to be a dick because I didn’t come to the conversation already seeing things your way, I guess that’s your right. I’ll make my way around to your source, but what I’ve seen, and I suppose what I am blinded to all other considerations by, is that our system of medicine is nothing short of direct class warfare. All other criticisms seem to arise as a direct consequence of that.
western medicine was racist long before capitalism even existed. if you wanna take the class reductionist approach whenever apartheid is being brought up that’s your prerogative
Then it’s a good thing that even if “western medicine” wasn’t anything more then a BS concept used by woo peddlers, it’s even newer then modern medicine.
Unfortunately, the police complex is coopting a lot of stuff it has no business coopting.
I’ve had cops (and firefighters, for that matter) help me control aggressive patients until we could get them restrained or medicated so I didn’t get my ass beat. I’ve taken over from cops when they determine that it’s a medical call rather than a legal concern. Chemically sedating people for the cops, though? That should have never been happening, and IIRC it was official FD policy in Aurora.
there’s no co-optation here, western medicine was founded upon white supremacy and colonialism. this is just the modern presentation of it
Okay, I’ve worked in medicine for fifteen years. I’m not sure I would agree with you on that from where I’m standing now, but I’m open to learning new things. I’d like to invite you to make your case, either for yourself or by pointing me to the appropriate resources.
it’s really concerning you’ve worked for more than a decade in healthcare and you haven’t put 2 and 2 together. but I guess that’s just HCW privilege for you.
I recommend Medical Apartheid by Harriet A. Washington
I saw a lot of injustice because I work in the US healthcare system. The company let old white people die just the same as anyone because they were on Medicaid; dude needed dialysis, and some goddamn bean counter decided that the costs after gas and crew wages didn’t pencil out. If you want to be a dick because I didn’t come to the conversation already seeing things your way, I guess that’s your right. I’ll make my way around to your source, but what I’ve seen, and I suppose what I am blinded to all other considerations by, is that our system of medicine is nothing short of direct class warfare. All other criticisms seem to arise as a direct consequence of that.
western medicine was racist long before capitalism even existed. if you wanna take the class reductionist approach whenever apartheid is being brought up that’s your prerogative
What are you on about? Capitalism long predates anything that resembles modern medicine.
good thing I never said modern medicine, eh?
Then it’s a good thing that even if “western medicine” wasn’t anything more then a BS concept used by woo peddlers, it’s even newer then modern medicine.
Oh boy here we go