General Internist. Primary Care. Clinician Educator. Tweets are my own.
Joined May 2019
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Ricardo Cruz retweeted
10 Jun 2022
Public Health Post article written by Madolyn Dauphinais and Taylor Paiva on the importance of implementing Chagas screening programs!
#medtwitter #IDtwitter #ImmigrantHealth #cardiotwitter #NTD #Chagas #whereisChagas
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13 Feb 2021
Lots to be positive about this week. Vaccinations being distributed to Boston communities. Very grateful to take part of the vaccination efforts @The_BMC. Worked the Roslindale clinic on Thursday. Met so many excited people. Big smiles coming through the masks after the shot!
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23 Dec 2020
So proud to be part of an institution advancing health equity for transgender communities. Don't forget the awesome Dr. Jenny Siegel @siegenatorJS.
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Ricardo Cruz retweeted
19 Dec 2020
We already had a public health crisis before COVID: the opioid epidemic. Overdoses have spiked during the pandemic, especially among Black and Latino Americans. Congress must pass the bill I wrote with the late @RepCummings to help state and local communities tackle this crisis.
The CDC reports that overdose fatalities in the U.S. have spiked during the coronavirus pandemic. trib.al/VuAyuva
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16 Dec 2020
The bottom line is COVID-19 kills both young and old. Another example of how devastating this virus has been for Black and Latinx communities even within the younger population. Vaccines are here but we must continue to wear masks and physically distance.
16 Dec 2020
The largest burden of COVID-19 deaths has fallen on people over 65, but young people are also dying at historic rates. There's been ~12,000 more deaths than expected among young adults.
So wear a mask, be safe. Do your part as the vaccine is distributed. nytimes.com/2020/12/16/opini…
14 Dec 2020
We must not forget the research participants who volunteered their bodies for science in these vaccine trials. Without them we would not be here today! New York health care worker among first to get Covid-19 vaccine
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Ricardo Cruz retweeted
10 Nov 2020
Today, we say to the prison industrial complex: Yes. We're going to enact real criminal justice reform. And we start by ending private prisons and private detention centers. No more profiteering from locking people up.
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Ricardo Cruz retweeted
5 Nov 2020
This is leadership. Every state should follow New Jersey's example & move with urgency to save lives. This is why myself @RashidaTlaib @BLeeForCongress introd the Dismantle Mass Incarceration for Public Health Act. Cc @ACLU_Mass @PLSMA #mapoli
New Jersey is releasing more than 2,000 people from prison today after a new law that enables early releases in light of the COVID-19 devastation. nytimes.com/2020/11/04/nyreg…
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31 Oct 2020
So much time and precious resources wasted. DOC should be focused on expanding access to treatment for SUD. Or better yet let’s stop putting people in jail for drug use and get them treatment.
More than a dozen Massachusetts attorneys claim they have been falsely accused by state prison staff of sending drugs to their incarcerated clients. wbur.fm/2HMy1n1
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Ricardo Cruz retweeted
18 Sep 2020
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87 npr.org/2020/09/18/100306972…
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Ricardo Cruz retweeted
16 Jul 2019
Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Do not become bitter or hostile. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble. We will find a way to make a way out of no way. #goodtrouble
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Ricardo Cruz retweeted
11 Jul 2020
Roger Stone. Found guilty by a jury on 7 federal criminal counts. No jail time.
Kalief Browder. Accused of stealing a backpack. Couldn’t post bail. Spent 3 years at Riker’s awaiting trial. Ultimately committed suicide after released.
We have two justice systems in our country.
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Ricardo Cruz retweeted
12 Jul 2020
Latest from CDC: If you die from #COVID19 and are under the age of 65 you are almost 3X more likely to be Hispanic/LatinX and 2-3X more likely to be "nonwhite non-Hispanic"
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Ricardo Cruz retweeted
10 Jul 2020
Goodbye Goya! You cant exploit us for profit than be against us latinx! #BoycottGoyaFoods
9 Jul 2020
.@GoyaFoods has been a staple of so many Latino households for generations.
Now their CEO, Bob Unanue, is praising a president who villainizes and maliciously attacks Latinos for political gain. Americans should think twice before buying their products. #Goyaway
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Ricardo Cruz retweeted
9 Jul 2020
If #COVID19 wasn’t keeping me up at night the thought of trump stealing the election surely is. We all must make sure Biden wins by an indisputable majority. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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Ricardo Cruz retweeted
8 Jul 2020
.@SharonDolovich of @uclaprisonlaw quoted by @ABC on dramatically high #COVID19 infection & death rates in US #prisons: “If you’re a facility that’s only testing people with overt symptoms, then you’re going to miss all of the asymptomatic people.” abcn.ws/2O4gW89
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7 Jul 2020
Immigration status and limited English ability should not be a reason to keep quiet on police brutality. These mothers stories are pivotal in the fight against police brutality and violence. Police reform is way over due.
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28 Jun 2020
Why do we continue to make the same mistakes over and over again. How many preventable deaths do we have to accept until we say enough! Decarceration is the most sensible option to prevent spread of the coronavirus and prevent deaths. npr.org/2020/06/27/884149444…
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9 Jun 2020
Another example how unfair the criminal justice system is. How is it that Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort could be released to home confinement due to COVID concerns but yet prisoners in MA do not get same considerations. wbur.org/news/2020/06/02/cov…
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