From last night’s Colbert: Neil deGrasse Tyson when asked about coronavirus said, “We’re in a big science experiment…to see if people will listen to scientists.”
Category: policy
February 28, 2020 – Looking for a Miracle
This is the day. This is the day that President Trump said he thought the coronavirus would just go away. It would be like a miracle. There are around 60 confirmed cases in the US. California iss monitoring around 8,400 people suspected of being infected. The world markets are tanking. Comparisons are being made to…
Why patient advocates need to produce for other people’s platforms
Patient advocates can keep the one story from becoming the only story by producing materials for other people’s platforms.
Why patient advocates need to build their own platforms
Virginia Woolf spoke of A Room of One’s Own. I’m suggesting A Blog of One’s Own. Or a podcast. Or a video channel. Or a website.
Be a contributor, not a guru
“You don’t have to be a guru, you can be a contributor…” I had never heard of Denise Duffield-Thomas, but what she said resonated with me as wisdom for patient advocates.
Sitting at the advocacy table
A recent talk by Michelle Obama got me thinking about diabetes advocacy