Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
onetexan
(12,994 posts)This will help Biden rout BS again next Tuesday
Go Joe!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)...AGAINST Whitmer in the 2018 Democratic primary.
I hope that's a talking point when she campaigns for Biden in the next week.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
getagrip_already
(14,238 posts)That kind of political knife attack isn't soon forgotten. And the bernie squad has been doing a lot of that trying to purify the party.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
underpants
(182,271 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
writes3000
(4,734 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
IndyOp
(15,501 posts)If Bernie endorsed Dr. El-Sayed for governor, then Bernie was right to do so - IMO.
El-Sayed's M.D. is from Columbia. His PhD in public health is from Oxford. His textbook, "Systems Science and Population Health....applies the conceptual and methodological tools of computer science, ecology, and economics to perennial public health challenges."
El-Sayed is uniquely qualified to transform our health care - over time, step-by-step - into a single-payer system like Canada's system. He believes that "single-payer" isn't a cure-all and that it is how it is implemented that will make the difference in acceptability to citizens and quality of care.
In 2014 El-Sayed joined the faculty at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health as an assistant professor in the department of epidemiology. He served as director of Columbia's Systems Science Program and Global Research Analytics for Population Health.[23] As a researcher, he has authored over 100 scientific publications, including articles, commentaries, book chapters, and abstracts, about health disparities, birth outcomes, and obesity. His research has been cited over 700 times.
In August 2015 Mayor Mike Duggan appointed El-Sayed Health Officer and Executive Director of the Detroit Health Department, making him, at 30 years old, the youngest health officer in a major US city at the time. In that role, he was charged with rebuilding the Detroit Health Department after government public health activities were provided by a nonprofit before the City of Detroit's municipal bankruptcy in 2012.[23] On his first day on the job El-Sayed arrived at a small office space in the back of Detroit's parking department overseeing five employees.[6] In his first year as director he led efforts to oppose increases in sulfur dioxide emissions by Marathon Petroleum's Southwest Refinery, which resulted in reductions in overall emissions.[22] He also led efforts to test Detroit schools for lead in the wake of Flint's Water crisis,[26] provide free glasses to children in Detroit city schools,[27] and transform the city's troubled Animal Control department.
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_El-Sayed#cite_note-25
Oxford University Press: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/systems-science-and-population-health-9780190492397?cc=us&lang=en&
NOTE: Two paragraphs above are from Wiki. The blurb about his book is from Oxford University Press.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden