Oluwatimilehin 🧏

It doesn't sound like an agenda; it is agenda-driven and ignorant, but it is partly your fault and partly an issue I have always complained about. Healthcare communication is very delicate and requires actual training or self-education. A lot of medics talk to the public (& on Twitter) like they are at a medical conference or an M&M meeting. It leads to miscommunication, unempathetic statements & widening disagreement that is only amplified on platforms like this. You can't expect people to suddenly understand the intricacies of maternal mortality or how an OBGYN department is run in Nigeria. Still, when you communicate as if they do, it only leads to more misunderstanding and polarisation. This "tough love and chew the carrot & only use the stick" approach to medical education, discussions and influencing on this platform only ends this way. If I weren't in the field, who knows what absurd conclusions I'd draw from engaging with tweets here. There is a lesson in all of this after it fades away and before it returns for its next cycle of discussions & arguments.