Posts about Abdul El-Sayed
Hi Reddit! I'm Dr. Abdul El Sayed, a physician, epidemiologist, progressive activist, and host of the podcast America Dissected. I was a candidate in the 2018 Michigan Democratic Gubernatorial Primary and a part of the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force on Healthcare. Shortly after my Gubernatorial Primary run, I founded Southpaw Michigan to help elect other progressive candidates in the state. Previously, I served as Executive Director of the Detroit Health Department and Health Officer for the City of Detroit from 2015 to 2017.
I'm working to elect Joe Biden for President in the general election. Ask me anything about my gubernatorial run, my podcast, the Unity Task Force, healthcare, the pandemic, or the 2020 election.
You can find more about how to get involved here: joebiden.com/take-action
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UPDATE: Thanks for the great questions friends — I’m sorry I couldn’t answer all of them! Logging off now, but you can learn more about VP Biden and Senator Harris’s plans here: https://joebiden.com/joes-vision/
With just under two weeks left, I hope you’ll take the time to do everything you can to get involved with the campaign: joebiden.com/take-action
Before November 3rd, VOTE (and then hop on a dialer or a text bank, or call your friends, and your family, and your family friends and your friends’ family to make sure they do, too) — and then let’s show up every day thereafter to build the America we deserve.
I’m Dr. Abdul El-Sayed. I’m a doctor and epidemiologist—but I work in public health and politics. I rebuilt Detroit’s Health Department after it was privatized during Detroit’s bankruptcy. Frustrated with the choices elected officials were making in my state, I decided to run for Governor. While I thought I was leaving the epidemiologist in me behind—some things don’t leave you. As I was running for Governor in 2018, I had the opportunity to meet folks all over my state. And I found that, no matter who I spoke with, people were complaining about the same issues. Americans don’t have healthcare. Housing is precarious. Our schools are getting privatized. The economy delivers gigs for us, while delivering profound wealth for the rich. Corporations have pierced the firewall between our economy and our politics. And profound government disinvestment’s left us without basic infrastructure and services. I wrote a book about what I found, it’s called Healing Politics: A Doctor’s Journey into the Heart of our Political Epidemic where I diagnose what I found: An Epidemic of Insecurity. And now, as we real under the impact of this COVID—19 pandemic, I realize that it’s this epidemic that has left us so vulnerable to this pandemic. Let's talk pandemics, public health, and politics. Ask me anything.
