The bias we don't talk about

Thread full of garry_chesses dunking on a garry_chess who has been wrongfully discriminated against for being a person of size and sweating all over her patients during routine procedures. This is the journ*listic endeavor they are responding to. I'm actually a little surprised there aren't a ton of deleted comments.

Casetext for lawtists.

The only thing here that is even remotely a reasonable complaint on her part is that she gave away a procedure because they didn't have the correct size gown for her to wear.

According to the court ruling she weighed around 400lbs while in residency. That's a weight where doing darn near anything is physically taxing. Walking from one side of the ER to another was probably too strenuous for her.

You are confusing association with strict causation. Heaviest sumo wrestlers are over 400 lb. It is true that most people don't make it to 400 lb if they are also exercising-- but conversely, it is humanly possible to exercise at that weight and improve one's fitness.

"Niehay is 5'9” tall. Between 2012 and 2016, her weight steadily increased from 294.4 to up to 400.0 pounds, and her BMI from 43.99 to 59.07" It's humanly possible for an athlete to exercise at those weight points. Not for an average or below average fitness individual who gains weight rapidly ... That's roughly 75lbs a year of weight to support.

Translation: you eat too much

This is the story of how Lindsey's career was derailed and her financial circumstances upended by powers beyond her control

• by powers beyond her control

• beyond her control

I laughed out loud at this passage.

We don't talk about it? Seriously? Our bias training this year EXCLUSIVELY focused on "people of size" (the new euphemism) and didn't mention race or s*x even once.

It's their thyroid's fault. So hypothyroid they might as well be in a coma. TSH doesn't accurately capture their type of hypothyroidism so that's why they need the adderall. Otherwise you're not taking them seriously. Bad doctor!

Eating 10000 calories a day and being morbidly obese is of course the fault of their slow metabolism and thyroid!

No, it's the pill! They started it when they were 19, and have steadily gained all through their 20s so it must be that!

I'm sorry but doctors shouldn't be overweight. I wouldn't take much if any advice from a fat physician. I know metabolic disorders blah blah blah, but that's just the way the cookie crumbles