Dr. Phillip

🩺 Are we getting closer to figuring out why people have gotten blood clots after the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 shots? 🤷🏾‍♂️ The simple answer? Maybe. 🤔

The New England Journal of Medicine

Here is how all doctor check-ups SHOULD go!!! 😂😂😂 Happy Friday!!! 😄

Next time someone puts you down think of this post and remember: why are you riding with little bullies ANYWAY? 😂🤛🏽💪

It's Friday. You've got this. 😉🤛🏽❤

Happy ! 🥳🙈☺🤸‍♀️

My heart is sad for the those who lost their lives to senseless violence. God, please be with and comfort their loved ones. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

How do you know you're OLD? 😫

A year into the pandemic... still feeling STUCK? 🤷‍♀️ 1. You're not alone. 2. Don't be too hard on yourself. 3. Hang in there--the story ends well. 😉

My bad little one. 😞 You are unique, gifted, and destined for greatness. A future trailblazer, we pray. 🙏🏾 In these ways and more... you ARE Kamala! 🙏🏾



Two takeaways. 1: I'm SO not a morning person. 😂 2: I should have said, "Yes!" 😄

Yes, you ARE Kamala. You are what Kamala represents: an opportunity to break through ceilings and walls that at some point in history you may've never gotten a chance to break through. 

Yes, you ARE Kamala. You embody the hope that all little girls should have now--black, brown, red, yellow, and white--that you deserve to have your voices heard, you deserve to let your lights shine brightly as we've, for centuries, given permission little boys to do. 

Yes, you ARE Kamala. Because the SECOND you were born as a melanated little girl, you were born with a PLATFORM to represent and defend those, who like you, might have the odds stacked against them, because of their skin color. 

My fault, firstborn--you ARE Kamala. Next time, I hope to get it right. 👊🏾

JUST LIKE THE REST OF US (WILL SMITH SKETCH + MUSIC VIDEO) 🎶🎙🎧 A remake of Will Smith's '97 hit, "Just the Two of Us." In this 2020 version, a family of Black doctors () offers us a hip-hop guide on how Black people want to be treated in the COVID era (and *ALWAYS*). ❤🙏🏾❤🙏🏾

CHECK OUT THE FULL VIDEO* BY CLICKING THE PROFILE LINK ☝🏾

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*WARNING: The full video contains disturbing images of hate.

--THE WHY--

Violence against persons of color is rooted in racism which is at least partly rooted in fear. This is to help people understand that not only should we not be disproportionately afraid of persons of color--particularly Black people, particularly Black men--we should understand that we share most of our humanity with each other. So the most essential part of our being--our life blood--we share that in common. And so much more. We want the best for our children. We want to leave our homes and know that the odds are in our favor to come back home safely, alive. We want to go into a global pandemic and not have reason to be more afraid than the rest of the world going into the same pandemic. We want to know that we can do anything if we put our minds to it. And that our children can do the same. We want others to finally get it. To finally, finally, FINALLY think of how YOU would want you or your loved ones to be treated. Fairly, honestly. With respect. With the odds in your/their favor that they WILL be safe. That they WILL be okay. That they WILL be ALIVE. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Who will save us now? 🤔

Growing up as a teen in the 90s (and later into the 00s) whether it was aliens, a bad date, sheer boredom, or even--yup!--a global pandemic, we looked forward to saving the day. This , I'm reminded of one of Mr. Smith's movies of the same name in which the President delivers the following message in his speech to those under his command in fighting a global war against an alien invasion:

"Mankind, that word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can’t be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it’s fate that today is the 4th of July and you will once again be fighting for our freedom not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution but from annihilation. We’re fighting for our right to live, to exist, and should we win today the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American President holiday but is the day when the world declared in one voice,
'We will not go quietly into the night. We will not vanish without a fight. We’re going to live on. We’re going to survive. Today we celebrate our Independence Day!'"

This how those words are so needed. While we've enjoyed having Mr. Smith constantly save the day, it's now OUR turn to take action and pick up from where Mr. Smith left off. Hoping we can push through to change on so many fronts, particularly the injustice and senseless murders of people of color who died unfairly. This Indepedence Day, let's not let their deaths be in vain. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Happy Nurses Appreciation Week! 🙆🙌🙆 Let's all *FINALLY* get on the SAME page this week: Nurses are INVALUABLE. Any doctor who says they're better off without a nurse is straight up LYING (or just hasn't worked with a highly skillful, exceptionally caring nurse YET! 😤😤😤).
Especially in these times, thank you for your SACRIFICE, for your CARE, when our country has needed it the most. When we are born, YOU are there. Even on our dying day, family may be kept away, but YOU, thank God are THERE. We love you and thank God for you! Please be safe! WE NEED YOU!!! 🙏🙏🙏
"Do as I did: The Son of Man did not come for people to serve him. He came to serve others and to give his life to save many people.” Matthew 20:28 / New Testament / The Holy Bible / Easy-to-Read Version

😉 Bring. Your. BEST. 💪🏾🤸🏾‍🙌🏾

Do you ever wish you could be the at something the way does it like none other on ESPN's ? If it bothers you to think that your BEST days may be BEHIND you... this one's for YOU! 🙋

Shouting out a children's book, called Dream Big, Little One, which introduced me to artist, Ms. Alma Woodsey Thomas, whom the book describes as "painted her whole life and became a star at eighty." Thank you, for the introduction and reminder that *NEITHER RACE, NOR AGE* should hold us back from becoming the G.O.A.T.! 🙌😃🙏
"In all the work you are given, do the best you can. Work as though you are working for the Lord, not any earthly master." Colossians 3:23 / New Testament / The Holy Bible / Easy-to-Read Version

Happy !!! 🙌💃🙌💃

🤔 Before you protest... Trust the process.👊

🙌 Before you protest... Maybe you haven't lost someone yet. Maybe you just don't see the difference you're making by staying home. Whatever the case may be, know that in the history books of your family and loved ones, you are going down a . By staying home:

❤ YOU are on the frontlines (for your loved ones).

❤ YOU are doing your part.

❤ YOU are helping SAVE LIVES.

Hey all! Hoping wherever you are, you feel safe! Wanted to share with you some helpful coronavirus tips covered in a Q&A I did with , including the following:

✔ How you and your loved ones can prepare if you have to be at home for a while

✔ How to know your risk of being exposed to the virus

✔ When you should head to the emergency room as opposed to just stay home

✔ And much more!

Feel free to drop me any other questions you u have in the comments section below!

Take Care and God Bless,

Dr. Phillip

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