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Andrew Yang recently had a significant backlash from prominent Asian Americans on social media for his recent oped Washington Post piece, “Andrew Yang: We Asian Americans are not the virus, but we can be part of the cure” where many felt he was too apologetic and not angry enough, indignant enough, or aggressive enough to denounce the rising attacks on Asian Americans and anti-Asian American sentiment since the COVID-19 pandemic. Andrew Yang: We Asian Americans are not the virus, but we can be part of the cure But this backlash and Andrew Yang’s subsequent follow-up is good news for the Asian American movement. We are in the “innovators” phrase of this awareness and movement. More controversy and disagreements within the Asian American community means more engagement. More engagement means people are talking, sharing articles, and having conversations, and getting involved. This momentum is critical to sustain a movement. Over time, […] Read More »

Shortly after Andrew Yang suspended his campaign and before the launch of Humanity Forward and the COVID-19 coronavirus, journalist Karen Yuan reached out to me on February 14, 2020, asking me the following questions via DM on Twitter. What does Andrew Yang’s popularity and success mean for the role of Asian men in leadership? While he ended his campaign, it also went further than anyone expected and achieved a whole lot issues in leadership are different between Asian men and women, who battle related but separate stereotypes. what specific challenges would you say Asian men face in leadership? What traits do you think made Yang as successful as he was while running for president? Has Yang inspired you in any way as an Asian man and leader in your own field? Critics have pointed out that Andrew’s language regarding his Asian American experience reinforced stereotypes that singularly define an entire […] Read More »

What we know There was a new type of coronavirus that caused pneumonia was first identified in patients in Wuhan, China in the end of 2019 that became widespread in China and now has spread to countries like Japan, Korea, Iran, and Italy, currently which are the hardest hit. What is COVID-19? COVID-19 is the more severe illness caused by this novel coronavirus which is pneumonia. Patients who have COVID-19 almost always have fever, cough and shortness of breath. The actual coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Although the majority of patients who test positive for the virus have either no symptoms or very mild symptoms (81%).. The remainder (14%) had more serious infection and had symptoms of shortness of breath, over 50 percent of lung involvement on imaging tests within 24 to 48 hours, and the last group (5%) were in […] Read More »

When Andrew suspended his campaign on February 11, 2020, when it became clear he did not have a clear path to the presidency, the question for many in the Yang Gang was: what comes next? DECISIONS BASED ON THREE KEY FACTORS The mission has not changed since suspending the campaign. They are: (1) How to best get Donald Trump out of the White House (2) How to get universal basic income (UBI) or the Freedom Dividend to be part of the American agenda (3) Move the country forward to prepare for the fourth industrial revolution. THURSDAY ANNOUNCEMENT? The campaign was a success but short-lived. It has provided Andrew Yang a platform to continue to speak now as a CNN commentator and he will be in the public eye for years to come. Fortune – Andrew Yang is STILL the most visible Asian American in politics right now. However, discussion of […] Read More »

Do you have symptoms of depression or anxiety that despite everything you do and trying to work through it for months, you don’t feel better? Our doctors can help. We added two new services in the summer of 2019, Depression and Anxiety, to the increasing list at Lemonaid Health! Regardless of if it is your first time being evaluated by a clinician, you are needing to restart or refill for your existing medicine, we can help if safe and appropriate. The service is a monthly subscription model of $95 per month which includes medicines mailed to you, monthly video or phone call with a clinician until you are stable, and ability to message a clinician anytime. Prescription medicine can be delivered directly to your home in 2 to 3 business days. The service is available to anyone who lives in any of the 50 states or Washington, DC. Medications include […] Read More »