In all fairness, the psychology of addictive medicine is pretty sound. The underfunded bureaucratic implementation found in social services is a shadow of what psychologists recommend. You’re more likely to find help in local support groups or expensive rehabilitative retreats than in state-mandated rehabilitation centers.
Probably refers to "balm of Gilead" (a sort of "universal cure" reference), but it's gonna bring up images of red-robed reproductive slaves and Christo-fascism for most people.
I would think consuming inactivated virus in pasteurized milk would give your body more opportunity to stumble upon a response to an active virus. I should add that I am a complete moron though.
In my country we have a mandatory "Nutri-Score" that goes from "A" (good for you) to "E" (pure junk).
Guess what? Plain white toast has a score of "A", because the companies successfully exploited loopholes in the ruling. So if the companies can basically print bogus scores on junk food, how should a normal layperson know good from bad?
Perhaps I’m unusual but I am only speeding because everyone else disregards the speed limit in my area, and it would put myself and my family at increased risk if I didn’t go with traffic.
I’d much prefer to go slower for the fuel economy.
I rarely check the speed limit. I always go with the flow in order to avoid accidents. It's downright dangerous to drive the speed limit in some highways.
I usually go slightly faster or slower than most everyone else. It ensures i dont do my entire drive stuck in one of the packs that everyone seems to get caught up in. I'd much rather have half a mile of space between me and the next car than go the same speed as everybody else.
This doesn't work in cities, or other states, but i spend my longest drive times going between cities in texas anyways.
This right here is what defensive driving is supposed to look like. If you have the option to distance yourself from the other cars on the road, that’s always best.
It baffles me seeing a group of cars on the road all bunched up with less than a second between them going 75. If there’s a hazard on the road that the cars behind don’t see, they’re all going to crash into each other when the guy in front slams his brakes.
Driving is all about awareness and predicting what others might do. I just assume at any point, anyone could need to suddenly brake hard. Plan accordingly and position yourself defensively.
But is it more harmful than inhaling all the other garbage in cigarettes? It becomes an issue of damage mitigation because no amount of laws are ever able to stop substance use. They often make the problem worse, too.
Of course not, cigarettes are nasty. But what I would like to understand is: are kids vaping way more nicotine now and getting every more addicted? You don't get addicted to cigarettes per se, but to nicotine.
And flavoured cigarettes were banned in many places and helped stop some young people from starting to smoke.
Scientifically speaking, many diagnostic laboratories could detect the virus. However, red tape, billing issues, and minimal investment are barriers to quickly ramping up widespread availability of testing.
Yeah, we can do the tests, but we're not going to unless old Uncle Sam starts sending us truckloads of money. It sure would be a shame if people started getting sick... Also, those new regulations "to ensure the safety and effectiveness of laboratory developed tests" are so lame. You should really do something about them if you want to have these tests done.
Labcorp, Quest Diagnostics, and other major testing companies are in the best position to manage a surge in testing demand because they can process hundreds per day, rather than dozens. But that would require adapting testing processes for their specialized equipment, a process that consumes time and money
Yeah so, we made all this tech that is entirely incompatible with the standard tests, so if you want us to start testing these people, you'll have to use our proprietary product stack throughout the entire process, start to finish. You know what they say; vertical integration, vertical profits!
There’s only been a handful of H5N1 cases in humans the last few years,” he said, “so it’s hard for them to invest millions when we don’t know the future." The government could provide funding to underwrite its research, or commit to buying tests in bulk
We're a business. We're here to make money. No, we're not prepared for a widespread outbreak. That would cost money. If you really want us to do our jobs, the government should not only pay for our existence, but also for additional bonuses and dividends to our executives and shareholders.
For real though. Corporate execs are once again holding the health of regular people hostage so they can extract ransom payments from the US government.
I was about to make the joke "welp, nothing but raw meat is," but honestly I've heard of people eating that way (and I don't mean fresh meat, I mean just Walmart steaks or whatever) and advocate for that kind of diet to others. And that's a great way to end up with brain worms or some shit.
At a meeting Monday, the Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee voted 11-0 that donanemab is effective at slowing down Alzheimer’s in the disease’s early stages
this is how efficacy is determined? by committees voting?? seems weird
Presumably the committee members would be experts in their field that would weigh the evidence accordingly and come to a decision. They would vote because it's a better failsafe than having one guy just sign off on the whole thing.
No idea of that's how it works in practice, but it does make sense imo.
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