“Atticus, he was real nice.” “Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.” Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird (A book being banned by some schools in this country). Full Context: “When they finally saw him, why he hadn’t doneany of those things . . . Atticus, he was real nice. . . .” His…
From an old Placebo Journal. Tweet
“With regard to freedom of speech there are basically two positions: you defend it vigorously for views you hate, or you reject it and prefer Stalinist/fascist standards. It is unfortunate that it remains necessary to stress these simple truths.” Noam Chomsky Tweet
If you are not familiar with Theranos then you were under a rock for a while. It was the company that was going to change how did bloodwork forever. Nope. You can watch any documentary on it from your subscription channel of choice to see the whole story. The amount of money that was poured…
Bizarro.com. Funny stuff. Tweet
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the safe harbor, Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain (For those who don’t know, some states have banned…
I do want people to know that I was all in on the shelter-in-place bandwagon in March. Did it help? Not sure. Here is an article to debate that. Hindsight is 20/20 and we know this virus (man-manipulated from Wuhan?) is very contagious and kills the old. Yes, there are cases of younger people dying…
Here is some fun news: Physicians Premier ER charged Dr. Zachary Sussman’s insurance $10,984 for his COVID-19 antibody test even though Sussman worked for the chain and knows the testing materials only cost about $8. Even more surprising: The insurer paid in full. Feel free to read the whole article because it will make your…
Here is some news: CommonSpirit Health and Paladina Health are negotiating primary care contracts with employers, unions, and other organizations. Who thinks this will go well? Who thinks this won’t fall into the same trap as the other ones who tried before to scale up DPC? Here’s more: CommonSpirit, which operates more than 700 care…
From the archives of the Placebo Journal. RIP. Tweet