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I had a wonderful 9th grade English teacher. He taught Rudyard Kipling’s poem ‘If’ as something really over the top, full of self-satisfaction, lacking nuance. Until 2020 I agreed. The poem’s premise seemed totally outlandish–until now. Kipling won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907. Did he have a time capsule for 2020? IF “If…
UN says Afghanistan produced 87% more opium than last year, for its biggest harvest ever. Expect a bigger supply and lower prices on the street.
In a report just issued (November 2017) by the United Nations Office on Drug Control, we learn that Afghanistan had a huge, bumper crop of opium in 2017. Its biggest ever. And if you read the details of the methods used to estimate the amount of opium produced, you will see that there is a…
Transparency International Issues Corruption Index Before UN and World Bank meetings on Corruption/ HuffPo
The following story describes this year’s publication of the famed Corruption Perception Index by Transparency International. This annual country metric gets widely discussed. The new index shows that most governments (2/3) “show very high levels of corruption.” Corruption is criminal, it keeps the criminals in power, it leaves little room for meaningful change and advancement…
GPs and practice staff on frontline turn down swine flu vaccine
Interviews with GPs in the UK/ Pulse Magazine: …Dr Niall Finegan, a GP in Salford, Manchester – close to a hot spot in Trafford – said he, the four other GPs and six staff members at his practice planned to refuse the vaccine, and that he did not believe there was enough evidence it was…
One step could dramatically improve hospital care and patient safety
Information has many ways of falling through the cracks in hospitals and medical practices. The wrong test may be mistakenly ordered by the doctor. The ward secretary may order the wrong test. The lab may perform the wrong test, or rarely perform it on the wrong person. The result may not be available until after…
UK govt trying to stop compensation it already granted for Narcolepsy cases linked to GSK’s Pandemrix swine flu vaccine/ Guardian
Over 1,300 people who received the Pandemrix swine flu vaccine in 2009-10 developed narcolepsy. Demographically, adolescents were hardest hit. The vaccination caused profound neurologic disability and frequent personality changes in those affected. All governments that gave out swine flu vaccines were required (by manufacturers, the World Health Organization and pre-existing contracts that had been…