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All adults are vulnerable to COVID-19
The other day I urged you to take COVID-19 seriously. But in that post, I said that if you were younger than 60 or didn’t have health problems, the virus probably wouldn’t do anything to you. In retrospect, that was … Continue reading
Take COVID-19 seriously
Just got back from getting a haircut and a run to the grocery store (which had an atmosphere very similar to the one down here when a hurricane is imminent), during which time I think I heard enough crazy rumors … Continue reading
Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine?
An interesting TED talk by Atul Gawande discussing some of the problems with the modern medical profession. I came across this video when reading a recent piece by Dr. Gawande on the medical field’s struggles to clearly explain a terminal … Continue reading
Posted in Zeitgeist
Tagged Atul Gawande, Death, Health Care, medical field, Medicine, mortality, Society, TED
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The effort at healthy living should be balanced against the fact that we are all mortal.
Ezekiel Emanuel has an interesting article at The Atlantic: Why I Hope to Die at 75 – The Atlantic. Seventy-five. That’s how long I want to live: 75 years. … I am sure of my position. Doubtless, death is a … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Society
Tagged Atlantic, Death, Ezekiel Emanuel, Health, Health Care, healthy lifestyle, healthy living, Life, Life expectancy, Philosophy, Society
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