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Thanks. This data is from the USA, it would be interesting to compare to countries with free healthcare.

by fulafel 6y ago

devxpy 6y ago
And those that didn't have an active civil rights movement erupting in the midst of it.
- bawolff 6y ago
  You're being downvoted, but I think that's a reasonable point... I don't live in the USA, but given everything that's going on there, I would be pretty stressed if I did.
creativityEng 6y ago
Hyperbole is against the rules here. You should refer to it as tax funded healthcare. As a note I'm not against healthcare reform, but it's against the HN rules.
- godelzilla 6y ago
  Like how the current system is called casino funded healthcare?
- tdfx 6y ago
  Ironically the US already has tax funded healthcare, but only the most active voting block (old people) receive it.
  - anoonmoose 6y ago
    Military, too.
    - kube-system 6y ago
      And poor people through Medicaid and CHIP. Native Americans have access to a full blown government hospital system not unlike UK's NHS. In fact, the US has three times as many government-run hospital systems than most countries, and several times the number of government insurance programs. That's part of the problem. :)
jtdev 6y ago
What... Obamacare was supposed to fix all of the USA healthcare problems.
- craftinator 6y ago
  Dead.
- recursive 6y ago
  Indeed, but it was substantially reduced from the original vision.
  - shrimp_emoji 6y ago
    Classic republican move: defund something until it fails, and then go, "See? It was doomed to fail anyway. Now privatize or kill it."
mfer 6y ago
It would also be interesting to see what it's like in countries with different news coverage styles. Fear is a tactic used in the US to keep eyes glued to new media.
- capableweb 6y ago
  In what countries doesn't the media thrive off fear and sensation?
  - dboreham 6y ago
    All other countries seem to do this less than the USA. Degree varies of course.
    - gentleman11 6y ago
      Even Russia, China, and North Korea?
    - soulofmischief 6y ago
      Even Syria, Turkey, Qatar, Nigeria?
- mistermann 6y ago
  >> To be clear, this does not demonstrate that Covid infection causes mental illness from a neurological perspective. > It would also be interesting to see what it's like in countries with different news coverage styles. Fear is a tactic used in the US to keep eyes glued to new media. I think that's likely a non-significant part of it. As the saying goes, "Perception is reality" (which is demonstrated in phenomena like the placebo effect, or widespread beliefs in theories like QAnon or RussiaGate) - if so, it shouldn't be terribly surprising that a person who subjects their mind to large quantities of subjective "Coronavirus!!!!!!!" "journalism" would have a genuinely different reaction than that of someone who only exposed their mind to objective statistics.

Thanks. This data is from the USA, it would be interesting to compare to countries with free healthcare.

devxpy 6y ago

And those that didn't have an active civil rights movement erupting in the midst of it.

bawolff 6y ago
You're being downvoted, but I think that's a reasonable point... I don't live in the USA, but given everything that's going on there, I would be pretty stressed if I did.

creativityEng 6y ago

Hyperbole is against the rules here. You should refer to it as tax funded healthcare. As a note I'm not against healthcare reform, but it's against the HN rules.

godelzilla 6y ago
Like how the current system is called casino funded healthcare?
tdfx 6y ago
Ironically the US already has tax funded healthcare, but only the most active voting block (old people) receive it.
- anoonmoose 6y ago
  Military, too.
  - kube-system 6y ago
    And poor people through Medicaid and CHIP. Native Americans have access to a full blown government hospital system not unlike UK's NHS. In fact, the US has three times as many government-run hospital systems than most countries, and several times the number of government insurance programs. That's part of the problem. :)

jtdev 6y ago

What... Obamacare was supposed to fix all of the USA healthcare problems.

craftinator 6y ago
Dead.
recursive 6y ago
Indeed, but it was substantially reduced from the original vision.
- shrimp_emoji 6y ago
  Classic republican move: defund something until it fails, and then go, "See? It was doomed to fail anyway. Now privatize or kill it."

mfer 6y ago

It would also be interesting to see what it's like in countries with different news coverage styles. Fear is a tactic used in the US to keep eyes glued to new media.

capableweb 6y ago
In what countries doesn't the media thrive off fear and sensation?
- dboreham 6y ago
  All other countries seem to do this less than the USA. Degree varies of course.
  - gentleman11 6y ago
    Even Russia, China, and North Korea?
  - soulofmischief 6y ago
    Even Syria, Turkey, Qatar, Nigeria?
mistermann 6y ago
>> To be clear, this does not demonstrate that Covid infection causes mental illness from a neurological perspective. > It would also be interesting to see what it's like in countries with different news coverage styles. Fear is a tactic used in the US to keep eyes glued to new media. I think that's likely a non-significant part of it. As the saying goes, "Perception is reality" (which is demonstrated in phenomena like the placebo effect, or widespread beliefs in theories like QAnon or RussiaGate) - if so, it shouldn't be terribly surprising that a person who subjects their mind to large quantities of subjective "Coronavirus!!!!!!!" "journalism" would have a genuinely different reaction than that of someone who only exposed their mind to objective statistics.