anewhope

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by anewhope 6y ago
We could be donating plasma instead of sitting at home. Probably better plasma than ventilators.
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by anewhope 6y ago
So the more likely reason is just uncertain and unpredictable return on ad spend, but that kinda rolls up into it.
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by anewhope 6y ago
I’m not into politics but as a person this is not good leadership. These people are not sharing in the sacrifices they demand. Ante up if you’re going to play with people’s lives and livelihoods to this extent.
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by anewhope 6y ago
There could be some limitations in sampling. Multiplex respiratory panels at Stanford that come up negative for everything... what does that patient look like?
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by anewhope 7y ago
It’s not a cakewalk for the elderly. I think some patients would want to remain communicative with loved ones rather than fade away unconscious over weeks. We should be upfront about the odds of a full recovery and allow room for thoughtful
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by anewhope 7y ago
The mortality rate of ventilated COVID-19 patients could be 80% [1]. I get that we don’t want people to die, but at what point is this standard intervention just cruel? It feels like we should have a serious discussion about palliative care
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by anewhope 7y ago
People have work phones.
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by anewhope 7y ago
Yes, generally your leverage is that you can just not pay.
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by anewhope 7y ago
I’m not an expert, but I’ve worked with the FDA. In my experience they’re pretty reasonable and motivated by mission. I suspect it’s simply really hard and risky to come up with new therapeutics and make sure they work in a reasonable amoun
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by anewhope 7y ago
> treat patients within Louisiana’s Medicaid and Department of Corrections populations Only Medicaid + inmates, not everyone in the state?
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by anewhope 7y ago
Not every piece but if it’s prominent yeah, a product release authorization. I think it has to do with protecting against defamation actions.
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by anewhope 7y ago
That’s awesome. Reminder that for some people nothing will work. I’m diagnosed DSPD; I feel like the laundry list of life changes folks tout contributes to a lack of understanding and empathy for legitimate medical issues.
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by anewhope 7y ago
It’s not clear the force size you suggest would result in a stable equilibrium. You’re missing one key justification: the ability to dissuade future military competition. A defense force the size of Spain’s would face substantially more thr
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by anewhope 7y ago
There’s something fascinating about the previous comment. A knee-jerk rejection of the scale. I immediately suspected that commenter hails from somewhere in Europe. The scale is way different here, and in online communities that is often lo