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by disabled 6y ago
The company sounds predatory. A lot of countries have much better health systems, with people fully insured (this is really designed for people who are underinsured), with significantly better outcomes, than the US. The US lifespan is also
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by disabled 6y ago
They already do. People buy insulin off Craigslist, in a way that is similar to a drug deal, because they cannot get it elsewhere. They sit in the car while their “insulin dealer” brings them the insulin from Mexico/Canada and they pay
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by disabled 6y ago
> This idea that drugs should be cheap and accessible the moment they are approved is incompatible with economic reality. I know that orphan drugs are lifesaving and it is life-and-death for the people who do and don’t receive them, but
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by disabled 6y ago
Well, thanks to the US government, the very rare immune mediated neurological disease I have was discovered in the early 2000s, at the Mayo Clinic, via NIH grant funds. Because of the disease, I had uncontrollable orthostatic hypotension (l
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by disabled 6y ago
There is a substantial percent of the population whose yearly medical care costs exceed their income. For example, about 7% of the world’s population collectively has some sort of a rare disease, which is theoretically treated with orphan d
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by disabled 6y ago
Just FYI: As a Croatian speaker (not native, 20-30% mutual intelligibility with Russian), whose native language is English, I would say that the English captions work effectively, but a professional translation from Russian to English would
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by disabled 6y ago
Yeah, a lot of the states that are top in distributing their reserves of vaccines deal with really bad disasters on a regular basis. I do not know if there is correlation though, based on looking at Bloomberg vaccine tracker. However, it ap
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by disabled 6y ago
Make sure to take a screenshot of whatever confirmation you get. Because servers are overloaded, some people in my area did not get confirmation texts or emails. If somebody is elderly, the chances of them getting an appointment is extremel
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by disabled 6y ago
Thank you for the clarification. I am living abroad, so information comes to me via a different medium. However, I saw a local news segment from a major Texas metro area on an NBC channel that made that claim on the 5 PM news yesterday.
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by disabled 6y ago
> Texas has a huge map of vaccination locations across the whole state, with the ones with availability highlighted. Texas also has an “accessibility version” of this, that is an Excel file that is being constantly updated and is far mor
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by disabled 6y ago
You should be tested for primary immune deficiency, based on the frequency of your colds alone. If you do have primary immunodeficiency, it is treatable with subcutaneous immunoglobulin, in most cases. Either way, it is treatable. I am pers
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by disabled 6y ago
This is no surprise, although according to CDC research, this only reduces the infection rate among these passengers by 5-9%. A lot of EU countries require their own citizens of their countries to get a COVID-19 PCR test prior to entry. A l
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by disabled 6y ago
Yeah you never give out your drivers license number as an American (or passport number, for international users), and especially not for some sketchy social media platform. It’s an easy way to get your credit stolen. Maybe they let people b
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by disabled 6y ago
That’s a great point. Sorry I was not as inclusive as I should have been in my explanation. I am a dual US|EU citizen, but I am culturally American. I was trying to explain it from the perspective of Americans. Thank you again for the clari
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by disabled 6y ago
Yep. Republic of Ragusa, is present-day Dubrovnik, Croatia (not Ragusa, Italy). Republic of Ragusa was the first official place in the world to issue a decree for quarantine. More info about it is here: https://www.amusingplanet
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by disabled 6y ago
GDPR outside the European Union only applies to European Union based companies (headquartered in the EU). Otherwise, it is limited to internet traffic from people within the European Union. This rule was unclear in the beginning of the law
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by disabled 6y ago
Hahaha, a lot of people who are Slavs or of Slavic descent know exactly what you mean, universally. The first word is known well across Slavic languages, the second is an acronym for Poland’s far right ruling party.
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by disabled 6y ago
True. In Switzerland, it is expensive to even hold a driver’s license. Driving in general is expensive. While public transportation is phenomenal, clean, and can be relied on, it’s a pandemic. So, it makes sense that people are riding their
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by disabled 6y ago
As for banning restroom breaks altogether, there are students who are not on the record, with respect to disability services, that have serious bladder/bowel issues. Also, this can adversely affect these student's grades, as they
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by disabled 6y ago
That is ridiculous. Do you know how much trouble disabled students would have to go through to deal with this? You know disabled students have the right to privacy too, without other students knowing their personal health information. It is
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by disabled 6y ago
This is not legal in the United States. Intentional jamming of mobile phone signals is against FCC regulations and federal law. Schools have tried jammers in the past, but they have been forced to take them down. Prisons have wanted to util
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by disabled 6y ago
> 4. We’ll probably have new rapid tests by the summer. They go a long way to reducing spread without much inconvenience. Michael Mina has been banging his head against the wall for months to get people to listen: these can be as effecti
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by disabled 6y ago
The problem with making a "digital copy of oneself" for posthumous use is that it can cause a pathological grieving state for your loved ones. If you are thinking about doing it--don't.
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by disabled 6y ago
> I wouldn't mention that not taking care of their health would reflect poorly on their performance review. In fact I wouldn't want them to think about the performance review. The goal is for them to rest, recharge, and not get
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by disabled 6y ago
I agree. But I think it was the spirit of Action Park that makes it special in the eyes of people in the New York tri-state area.
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by disabled 6y ago
This is why I will never work in the US. I need the benefits (and to be able to pay for them, even in retirement, which gets complicated if you have cancer or a rare disease, both of which are common) more than I need the actual income. It’
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by disabled 6y ago
The HBO documentary (available on HBO Max) on Action Park is great. There is also a really good book written about it, by the owner’s son: Action Park: Fast Times, Wild Rides, and the Untold Story of America's Most Dangerous Amusement
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by disabled 6y ago
This makes me so excited as an electrical engineering student pursuing her masters degree in the European Union, as a dual US|EU citizen!
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by disabled 6y ago
Correct. This is basically the premise of why QALYs/DALYs are an inappropriate measure in this particular case. Although, the measure in general is unethical.
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by disabled 6y ago
Just FYI, QALYs/DALYs are considered an unethical measure by the European Union, and they have asked governments to abandon its use. One of the reasons why is because it is a simple, linear calculation that values abled-bodies’ lives o

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