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by disabled 6y ago
Double blind trials are the standard for establishing efficacy. Unfortunately, there is no ethical way of getting around the problem you mentioned.
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by disabled 6y ago
^ This. Although it is better than nothing. However, whatever I am offered, I am taking.
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by disabled 6y ago
Airlines need to be extremely wary about automating things. This is an extremely sensitive matter, as it involves movement of people and people's lives. I have been on a Viber travel group supporting people trying to get into Croatia.
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by disabled 6y ago
No they are not. Collectively, 7% of the general population has some sort of a rare disease, which can benefit from orphan drugs, which typically costs hundreds of thousands of dollars per year, and in some cases--millions per year. No, I a
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by disabled 6y ago
Because it is about people being equal, not areas being equal. That is the problem.
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by disabled 6y ago
As for the immigration statistics Eurostat is the source to go to: 1. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php... 2. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained&#x2F
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by disabled 6y ago
The UK is hard to emigrate to. There are better options than the UK, especially now that they left the EU. But, the Americans who go to the UK and eventually do become UK citizens often do over healthcare. While being an American expat is n
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by disabled 6y ago
Americans frequently emigrate to the UK to eventually have guaranteed lifelong access to healthcare. Tourism is a totally different matter. You go to the “eastern” EU countries in that case. As for the cancer patient survival, in the US, 42
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by disabled 6y ago
It’s not a superior system when Americans’ votes carry an unequal weight or are outright suppressed. That is not a properly functioning democracy, and what you described above can be exploited to the extreme in such a case. Ultimately, we g
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by disabled 6y ago
Agreed. The EU is where countries go after empire, and is a solution to that problem (along with all of the lost wars and preventing more lost wars). It also deals with the populism problem far better than America, for example. The UK is go
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by disabled 6y ago
Not if you have a print-related disability. You can borrow /any/ book published on OpenLibrary.org for up to 14 days. Obviously that is a small subset of the general population (1-2% of the population).
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by disabled 6y ago
Open Library is an incredible service, with amazing tools. I am sure that this library simulator will be very helpful to people unable to visit a library or unable to read standard print. I personally have a print-related disability, known
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by disabled 6y ago
> That being said, of course Google and FB are never going to be banned in the EU. They'll lobby to death to get the regulation to be "reasonable", and they'll mostly comply because they want their part of the adverti
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by disabled 6y ago
> bellingcat has also done a pretty remarkable job of identifying state-employed hackers and spies just through buying russian passport control information and other private information that's out there on the market Wow, I just loo
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by disabled 6y ago
> The Atlantic was one of the media outlets that was drumming up fear that Houston was running out of room back in July and it never happened. I call BS. I had a family member who was hospitalized in late June in Houston, for non-coronav
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by disabled 6y ago
> cladding for aesthetic reasons Cladding is used primarily for insulation and energy conservation. I think the concept of "cladding" is more of a UK and European thing though. > There's significant political interest i
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by disabled 6y ago
I have had Guillain-Barre Syndrome (not due to a vaccine). No matter what, I still always get my vaccines and make sure that I am up to date and never late on any of them. Sure, having Guillain-Barre is scary, but it is something that you c
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by disabled 6y ago
A lot of countries do not do “yearly physicals” like the American healthcare system recommends. This is because in countries with universal healthcare, patients within the country go to their GP/Primary Care Doctor far many more times
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by disabled 6y ago
> The US healthcare is good only when considering those who can pay to access it. False: The third leading cause of death in the US is believed to be preventable medical errors. You can go to the best institutions in the US to get care,
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by disabled 6y ago
I went to one of the best rated public high schools in my state and also the country. While the academics were top notch compared to basically any other public high school around, it definitely did not prepare you adequately for (formal) en
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by disabled 6y ago
> No-one is seriously calling for forced vaccination for corona There will be de facto mandatory vaccination, to a degree. This is a Canadian news source but read about the companies involved with creating this program (by the way—-it’s
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by disabled 6y ago
This is effectively the best reference notes on the internet for calculus 1, calculus 2, calculus 3, and differential equations. You can definitely become proficient in these subjects on those notes alone, with practice. Paul’s Online Math
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by disabled 6y ago
I had chills nonstop all through March and April, likely due to stress. I literally wore 2 jackets and wrapped myself in a blanket, only to still be freezing cold (and drenched in sweat). But I have 2 rare immune-mediated neurological disea
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by disabled 6y ago
Worst case scenario, you go abroad within the EU for that, and pay out of pocket. You just make sure to vet out the dentists well. Italians often go to Croatia for dental care. But, Poland has good cheap dental care too.
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by disabled 6y ago
Well, wait until you get on Medicare. There are no maximum out-of-pocket limits with Medicare, unless you get a Medicare Advantage Plan (which is almost always an HMO). Medical underwriting is permitted for Traditional Medicare Part B suppl
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by disabled 6y ago
> Still worth it for 'free' education and 'free' healthcare? Yes. The taxes are worth it, for a stable society. This US 2020 election: An Associated Press analysis reveals that in 376 counties with the highest number
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by disabled 6y ago
Correct. It should prevent abuse both ways (for both US citizens and non US citizens). By making the system fairer, both US citizens and the world ends up benefiting, in addition to likely further helping the US economy.
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by disabled 6y ago
This is not a new concept: Braille users type out Braille (mechanically or digitally) with Perkins-style 6 or 8-key (in reference to the Braille dots being encoded) keyboards, only using chords, which are known as Braille chords. These Per
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by disabled 6y ago
> Well, in France similar laws exists and the unemployed rate is at 7% (but is likely below the actual rate, as you have to be actively looking for a job to be counted as unemployed) This is effectively how the unemployment rate is count
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by disabled 6y ago
> Such strong words! In many countries, it is totally normal to stay at home with your parents and attend a college in your hometown, especially if it is a big enough city with many colleges. Exactly. This comment is quite insensitive ev

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