14 February 2023

Seems like many people voted for Measure 110 without really knowing what it would do.  Typical of most voters, I guess.  So now we legalized addicting harmful drugs, and nothing to show for it.

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The physician of the future - dumber and woker, and more likely to kill you.  That's just great.

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Over three years since the beginning, Biden is finally willing to end COVID-19 emergency status.  Can't believe Biden is actually going to end it at last.  We'll finally go back to being a republic instead of an autocracy.  Oregon ended it on 4/01/2022, with executive order 2022-3.  But healthcare professional still have to get the jab to be able to work.  Even though the evidence suggests that the existing products have minimal efficacy against raising antibodies, and no proven efficacy in reducing transmission, death or hospitalization.  (Actually, it suggests the opposite.)  But now, we have a new state of emergency due to the homelessness crisis, which is a manmade problem, and solvable if there was a real willingness to do so.  But instead, we legalize harmful and mind-altering drugs, and are soft on crime.  Even the LA Times thinks Portland is awful.

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Suddenly, people are talking about aortic dissections.  Death rates are rising.  This never used to be in the news as something to be concerned about.  Why is it considered newsworthy now?  Perhaps it is because SARS-CoV2 infection causes inflammation of the blood vessel lining (endothelialopathy).  I'd bet not too many emergency physicians are aware of this

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Hey, good on India.  They found a large deposit of lithium.  The bad news is that's it's in the Jammu and Kashmir disputed territories.  Anyone wanna bet that the country north of India is going to want to claim dibs on that find?

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