Tag: it's just business

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The “ghost provider” networks of privatized Medicaid, Medicare DisAdvantage, and private health insurance.

2024-09-09

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Stanford University to host right-wing trucker convoy adjacent political event.

2024-09-08

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The indirect funding of promoting products, politics, and propaganda against public health.

2024-09-06

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Mark Zuckerberg’s insufferable letter on covid censorship.

2024-09-06

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Rumble pundits think latest round of covid and other infectious diseases… is “a Deep State plot” of some kind.

2024-09-05

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AI and poor infection control standards at hospitals, what could possibly go wrong?

2024-09-02

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Health product misinformation sometimes comes via stock manipulation PR web posting.

2024-09-01

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It’s ok to not want school children infested with head lice.

2024-08-28

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don't wait for everybody - Chloe Humbert

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Don’t assume CDC HICPAC will recommend controlling infection in hospitals

Don’t Wait For Everybody – Episode 008

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Does CDC HICPAC want to make a mockery of infection control in healthcare?

2024-08-21

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Penalties possibly coming for fake reviews for products pushed on social media.

2024-08-17

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The CDC needs to be brought into compliance with the public interest.

2024-08-17

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"I don't always need to go to the hospital. But when I do I don't want them to GIVE me diseases there." https://actionnetwork.org/letters/hospitals-should-not-spread-disease/

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Healthcare tech pitfalls that universal masking and common sense isolation rules could fix.

2024-08-17

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The image is the deep fried meme of Garfield the cartoon cat’s head and underneath it is the caption You are not immune to propaganda.

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I stay far away from any avoidable UV lights.

2024-08-07

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I keep hearing about pandemic related staffing shortages.

2024-08-05

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Kite in sky over Scranton Pennsylvania USA

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Information alone is not enough. The levers of power don’t work themselves.

2024-08-05

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JAMA on instagram - Image text: Misinformation is a major problem. The spread of misinformation is a concern for US adults across age, gender, education, and partisanship. 86% of adults say the spread of false and inaccurate information generally is a major problem 74% of adults say the spread of false and inaccurate information about health issues is a major problem Percent who think the following are not doing enough or doing about the right amount to limit the spread of health misinformation: Almost 80% think Congress is not doing enough and over 10% think Congress is doing the right amount. Around 70% think the US news media is not doing enough and less than 20% think the US news media is doing the right amount. Over 60% think Social media is not doing enough and around 10% think Social media is doing the right amount. Over 60% think President Biden is not doing enough and 20% think President Biden is doing the right amount.

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Nobody is immune to misinformation.

2024-08-04

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Healthcare AI is going to have hospitals mainlining health disinformation straight into patient care.

2024-08-04

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Hallucinating chatbot healthcare tech tools hopped up on medical conference hype. What could possibly go wrong?

2024-08-04

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don't wait for everybody - Chloe Humbert

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Don’t take vaccines for granted.

Don’t Wait For Everybody – Episode 007

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What a combo! Bullets and AI.

2024-07-05

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drawing of NIOSH N95 mask

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Any mask is better than none, but there are vendors promoting dubious quality masks and counterfeits.

2024-07-01

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