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Posts Tagged ‘healthcare

N1N1 in Ukraine?

November 24, 2009

The guys from No Agenda have made a few comments on what’s going on with the exceptionally large death toll for the flu in the Ukraine.  Some have pointed to a new virus that is called A/N1N1.  There still seems to be a lot of misinformation coming out of there.  And of course the conspiracy [...]

…and is it really bacteria thats killing people?

November 18, 2009

The more I read and hear about the deaths caused by h1n1, it seems that pneumonia, or other lung infections do the major damage.  Which would make sense, a virus needs the host to live so that it can spread.  While bacteria just doesn’t care.  Should anti-biotics be given as opposed to anti-viral (tamiflu, etc.) [...]

H1N1 (swine flu) and facebook

October 28, 2009

Well as flu vaccine season comes to Canada we are seeing some back and forth on whether the H1N1 flu vaccine should be given or not.  Some say it is untested, and some question whether the adjuvants used to boost the power of vaccines may cause more problems.  As for H1N1 itself, the jury is [...]

Bill Clinton and healthcare reform

October 28, 2009

I had the good fortune of attending the AdvaMed 2009 conference from October 12th to the 14th, and one of the plenary speakers happened to be Bill Clinton.  I was quite intrigued to hear him speak.  I know these former presidents usually command a pretty penny to hear them talk, but I was skeptical whether [...]

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