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Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 12/11/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/12/11/dai…
Rain to replace snow in the Arctic as climate heats, study finds
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#Arctic, #rain, #snow, #ClimateChange, #models
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#Arctic, #rain, #snow, #ClimateChange, #models
The United States Is Not “a Nation of Immigrants”
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#USA, #immigrants, #multiculturalism, #ColonialHistory, #settlers
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#USA, #immigrants, #multiculturalism, #ColonialHistory, #settlers
Patients - ordinary people worried about having to be admitted and pay mega-bucks for treatment should they become really ill - are an important driver for #COVID19 #Overtreatment. They expect a treatment that will prevent deterioration, they want a pill - any pill.
In this situation if you say "no drug has been shown to delay deterioration, Steroids reduce the risk of death if given to those needing oxygen or on ventilators" the patient will think you are ignorant and look elsewhere. You're a Doctor! Do Something!! Prescribe something!!!
OTOH, If you say, "i've treated hundreds and most have never needed oxygen let alone admission to an ICU", then the patient will do what you ask. Get a CT scan? sure (a commission for you) do an MRI? (sure, this Dr is good, he can spell MRI in full; another kickback)
A tweet thread on AYUSH.
I think these traditional medicine systems are here to stay. They are of course pure junk, totally unscientific, snake-oil, voodoo medicine.. call it whatever pejorative term you like.. but they are here to stay.
Why are they here to stay?
I think these traditional medicine systems are here to stay. They are of course pure junk, totally unscientific, snake-oil, voodoo medicine.. call it whatever pejorative term you like.. but they are here to stay.
Why are they here to stay?
Well they are here to stay quite simply because many many people have faith in them. The source of this faith and whether it is faith backed by research is debatable but the fact is people have faith in them. Mainly upper caste Hindus when it comes to Ayurveda,
But homeopathy, Unani and Siddha have their own adherents.China is promoting its #TCM - traditional Chinese medicine and the English speaking world has its #AlternativeMedicine movement. On TCM see: economist.com/leaders/2017/0…
A tweet thread.
There are a few noteworthy drawbacks in India's education system: One is the emphasis on fact rather than method/process in science education explained in this article: newslaundry.com/2020/07/06/ind…)
There are a few noteworthy drawbacks in India's education system: One is the emphasis on fact rather than method/process in science education explained in this article: newslaundry.com/2020/07/06/ind…)
Another is the artificial separation of the arts and the sciences. So we end up with engineers and scientists (who anyway lack the rigour and scepticism of science) without an understanding of the social sciences of behavioural psychology, economics, philosophy or literature
Equally we have arts graduates with limited understanding of science or biology, and even less about scientific method and scepticism. Of course those who never get to school or do not progress beyond primary school are left behind altogether.
