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Op-Ed: Forget Second COVID Vaccine Doses for Now — It’s far more important to get first doses to as many people as possible https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/marty-makary/91029 Tragically, only 62% of COVID-19 vaccines distributed in the U.S. have been administered. One reason for the slow rollout: states and some hospitals are holding back vaccines for scheduled second doses. […]

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Oral vs. IV Tylenol in the Elderly: The ‘Let’s Kick Granny Down the Stairs’ Study https://www.acsh.org/news/2020/09/07/oral-vs-iv-tylenol-elderly-lets-kick-granny-down-stairs-study-15007 Sometimes studies are full of bad data. Sometimes they are just based on stupid ideas. Here’s one that manages to incorporate both flaws. Should elderly people with broken ribs be given Tylenol in pill form or IV for pain? […]

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COVID-19 Fatalities 16.7 Times Too High Due to ‘Illegal’ Inflation https://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/covid-19-fatalities-167-times-too-high-due-illegal-inflation In March 2020, the CDC changed the way COVID-19 deaths are reported on death certificates, resulting in a dramatic — and possibly illegal — inflation of fatalities that drove restrictive public health policies threatening health freedom Only 6% of COVID-19 deaths include only COVID-19 […]

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Missouri man dies in hospital parking lot after being repeatedly denied care, family says https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/patient-safety-outcomes/missouri-man-dies-in-hospital-parking-lot-after-being-repeatedly-denied-care-family-says.html David Bell died in the parking lot of Barnes-Jewish St. Peter’s (Mo.) Hospital during his third attempt to receive care, his wife told CBS affiliate KMOV. Sadie Bell told KMOV she took her husband to the emergency room twice for […]

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Nearly Half of Primary Care Clinics Won’t Take New Patients on Rx Opioids https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2021/1/28/nearly-half-of-primary-care-clinics-wont-take-new-patients-on-rx-opioids It is often stated that we are a “country of laws”, but what is often not mentioned is that a person cannot always find anyone/agency that is in charge of enforcing such laws … are interested in doing their job.  Often […]

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