Ken Jaques (Jakes) 🇨🇦 💜 🦁🦉
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Uniting patients & practitioners. Improve health outcomes. Get to know me before you judge me. #SpoonBending Last Lecture?
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More on my evolving Hero's Journey and mission.
#BillionsHealed
My Hero's Journey:
I've spent much of my life thinking I was almost insignificant. I grew up thinking people didn't like me. Yet I always spoke my truth. That's all I knew.
Then I was called to start my journey.
Several times.
I finally listened.
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@BrianLenzkes
We can't lose sight of the fact that patients are also leaving the system. Physicians have figured out what's going on and they don't like it. Patients have figured out what's going on and they don't like it. It's clearly time to have a system that focuses on Health and Care.
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Dear doctors (and scientists),
(Especially those bent on opposing most aspects of Conventional or Integrative Medicine.)
Health care is in crisis. Half the adult population is diagnosed with chronic disease. Health care systems are becoming, or already are, unsustainable.
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Are you finding yourself blocked by people you've never interacted with? You may be on a list that has labeled you "anti-science". I was going to tag everyone (over 6600 accounts) but
@science_shield
and/or
@dkegel
took down the list. Please RT and report to twitter if impacted.
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Spot the conundrum.
1. Part of the scientific method involves questioning existing science and interpretations.
2. If you question existing science and interpretations, you're labeled as "anti-science."
It's not actually a conundrum. It's propaganda. You're being played.
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Distrust in medicine is well earned.
Distrust in science is well earned.
Distrust in social media influencers is well earned.
It will be VERY hard to regain this trust.
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It's time for change. There are no sides.
Conventional Medicine is not perfect. Integrative Medicine is not perfect. So let's drop the swords. Let's work together to bring the health and the care back to the population and back to health care .....before it's too late.
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As a population, we are not going to medicate ourselves back to health. We are not going to medicate our broken health care systems (and food systems) back to health either.
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When scientists and Healthcare professionals are censored, it draws a reaction. Some cheer because it suits their confirmation bias. Others look a bit deeper, wondering why these people have been censored. It seems the second group is growing substantially. That's a good thing
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It appears that every single patient and physician that is trying to improve health outcomes has some reason to be targeted for their efforts. Kind of makes you wonder, doesn't it?
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The current conventional approach to chronic disease is not working. Diet, environmental stresses, and other stresses are arguably the biggest contributors to chronic disease.
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When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Together, we can create an entire toolbox. Together we can solve our chronic disease and health care crises.
#rethinkhealth
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1/n Dear doctors (and scientists),
(Especially those seeking to improve health outcomes and healthcare systems)
Health care is in crisis. Over half the adult population is diagnosed with chronic disease. Health care systems are becoming, or already are, unsustainable.
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@HerbsandDirt
I know you'd never ask, but I often ponder how many of them might be on meds. 🤔
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WTF! Exactly what is this anti-health Propagandist (
@gorskon
) trying to suggest? Is he trying to imply that it is NOT a parent's responsibility to make risk / benefit choices on behalf of their children's health?
#WorstParentEver
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Apparently March 5th is
#DoctorsSpeakUp
day. I'm not sure when
#PatientsSpeakUp
day is.
Start planning. What will you speak up about?
#HealthyCommunity
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Doctor: when it comes to health care, it’s unethical to remain silent:
Patient: we know doc, we've got this. We're not remaining silent.
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If lifestyle is the best approach for a patient's health, then put the pad away and work out a Lifestyle prescription for the patient, or send them to someone who can.
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If meditation and other stress relief techniques could work, there's no need for antidepressants, at least not yet.
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Full disclosure: I have no idea where the facts are on either the documentary or the article, but experience would suggest that if you're targeted with a hit piece by Gorski, there's a lot more to the story.
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@MdBreathe
It's hard to watch you taking these hits Mary, but it seems to come with the territory.
Keep speaking your truth.
Keep building your tribe.
Hope these help.
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If a prescription is the best approach for a patient's condition, then pull out the Rx pad, or send them to someone who can.
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We will not medicate ourselves to health.
We will not medicate ourselves to health.
We will not medicate ourselves to health.
We will not medicate ourselves to health.
We will not medicate ourselves to health.
We will not medicate ourselves to health.
Any questions?
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@DrJBhattacharya
The trust will be hard to rebuild.
It is unlikely to be rebuilt by those who caused it to be lost in the first place.
Methinks those folks should find new jobs that they're actually qualified for.
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Dr.: you have an autoimmune condition
Patient: what might have caused this?What do I do?
Doctor: we don't know, here's your cocktail of Rx.
Integrative Medicine doctor: we don't know for sure, probably influenced by diet, environment, stress, etc. Let's create a plan.
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@birgitomo
@DaliaHasanMD
Respectfuly, I think healthcare has been on the verge of collapse for quite a while. It is unsustainable in its current state. Covid is helping to highlight its issues. We need to shift both public health and healthcare to a main focus on health, care, prevention, and recovery.
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So if the chief scientist of the World Health Organization can make a statement like this, why do twitter academics and science promoters have so much trouble understanding this?
Today, World Health Organization’s chief scientist said: “We are in a data-free, evidence-free zone.”
There are many recommendations and statements by the political WHO that this applies to.
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Once more for those in the back. There's no such thing as anti-science or science deniers. Science is meant to be questioned. If you question scientific interpretations, you're pro science. By definition. Let's end the divisiveness, shall we?
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On psychiatry:
Biggest intellectual scam of this era?
Entire industry built on pseudoscience?
Conflicted, corrupted science?
Exploiting patients for the almighty dollar?
Have we destroyed a generation when safer, more effective alternatives existed?
#IntegrativeMedicine
I've been practicing psychiatry for 38 years. I love my job, my peers, and my patients. But I've come to the conclusion that I'm participating in the biggest intellectual scam of this era. We claim to be a science, but have no understanding how thought or behavior is generated./1
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@MdBreathe
Does every doctor have to defend their license for prescribing any drug off label? Like ones that have drastic negative effects on patients?
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@StabellBennHi
Christine, was just thinking about you and the exchanges we had a few years back. It's great to see you continue to be a science communicator helping people understand things about the pandemic. Keep up the great work.
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Any professional that finds it more important to protect their profession than to serve the needs of the people they are serving -- is probably in the wrong profession.
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The logic of psychology/psychiatry professionals referring to patients as "anti-psychiatry" because they're sharing their stories of prescribed harm baffles me. By the same logic, these professionals should be labeled "anti-patient".
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Patients are hurting. Patients are sharing their stories. They are already distrusting science and medicine. When their stories are shared by HCPs in a disparaging manner, they become more distrusting. We need to listen and learn, not disparage and discredit. Engage respectfully.
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An educated public is not good for the business of healthcare .....
So, let's educate the public.
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9/n
Together we can:
. Lessen obesity
. Lower prevalence of chronic disease
. Make health care systems sustainable
. Create healthier communities
Others?
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Elites hate "misinformation". So do
Debunkers.
In many cases their "misinformation" is "anything that doesn't fit the narrative" and sometimes has little basis in truth or science.
Yet rarely do they acknowledge their own "misinformation" or the consequences of spreading it.
To Congress in May 2021 CDC Director Rochelle Walensky claimed:
"Data have demonstrated even if you were to get infected during post-vaccination, you can’t give it to anyone else."
She was lying.
Elites hate “misinformation.”
Why don’t they take responsibility for their own?
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How do we fix health and healthcare?
As patients, we should have the rights to:
. Eat food that doesn't make us sick
. Minimize medicine that just keeps us that way
. Understand safe, effective preventive and treatment approaches for our health
#PeacefulRevolution
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Have truer words ever been spoken?
{Checking notes for attribution of quote}
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I'm seeing two conflicting headlines:
1. The world is on the brink of a "hunger pandemic": World Food Programme
2. Farmers told to dump their produce,
dairy farmers told to dump their milk, ranchers told to euthanize their animals ...
Am I missing something obvious?
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What's the difference between science & pseudoscience? Here's a theory I'm working on:
If it leads to more services being delivered in healthcare, it's science.
If it leads to people being healthier, it's pseudoscience.
I'll report back on findings.
Thoughts?
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10/n This is a WE initiative. WE need to create the message, then get others to join us. WE can improve population health. WE can heal health care.... If WE work together.
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As we learn that many people challenging the status quo were actually right, let's hope that those who were publicly targeting good scientists & doctors that shared different views take the time to acknowledge and apologize.
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How do doctors get a bad name? Making accusatory, inaccurate, insensitive comments toward the mother of a vaccine injured child is a good place to start.
Cc:
@and_kell
@and_kell
I’m sorry that your child has
#autism
. That must be very difficult for you. To suggest he’d be better off dead is really tragic.
#VaccinesDontCauseAutism
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"First do no harm"
The top priority of every doctor, healthcare worker, health agency and organization should be to protect the health of the public.
Not just a priority, but the TOP priority.
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Seen a few threads regarding anti-psychiatry and an anti-psychiatry movement. One thing that's crystal clear is that labeling harmed patients as "anti-psychiatry" is intensely divisive, and more so if coming from
#PsychTwitter
crowd. They know this. Why do they continue to do it?
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Things that are NOT anti-medicine, anti-psychiatry, anti-meds, OR "pill shaming":
. Sharing stories of
#PrescribedHarm
. Questioning professionals for essentially dismissing stories as anecdotal
. Pushing for effective Informed Consent
. Raising awareness of potential Rx harm
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11/n WE can create Healthy citizens. WE can create Healthy neighborhoods. WE can deal with SDOH. WE can create Healthy Communities. WE can create a movement. WE can create a r/evolution.
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@eileeniorio
@SGottliebFDA
How about this:
Roses are red,
Lipstick is redder,
Come on FDA,
You can do better.
Or
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Come on FDA,
We're looking at you.
Or
Roses are red,
We value our health,
Your focus FDA,
Seems more about (Big Food, Big Ag, Big Pharma) wealth.
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Crazy idea.
What if doctors focused on being doctors and academics focused on being academics?
I don't want my health advice coming from an academic that doesn't understand patients, science, or medicine.
#LetDoctorsBeDoctors
@SabinehazanMD
@BrianLenzkes
@DrAseemMalhotra
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It boggles my mind that some health care professionals can be AGAINST both health AND care. What am I missing?
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If you see someone struggling with their mental health, try to find a way to help them. It is such a shame to see lost souls continue to struggle in desperation.
We are all connected. Continue to lift each other up.
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12/n What do WE want to leave behind? What do WE want to move toward? What's OUR rallying cry? Who are OUR leaders? How do WE engage? How do WE make physical connections. All part of "my Healthy Community", bringing people back into their communities.
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Many doctors will acknowledge that one of the biggest problems with healthcare is the limitation imposed by very short visits with patients. Many will then start to discredit those who are able to spend time with patients and help them regain / retain health.
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Physicians - goal is to
#TakeBackHealthcare
, focus is on
#CARE
Patients - goal is to
#TakeBackHealth
, focus is on
#HEALTH
Vs
Healthcare - goal is to generate profits, with little focus on either
#Health
or
#Care
Physicians and Patients need to work together.
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So,
#HealthCareSucks
and there are too many sick people. Everybody has an idea to tweak the system, but it needs an
#Overhaul
. As
#Siloes
we stand alone,
#Together
we fix health care.
#TogetherWeFixHealthCare
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@LeahHoustonMD
Teach people that being sick isn't "normal", and that we will not medicate ourselves to health.
If enough people understood that, we could focus more efforts on prevention and recovery, and there wouldn't be so many lifetime patients in the system.
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There is no "anti-science movement", that phrase is Propaganda. Period. Full stop.
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@DrAseemMalhotra
Anti is a term of convenience, an easy and arguably lazy way to group people into a category, often with the goal of discrediting the entire group. It lumps people into an "easy to identify", yet virtually non-existent group. It creates an “us vs them” mentality ...
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Big Medicine is a VERY big business. It thrives on life long repeat customers in order to sustain its profitability.
Healthy people and practitioners focused on prevention and recovery are VERY BAD for business and need to be minimized.
Propagandists: Hold My Beer.
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My colleague
@LeahHoustonMD
has connected with many physician groups that are joining together for the purpose of
#HealingHealthCare
. She challenged me to bring patients together. Will you join us?
#SpreadTheWord
#CreatingARevolution
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13/n If we could redesign social, food and health care systems to focus on SDoH and prioritize prevention (Lifestyle / Integrative & Conventional) we would improve population health and have sustainable health care systems.
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On "anti-psychiatry", a couple things I'm thinking:
1. I find it distressing that the group that should be labeled "promoters of informed consent for psych meds" are inappropriately labeled "anti-psychiatry" by a small group of disruptors.
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Is "vaccine hesitancy" a common sense reaction?
Are all vaccines created equal? Is there room for respectful conversation? Do we really know the risks and benefits regarding every single vaccine?
Just curious as I watch conversation regarding Covid vaccine. May never have one.
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My personal opinion is that if healthcare professionals don't know what they're talking about, then they should abstain from being part of the conversation. Reasonable request?
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I find it incredibly frustrating when I see healthcare "professionals" targeting patients who have suffered from taking Rx meds, labeling them as anti-science and anti-psychiatry and suggesting they're bedfellows of antivax.
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I think one of the frustrating parts of "science-based" medicine is that it takes relatively little time to find "science" that supports a treatment that makes money and a relatively long time (if ever) to find "science" that prevents illness or helps patients improve health. $$$
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The Psychiatry / Psychology field scares the crap out of me.
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The medical establishment may or may not be corrupt, but it's working exactly as designed. It was just never designed to benefit patients.
And a lot of people are making a whole lot of money. This is not a doctor problem, this is a system problem.
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What if 2020 is all about establishing a "breaking point", and we finally realize:
. We're ALL on the same team
. Our food is making us sick
. Our medicine is keeping us sick
. It doesn't have to be this way
#GoldenOpportunity
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Patient: I suffered serious side effects from a Rx. I'd like to share my story in hopes that it may help others.
SoMe: you're a danger to patients. Some patients have been helped by that Rx. You're anti-science! Block!! Tell others about this dangerous, dangerous account.
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@DoctorTro
That he's human, doing his best, and not always successful. Kinda like most things in life.
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Status Quo Warriors seem to be getting restless. The house of cards is crumbling. Doctors have had enough. Patients have had enough.
Patients deserve the best and safest care.
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@science_shield
@dkegel
If anyone has ever downloaded the list, I'll be happy to do the legwork to tag people that have been targeted by this disruptive account.
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@MdBreathe
@Twitter
Some of them may have been bots. I would hazard a guess that many of them were.
Don't worry about them. Focus on your tribe.
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As censorship of those who question $cience grows, one wonders "how do we get ourselves out of this mess?"
#TrustTheScience
#ScienceIsIn
#CanScienceBeTrusted
#ScienceIsntTheProblem
#ScientistsAreTheProblem
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Interesting. From my perspective this case highlights the harm social media can cause, showing what can happen when overzealous skeptics misrepresent real people and incite anger & dog piling.
The person suffers.
Patients suffer.
Physicians suffer.
Healthcare suffers.
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@dockaurG
Coercive and mandated medical interventions are .....
{wait for it}
...
...
BASED ON SCIENCE 🤢
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Healthcare is crumbling ✅.
Sick care is crumbling ✅.
Public health is crumbling ✅.
Profits over patients is crumbling ✅.
The propaganda machine is crumbling ✅.
Seems like a good time to roll out systems predominantly focused on health & care.
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You know you're making a difference when you start attracting the haters, that's pretty well known. What are your other signs that help remind you that you're obviously making a difference?
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Sadly I'm convinced the current health care system will not be happy until every single person is diagnosed with chronic disease, mental illness, or both.
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Color me livid. The targeted attacks against Functional and Integrative Medicine by "well-wishers" like Gorski and Stea, who seem to prefer the EBM pill-for-every-ill approach has truly set me off. Patients don't deserve to be pawns in this game.
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@alandrummond2
Something tells me that EM is the canary in the coal mine. The entire health care system is collapsing (has been for years) and needs a full reboot including public health and education.
We desperately need to shrink the funnel.
Godspeed with your efforts.
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There seems to be a lot of focus on a
#COVID19
vaccine, how much focus is there on dealing with underlying conditions? We've got to stop making people sick (food, stress, Rx), we've got to stop keeping people sick (Rx).
#AdjustYourFocus
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Just had a great call with 3 doctors. Target areas (represented by the 3 R's):
1. Restoring Doctor-Patient Relationship
2. Resolving Profits Over Patients
3. Reducing Chronic Disease Burden
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Politicians & academics silencing doctors & driving health policies is:
. Bad for doctors
. Bad for patients
This might be the tipping point.
When the SickCare house of cards collapses, people will remember California.
@BrianLenzkes
@SabinehazanMD
@VPrasadMDMPH
@1mpacthealth
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If the right answer is "we really don't know" and you're calling out people for spreading misinformation, you are probably spreading misinformation yourself.
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An interesting read regarding the twitter storm that took place recently. Is there anything to learn from this?
Cc:
@writingblock
@DrJenGunter
@sciam
Dear Dr. Jen Gunter- disagreeing with you is not misogynistic.
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“There is no money in healthy/dead people but in the middle.”
Some suggest this is a "trope", others recognize it as part of a business model.
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#DontBlamePatients
Day 15: Patients are gathering in groups all over the world. They want their stories to be heard. They want health outcomes and healthcare to improve. Don't try to outshout them, HELP them.
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