American Healthcare continues to go backward
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It implies that about everybody has worms. I doubt that, but do wonder if Trump supporters have worms in their heads
Appeal to popularity.
Thalidomide was a very popular drug for morning sickness. So popular that people in the US, where it was never approved, were importing it from Canada.
There is not a single shred of clinical evidence that ivermectin is effective as an antiviral.
People see this as “sticking it to big pharma”. But ivermectin, the base compound, is manufactured by Merck, Mylan, and Teva, IOW, big pharma. Generic manufacturers have to get the base compound from someone who makes it.
IOW, it’s stupid.
There was one reviewer at the FDA who held it up because she knew a similar compound had caused birth defects in animals.
If a bunch of people quit the CDC it would only allow JFK Jr to replace them with who he wants. They need to STFU and ride it out.
What if ethically they can't do it anymore? Just speculation but if you were told fabricate data or Im going to find a way to fire you for cause and do everything I can to wreck your career, what's your next step? You can say that I can't do that but I just forced your director out because they didn't align with my political ideology which is more important to me than actual data. You know now that I can make your life a living hell and there are higher paying jobs out there than government work.
Its happened all across the federal workforce-this administration cares more about loyalty than ability to perform. The CDC is no different than a million other government agencies in this regard.
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I'm a healthcare ethics consultant for the medical center, one of only two (and I don't know of another pharmacist in the VA that serves as an HEC, it's certainly rare). I am pursuing certification as an HEC and was thinking about making ethics my gig when I retire. However, the administration has gutted the ethics hierarchy. While they haven't eliminated the pathway to certification, they've definitely made it uncertain - if I take the certification exam and pass I don't know if the VA will now recognize the certification or if they will reimburse me for it (as they do most certifications). There has been no strategic initiative that has been communicated to anyone, no one has given us a reason why ethics has been gutted, though I have my suspicions. To say that I am discouraged is to put it mildly. I've thought about quitting that part of my job, I do not get paid extra to serve as an HEC, it is service to the medical center. But, in the end, the ethical thing for me to do is to keep doing it. Stopping helping other healthcare professionals work through their ethical conflicts would do more harm than good.
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Good luck on the test. Whether or not you pass or fail their test, I’ve always considered you certifiable.
Just couldn’t resist 
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