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RFK Jr. fired the entire CDC vaccine advisory panel. Signs of "There are weeks when decades happen."
Reading the executive order on MAHA, where agencies are directed to work with farmers to ensure U.S. food is the healthiest, most abundant, and most affordable in the world, reminded me of the β€œcheap, fast, good” principle: you can only pick two. Healthy + Abundant = Not Affordable Abundant + Affordable = Not Healthy Healthy + Affordable = Not Abundant I think we should retire the "need" for "food" to be cheap.
"We have not succeeded in answering all our problems. The answers we have found only serve to raise a whole set of new questions. In some ways we feel we are as confused as ever, but we believe we are confused on a higher level and about more important things." - The more I learn about the human body the more this seems true.
Trialing the over the counter stelo CGM and I'm less than impressed with its accuracy. Then I look at the finer details. Accurate is considered to be within 20% variance either way. So a read of 100 may be 80 or 120 or anywhere inbetween. And it apparently has about a 93% accuracy...meaning it could be off even further. So helpful for trends but not very accurate in my opinion.
Vinay Prasad to be Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) at the US FDA; I'll miss his contributions on Sensible Medicine but I'm hopeful he'll create substantial positive impact at the FDA:
First time listing shift work circadian rhythm sleep disorder as the underlying cause of death in a patient..... yes, the final cause of death was different but I think the root cause was working nights/days, nights in artificial light leading to diabetes and progressively worsened.
Step in the right direction - allowing but not forcing fluoride in the water will propel the discussion on risk/benefit of fluoride to a greater level.
First time in politics that someone I've respected for a long time gets nominated to a high level in political office. Someone who wasn't just the less bad option. We'll see how this all turns out but I'm hopeful RFK Jr will guide a systemic transformation from #sickcare to #healthcare. Maybe some element of "hard times make strong men" progressing towards "strong men create good times."
This podcast about fake lighting and a number of other topics by Dr Paul Saladino and Tristan Scott is an absolute must listen!! Common sense. Ideas on high yield things to implement.