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The UK’s COVID-19 Inquiry is laying bare the chaos, mistakes, and political dysfunction of its pandemic response. Australia, by contrast, settled for an inquiry without teeth.
Medicine will either be a vocation or it will be nothing. We can remain cogs in a machine that processes patients like widgets and rewards obedience above conscience. Or we can rediscover the courage and compassion that defined medicine for centuries.
The risk of disease through the shedding of lipid nanoparticles and spike protein via blood transfusions or sexual contact is real - and the consequences are serious.
A landmark disability scheme was built on compassion, but captured by a 'cash for diagnosis' culture. This is not just a budget problem. It is a human one.
Your dinner doesn't need an app or a PhD, just something to eat, something to drink, and a little gratitude. This is a story about science, food, and how we're ruining both in the name of wellness.
While there are inherent differences between the two, animals in Britain are increasingly likely to receive more timely and readily accessible medical treatment than their human counterparts, albeit often at a direct financial cost to their owners.
