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...April, access to physicians and nurses is even more threadbare. The nation's public health budget is about 3% of GDP, again about half the OECD average; and its per capita health spending of $675 is a quarter of that average. Mexicans regularly complain about (and often try to avoid) overcrowded and understaffed public clinics and hospitals, where patients sometimes have to bring their own medicines and bandages if they want treatment. It's one reason partly why Mexicans tend to wait too long to seek treatment - another reason Mexico seemed slow off the swine-flu mark - and why they...
Leverett: Perhaps in an homage to their furry mascot, Leverett House armed participants with not nerf guns, not swords, but carrots! Yes, carrots. And how does one avoid assassination in this bucolic match? Ask and ye shall receive: chewing broccoli. Yes, broccoli. So it was no surprise when FlyBy learned that the most intense participants toted around a tupperware container full of broccoli at all times. FlyBy was less excited to hear about those who declined to find a fresh source of broccoli. Delicious...
...weren't prepared for this. Harvard University Health Services sent out a helpful email informing the Harvard community about how to avoid contracting the virus. Insightful advice about washing hands (with soap, people!), avoiding contact with the sick, and how to cough properly (“into the crook of your elbow”) from HUHS has been much appreciated by FlyBy, who had previously thought that sneezing into people’s faces and swapping saliva with those who had hacking coughs was healthy and downright sexy. So, in order to better inform...
...mask industry in the Square is not only surprising, but also just wrong. Without this useful--not to mention fashionable--piece of safety equipment, Harvardians are continually exposed to a myriad of deadly diseases. And yet, when asked if he would wear a gas mask to avoid swine flu, one freshman said, “I’ll take my chances.” The ignorance towards gas masks will have consquences. Don’t come crying to FlyBy when you get that cough, we will be safe and sound behind our gas masks...
Slye, Erik •failed efforts to avoid jury duty...