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...that nicotine really wasn't good for us, we were eventually able to put laws in practice that could tax and charge the real price for that product. I think as we start to understand these high, unseen costs, hopefully we'll start to put the real price on cheap food. We're paying for it with our tax dollars for subsidies and we're paying for it with our tax dollars for health care...
...Right. I think on one level we can do it individually by eating in season, going to farmers markets, buying local, buying organic, reading labels, buying less processed [foods]. But as Michael Pollan says, we need to create a fair and balanced playing field where the carrots are as cheap as the chips. I would say we have an élitist system where we're encouraging poor people to eat food that's just unacceptable by unfairly pricing...
...think it's a matter of people not knowing the true costs of a cheap meal or do they just not have many other choices because chips are cheaper than broccoli? I think it's a product of people not knowing. I don't think it's a coincidence that there's been a concerted effort on the part of the industry to keep the consumer disconnected from their food. All the advertising that goes into promoting healthy food which is made up of sugar, salt and fat - it's very confusing to navigate this system, and it's done...
...these so-called physical interventions. Why?There is solid evidence that they work against all [flu viruses], not just specific strains [unlike the flu vaccine, as it is designed]. They are culturally acceptable and cheap, and they reduce transmission rates of other viruses too. A great American called Stephen Luby of the CDC has published a study from Karachi, Pakistan, that found that physical interventions are lifesavers. He should receive a Nobel Prize for his work, but I'm sure he never will...
...critical appraisal of the methods. [Cochrane reviewers examine the methodology of all studies they include in their systematic reviews.] It's disturbing. I think with influenza there's a feeling in governments that "we have to do something." Well, you can do something: you can better promote cheap public health measures such as hand-washing. They work. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...