Word: herring
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...consumed a mixture of ground birds' beaks and myrrh. European doctors in the Middle Ages recommended raw eel and bitter almonds. Mongolians ate pickled sheep's eyes, while China went with a more palatable dose of green tea. Germans still eat Katerfruhstuck, a postbinge breakfast that usually consists of herring, pickles and goulash. Russians don't eat anything at all; they jump in a sauna and sweat it all out, sometimes flagellating themselves with birch branches to aid blood flow...
...responsible for as a nation. That being said, that doesn't mean that a constantly violent narrative is a good thing. I'm not suggesting there shouldn't be a challenge to it to some degreee. But it's not the source of the problem. It's a red herring...
...People donate irrespective of their insurance,” said Herring, who is now doing a residency in emergency medicine in Oakland, Calif. “They donate from an altruistic sense of wanting to help someone else. Out of respect for that motive, the health care system needs to reflect the same altruism, which means allocation of organs irrespective of ability...
...vast majority of transplant surgeons want to give organs to those who get the greatest benefit from them, but the system around them is failing them,” Herring said...
...hope is that papers like this are part of a growing consensus that a universal health care system is necessary,” Herring said...