Betrayal of Trust
by Laurie Garrett · first published 2000
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"Garrett exposes the underbelly of the world's globalization: If India's economy is prospering, for example, how can there coexist with this new affluence an outbreak of pneumonic plague, a disease long thought to have been relegated to the history books? In Russia, alcoholism, drug addiction, TB, and the effects of such catastrophes as Chernobyl have shortened life expectancy for the average man by a full decade since 1991. In the United States, we face new "superstrains" of diseases we thought had been wiped out long ago. In addition, global travel has made it nearly impossible to keep what
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This is a disaster in slow motion. It is a few years old, but Betrayal of Trust is still an excellent overview of the problem: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786884401?ie=UTF8&tag=...
on “Rising Threat of Infections Unfazed by Antibiotics” ↗…prior to the age of antibiotics. Less than 4 per cent of the total improvement in life expectancy since 1700s can be credited to twentieth-century advances in medical care." ― Laurie Garrett, Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health * As with all good Techno-Libertarians, nikcub "personally believe[s] in user responsibility". Despite some 50+ years of experience that user responsibility for…
on “VPNs are not the solution to a policy problem” ↗…occurred prior to the age of antibiotics. Less than 4 per cent of the total improvement in life expectancy since 1700s can be credited to twentieth-century advances in medical care.” ― Laurie Garrett, Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health Intensive methods have worked in some areas. Sanitation, clean water, waste disposal, nutrition, vaccinations, hazard and toxin removal, and general preventive care…
on “Millennials 'set to earn less than Generation X'” ↗…occurred prior to the age of antibiotics. Less than 4 per cent of the total improvement in life expectancy since 1700s can be credited to twentieth-century advances in medical care.” ― Laurie Garrett, Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12627.Laurie_Garrett
on “Warren Buffett says health care costs are a bigger problem than corporate taxes” ↗