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Hi, um, I would write this down, but I don't really have time to do that today. (0:06) Um, I'll go through my day. I had breakfast with some friends and then I went to film tennis and(0:13) I've just been doing that for four hours and now I'm gonna walk. I'm walking to Anderson Hall, (0:18) which is near the field and the arena, so it's like a mile away, and I'm gonna label those clips (0:26) and then I'm gonna go walk back to my freaking house and eat some food and finish my documentary (0:33) radio assignment that's due tomorrow and start and finish my electronic circuitry assignment (0:37) that's due tomorrow, so yikes on - yikes on that. Um, I did my laundry yesterday, that's a big win,(0:44) but basically what I, I guess I'm trying to give a reason as why I'm just saying this out loud, (0:50) but also whatever, I can say it out loud if I want to.
What I want to talk about today is (0:54) American health culture. It's pretty bad and, you know, Mr. Trump is in office and he said, (1:03) no more DEI initiatives, uh, no more HIV information, no more contraception information (1:08) on the CDC webpage, uh, let's pause all of the funding for NIH and all of that science stuff,(1:15) let's also freaking try to attack the National Endowment of the Arts, you know, let's do all (1:21) that stuff and [it’s] very concerning, very concerning, um, he is trying to cripple, um, essentially (1:31) the entire next generation, like we could lose the entire next generation of scientists, which (1:35) could just like fuck everything up and yeah, it's just not good. Um, so that's, you know, (1:42) let's start with that and then I, I really want to talk about MAHA, which is Make America Healthy (1:48) Again.
Now, this was an RFK or is an RFK junior initiative, um, that he coined basically while he(1:59) was conceding and was like, {silly voice} Trump 2024, Make America Healthy Again.And on the surface, this (2:06) sounds like, okay, this could be a good thing. I mean, in general, the Republican party hasn't (2:11) really ever focused on, um, health as an issue. Like, for example, they're, they're doing stuff(2:19) about red dye 40 now, which is like, that was like a democratic only thing for a while, Dems only.(2:29) Um, but it's not what you think it is. It's not a Michelle Obama kids, health kids, kids go out (2:37) and play. Um, you know, I think on the surface, let's say for example, let's, let's do chronic (2:46) pain, right? One out of three people in America, oops, I'm going to get run over.One out of three (2:53) Americans suffer from chronic pain in some sort. A lot of this chronic pain is invisible. (2:58) Um, and when you think about disability, um, a lot of people are disabled.And (3:09) my friend Ben told me this quote from his friend that was, you aren't ever really an able-bodied (3:15) person. You're just a not yet disabled person because at some point in your life, you're going (3:19) to accrue a disability in some way, shape, or form like eventually just by getting old, (3:25) by being an elder, you're going to get some sort of disability. Um, and so the fact that we don't(3:31) have our infrastructure around disability is just awful.It's like a thing, but in terms of (3:35) chronic pain, it's like, for example, the opioid crisis, like the reason that that occurred, one (3:41) of the main reasons is that we don't have- we treat pain and chronic pain as a symptom of other(3:47) diagnoses instead of, um, an actual, the main thing to treat. Um, and so we're kind of just (3:56) like here, take some opioids, one size fits all, which is really not the case in medicine. It (4:02) should never ever be one size fits all, um, ever, ever, ever, except if there's like a pandemic (4:09) and you need that vaccine and, you know, let's just say RFK Jr. does not support vaccines and (4:15) also thinks that vaccines cause autism.Um, and I'm going to dispel that right now. They don't. (4:20) And if you need proof on that, you need help.Just kidding. But I'll just say that the study(4:27) that it was all based on originally was 12 people and they were also, um, paid off. (4:34) So it, it wasn't real.It wasn't real. Okay. Not real.Um, so you got that, right?
So all these (4:43) people, chronic pain, all these people, disability, et cetera, people are feeling sicker. Americans (4:48) are feeling like, Hey, healthcare sucks. Like food is not very good here.Uh, I feel like shit. (4:58) And so, um, a health campaign makes a ton of sense, but the plan is basically like, (5:09) uh, I would, I would, I would, uh, it's akin to like a turkey trot, like a white people turkey (5:14) trot where it's like, Hey, it's Thanksgiving. Uh, but we're going to be healthy and we're doing a (5:20) turkey trot first.So then we can like stuff ourselves later. Um, which already there, (5:28) there's a problem with that rhetoric, but it's, it's, it's basically like, Hey, are you a wealthy (5:36) white person in America? We're going to try to get you a little bit healthier, a little bit more (5:41) access, you know, just get off your butt and move. It's very much of a, of a willpower individual (5:47) thing where you can change your health and it's not your circumstances.It's you and it's your (5:52) fault. And if you're disenfranchised, marginalized, if you're poor, if you're not white, (5:58) we are not increasing your access. You will be in a food desert.You are shit out of luck on (6:05) healthcare. Like it's really not, it's not what it seems - it seems to be on the surface.(6:12) Um, and again, like RFK Jr. doesn't think vaccines are real. So there's that whole thing.(6:19) So yeah, that's really, really not good.
And I also would like to say, um, I (6:28) have listened to a podcast, awesome podcast [episode] from Vox, um, about, um, hair transplants in Turkey.(6:37) And basically the reason that they all occur in Turkey is because Turkey has a pretty good, (6:42) like, um, like health access where it's easier or more equitable, I guess, to become a doctor (6:52) and to like get trained. And they like pay you during training.You don't have to pay to go to (6:57) medical school {editing note: I lied here you do have to pay lol sorry about that}. It's a whole thing, but essentially they started specializing in hair transplants. (7:03) And because there are more people, it was like chicken and egg, more people specializing in(7:05) hair transplants.So more people are going to go there to specialize in hair transplants. (7:10) And it's, it's cheaper [to get a hair transplant in Turkey]. It's very nice.It's like a fricking vacation resort. (7:17) They shuttle you places. They like pamper you with food and spa and you're surrounded by other(7:23) men who are about to get their hair transplant or already did.And so you don't feel as stigmatized (7:28) and that's great, you know, and the, the, the, the technology has improved where if you do all(7:33) this, all the aftercare, right, [then] 90% of those little hair follicles will stay in. Um, and good job.(7:40) Okay. Like I get it. That's a, that's a thing.Like men balding is, is a cosmetic concern that(7:49) can lead to mental health issues and et cetera, et cetera.
However, let's think about this. (7:56) Why have we spent decades at this point, like perfecting a hair transplant regimen and how (8:02) to, how to do it? Because, you know, back in the eighties, when we had those hair plugs, (8:06) it's [wasn’t] exactly a good [replication of natural hair], but, um, you know, instead of funneling some of that money and (8:15) resources to, I don't know, freaking, uh, epidemics that could become pandemics.(8:26) That's a crazy thought. Um, no, it's going to go towards cosmetic hair. (8:31)
Like I just didn't - like guys, come on.I feel, I feel, this is why I stopped. All right. I guess (8:39) I was like, I'm not going to be in the public health sphere as a career, which maybe that's -(8:43) like, I'm not swearing off entirely.I do enjoy communicating about science, et cetera. But (8:50) like, it is just so, so sad that just, it's just like a doomed, a doomed - (9:00) even more doomed than like, I don't know, like, like to me, it's like, it has to be, (9:08) it can't, it can't be improved from the inside there. You can't just do reform because it's so (9:14) bad that like, it has to be entirely restructured.Like all of the supply chains, everything has to(9:19) be rebuilt from the ground up in my opinion. And it's just like, not going to happen. And every (9:25) time there's any like hint of success or gleam of hope, it's like, well, (9:34) it's just going to add to the mountain of evidence that we should do this stuff.But (9:38) because everything is controlled through government regulation, and I'm not a freaking (9:43) Republican. I'm not saying, Oh, let the states decide, whatever. I think that in terms of health, (9:48) it should be an entirely different body of government that is not, that is independently (9:55) controlled.And that's an impossibility because of politics, et cetera. And the constitution, (10:02) I guess, whatever. But like, I mean, that's why we have the WHO, but guess what? (10:08) Trump pulled out of the WHO.So yeah, it's just like really (10:17) not good.
And it's scary out there and it's, you know, all the immigration stuff, (10:25) everything is just really scary. And it's hard, it's hard to not like kind of freak out about it (10:34) and have a crash out.But it's also like going back to my day, you just have to do your day. (10:42) Like you can't really let, I mean, you can, you can have a little freak out, (10:49) but that's what they want. They want you to stop being able to function and advocate and (10:59) create and express yourself.So don't, don't let, don't let those, the government cronies win (11:11) and look out for everyone else because truly we are all in this together. (11:19) Because if you're not, you're, if you're not up there, (11:23) then you're down here. It really is like, like everyone versus one.(11:30) And I'm not really even speaking like at an economic level. I'm speaking, I was like,(11:36) like [at] a human level, a social level, a health level, you know, and an access level.(11:44) I'll say access.I know that money gets you access, but (11:48) um, yeah, it's just, it's, it's bad, but (11:58) I, I hope that things can get better. (12:07)
Okay. This was kind of long, but not that bad.And I hope everyone's doing all right. (12:14) Sorry that this, I guess was a downer, but I think it's important information to consolidate(12:20) into one. Um, especially as someone who's currently navigating health, some health stuff, (12:30) [I know] how frustrating it can be, [and it’s nice] just knowing that like, you really are not alone in it.(12:38) And someone's looking out for you, you know, just keep going because someone,(12:43) someone will hear you. Um, even if that has to be me, like, I, you know what I'll advocate for (12:49) you and get on the phone and start yelling at medical professionals. Okay. Um, bye.
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