Due to my insecurities, it struck me a bit odd that I could tell a class of twenty-year-olds to write a thirty-page report, and they would do it. I could form them into teams they did not want to work with, and I could make them stand in front of the class to give presentations despite their dread of public speaking. It was like I had this magic wand that allowed me to make people do things they hated and then thank me for it at the end of the semester.
Why do we accept that you will trust your judgement over science when merging into traffic, but criticize parents who trust their judgement over science when withholding vaccinations from their children? Why is merging into traffic something that requires personal discretion whereas, with vaccinations, science trumps personal discretion?
Our problems are complex. So complicated, in fact, they defy the ability of any single person to fully understand them, let alone solve them. Luckily, we're not alone.
Mental health research is profitable. But what would we do if it wasn't?
I saw this attention grabbing headline recently: BC Supreme Court Case Biggest Threat to Medicare in this Generation. Dr. Danielle Martin, head of Canadian Doctors for Medicare, is sounding the alarm about an upcoming supreme court case regarding extra billing. You'll recognize Dr. Martin from a while back when she made the rounds on YouTube... Continue Reading →