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Q: Does the phrase "All Lives Matter" disrespect minorities?Yes, but only because of the context in which it is usually said (i.e., as a response to the statement that “Black Lives Matter”).Consider the following statement:“All parts of the United States deserve federal emergency aid.”Seems innocuous enough, right? I mean, it’s a very affirming and positive statement, so who could ever be offended by it?But now let’s add some all-important context. Let’s say that, during a particularly bad hurricane season, Texas is hit by a hurricane and sustains significant damage. It requests emergency aid from the federal government and the requested aid is provided. And then Louisiana is hit by a hurricane and sustains significant damage. It requests emergency aid from the federal government and the requested aid is provided. And then Florida is hit by a hurricane and sustains significant damage. It requests emergency aid from the federal government and the requested aid is provided.So far, so good, right? Because, of course, “All parts of the United States deserve federal emergency aid.”But then, let’s imagine that the territory of Puerto Rico is also hit by a devastating hurricane and actually suffers more damage than any of those previously mentioned states. And yet, when it also requests emergency aid from the federal government, no such aid is forthcoming. Some people claim that it’s “just a territory” and therefore not deserving of the same aid as states. Others talk about how hard it is to provide any aid because Puerto Rico is an island surrounded by “big water.” And others don’t consider Puerto Rico to even be part of the United States because the people there are predominately brown-skinned and speak Spanish.As a result, Puerto Ricans start protesting that they are not getting the help they need from the federal government, that they are being ignored and/or discriminated against, and that they really, really deserve some emergency aid from the federal government. And, just to make sure everybody gets the point, they start telling people, “Puerto Rico deserves federal emergency aid!”However, at that point, rather than actually working to make sure that Puerto Rico gets the federal emergency aid it needs, people in Texas and Louisiana and Florida who have already gotten the aid they needed just respond by saying, “All parts of the United States deserve federal emergency aid.” Oh — and then they also accuse Puerto Ricans of somehow claiming that only Puerto Rico deserves federal emergency aid.In that context, the statement ceases to be a positive and affirming claim and becomes a way to disrespect residents of Puerto Rico while attempting to hide behind an otherwise positive statement.[In other news, can you just imagine somebody hearing the phrase, “Save the Whales” and, rather than acknowledging that whales are endangered and need to be saved, responding with “Save All Animals!”]Of course all lives matter. The reason why black people keep saying specifically that “Black Lives Matter” is because so many white people don’t seem to realize that black people are part of “all lives” in the first place.

I have a friend who has a rare cancer. I also have a friend who works for the United States government; he has access to files that show whether, in general, a person with such a condition would be eligible for financial assistance through various programs. In fact, once the doctors on the medical side approve the medical claim (for federal benefits), his working group is one of the ones that decides how much assistance a person is eligible for. — He has access to this information because it is his job to know it.My sick friend has no job and no health insurance. Nor did he have health insurance when his deteriorating state of health (e.g., not yet 40 years of age and having to walk with a cane, but still falling, occasionally) led him to an emergency room visit at the local hospital. — He was dismissed from there as having nothing wrong. Amazing.Of course, the same hospital had a doctor who once misdiagnosed his pleural effusion for drug-seeking behavior.Luckily, his family remembered what a kind nurse had told him the time before: “Go to a bigger hospital. People only come here to have a baby, or die.”They went immediately to a nearby city with a large medical center and walked into the ER. He was seen by a resident, who referred him immediately for imaging, and after that, he was being prepped for emergency surgery the next day by not only one surgeon, but also the head of the surgery department.Unfortunately, that’s because only around 100 people in the United States get diagnosed with this cancer per year, and really, the only treatment is total resection of the tumor. It is resistant to chemotherapy and radiotherapy to varying extents, respectively. — It’s a malignant spinal (bone) cancer, and it was at the base of his skull, on the wrong side, meaning they had to go in through his throat beneath his jaw, through his vocal cords, and then all around the nerve sheath.He had no insurance, as I said, and left a few weeks later with over $300,000 in medical debt.He applied for disability benefits and applied for government-subsidized health insurance, and was denied for both, even though my other friend was able to verify that he was entitled to one year’s worth of disability benefits, due to the type of cancer that he had, and that, in many cases, the start of that could be backdated so that it included his surgery, which would’ve wiped out all of his medical debt to that point and for some months going forward.Nonetheless, the medical side denied his request. — His treatment now is palliative (i.e., a narcotic, a muscle relaxer, an antidepressant).I want that statement, just above, to stand by itself for a moment, because he’s not receiving palliative care because he is in hospice or because nothing else can be done. While his long-term prognosis is poor after 10 years, he has (we hope) many more good years ahead of him, and radiation treatments are indicated at this time — likely.I can’t really say that for sure, because he’d have to have more scans in order to figure that out, but he either cannot get them, because of his medical debt, or he is unwilling to, because he is so embarrassed about the debt that he is not fighting for his life the way that he could, if he didn’t have that dark cloud hanging over him.He doesn’t qualify for disability and subsidized/marketplace insurance plans because — here it comes — he had not been working before, so he had not made enough income in the recent past so as to qualify.It’s not that he is working; it’s that he wasn’t working. And, in our area, with his skill set, to make enough money to qualify for subsidized insurance, he likely would have to work full-time (i.e., due to the low rate of pay he’d be receiving).The rules are arbitrary. If you make too much, you don’t qualify. If you don’t make enough, you don’t qualify.In our republic, and in the State of Texas, this is what you can hope for.If you have an emergency, you won’t be turned away, if and only if the doctor you see determines you have a need at all and, then, that such need is emergent.That will vary from doctor to doctor, and you might be better off seeing a resident or medical student than seeing the Real McCoy, M.D.

Hello!No!Regardless Donald Trump continues to look for scapegoats to take the blame for his egregious mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic (China, Obama, state governors, etc etc), the evidence justifiably pointing fingers at him continues to mount.The Washington Post reported Sunday that about a dozen Americans working at the World Health Organization provided “real-time” information about the emerging coronavirus to the White House, seeming to undercut President Trump’s accusations that the WHO failed to communicate the extent of the disease’s threat.Here are the key facts:U.S. physicians, researchers and public health experts⁠—many connected to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention⁠—were working at WHO’s Geneva headquarters as part of a years-long rotation, and they provided information about the coronavirus to the White House as it emerged late last year.CDC officials were consulting with their WHO counterparts since the outbreak began, with sensitive information being shared with U.S. officials (including Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar) in a CDC secure facility.The WHO often told CDC about its plans or announcements days in advance, the post reported, citing an unnamed CDC official.A former Clinton U.N. ambassador, Daniel Spiegel, told the WP, “[WHO] should have been more skeptical about what the Chinese were telling them, but they’re totally at the mercy of what governments provide,” adding that “they have “no intelligence capabilities, and no investigatory power.” [emphasis mine]Unbelievably, Trump held a teleconference with G7 leaders during which he attempted to turn them against W.H.O. But they aren’t buying.G-7 member nations, including France, Germany, Canada, Japan and the European Union. The nations got together Saturday for a Trump-hosted teleconference that the White House said focused on a “lack of transparency and chronic mismanagement of the pandemic by the WHO.” French president Emmanuel Macron “expressed support” for the WHO and highlighted “the key role it must play,” according to a statement from his office. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said WHO “cannot be weakened or in any way be called into question politically.” Canada, Japan and the EU offered similar statements of support for the WHO.They laugh at Trump behind his back, and rightly so.Meanwhile, the death toll in America continues to rise because Trump, and Trump alone, chose to ignore numerous warnings that began LAST YEAR and continued to be ignored.Trump earlier blamed WHO for delays in response to the virus as well as a lack of transparency, but an April 11 New York Times report said warnings issued to the administration by different parts of the federal government in January and February were ignored. Report: Trump Ignored Pleas To Put Social Distancing Practices In Place, Warnings Of A PandemicThree days after the Times report, Trump announced a hold on $500 million in funding from the U.S. to the WHO, a move that Democrats say is illegal.So, here we are. There’s an old saying that’s applicable:“When you point a finger at someone or something, there’s three pointing back at you.” REPORT: Americans at W.H.O. Told Trump about COVID-19 Late Last Year. W.H.O. Not To Blame.