𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲, 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵, 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 🤔

1)  Some people need help; we have the resources and must help.
2)  Science is an iterative process. We will never know all the answers, but the best answers in health come from scientific research 🔬.
3)  Not calling out health quackery 🤮 is foolish. 
4)  One of the main reasons we led the world is because we funded 💵 research 👩‍🔬.
5)  Make a statement ➡️ Show me the data 📊.
6)  You never know what spin-offs will come out of some research-funded discovery. 🩻
7)  Yes, our healthcare system is screwed up, but don’t slam research funding because of the outcomes. Fix the system. Moving upstream to prevent illness is a good idea. (Then again, 40 years later and sadly, it is still good luck with that).
8)  Until all people have access to quality healthcare 🏥 and basic life necessities 🥬 🏠🚌💧🎓 and .... for health. We have to research, understand, fund, and solve those issues.

Phrase of the day from my father, which resonates even more today. He was one of the early physicians and researchers in HIV/AIDS. 

After I got blasted around 1999/ 2000 for discussing Dr. John Bartlett’s HIV guidelines from some MDs who said it was “cookbook medicine”. I asked him if he used them: 

“Of course I do, if I didn’t, I would 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁?” 

He was wrong…. He might have discovered the known, but would others? Or would they even believe it?

𝙀𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙀𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝.

Where do you think our healthcare system fails the most when trying to 'move upstream' to prevent illness?