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Comment · 4 years ago
I am sure that there were already organic chemistry textbooks available. But, from a student's point of view, that won't matter unless the professor chooses to use this book. It has always been confusing to me why professors choose expensive options for their students.
Comment · 4 years ago
A not-so-intelligent "AI".
Comment · 4 years ago
Yes, surgical tool sets are often reusable after resterilization. But there is also a large volume of single-use products.
Comment · 5 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
Late reply. Viewing comments, I realize my initial comment was a bit too snarky. I was not at all trying to shield the manufacturers from being held responsible for harm from a defective product. I was mostly concerned that people would use the situation to decry all vaccines, denying their benefit. To extend the analogy of the Ford Pinto, I didn't want someone to say that because Ford made a dangerous car, that all cars were bad, that Ford was trying to kill off American citizens, and that one should never ride in or drive a car.
Comment · 5 years ago
There is a constant tension in the USA between the republican vs democratic parties as to the relative wisdom of bigger (more centralized) vs laissez faire (smaller, less regulated) government. I find it fascinating to see such experiments played out in the real world, via different approaches in other countries. I ask readers here, do you think this move by China, to redistribute wealth from the wealthy to increase standard of living of those more poor, will make them a stronger country? A more formidable adversary to the US? Or by curtailing the rewards of successful business persons, will it strip them of innovation and lead them to become weaker in comparison to USA?
Comment · 5 years ago
When there is a problem with car manufacturing, there is a recall and life goes on. When there is a problem with vaccine manufacturing, there must be a conspiracy.
Comment · 5 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
This link takes one to an hour long video, with no tl;dr. Where is the documentation that YouTube censored this?
Comment · 5 years ago
Did this happen to be anywhere in the Bermuda triangle? :-)
Comment · 5 years ago
A big part of life expectancy statistics includes infant mortality. If all adults live to age 100 yrs, but half of all babies born die, then the average life expectancy would be age 50 yrs. So sometimes it can be confusing to understand what is being said.
Comment · 6 years ago
I loved this article!
Comment · 8 years ago
Amazing article. And for some crazy reason I found myself tearing up when it considered the sacrifices of the donars.

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