#Letters to the Editor — July 25, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — July 25, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — July 25, 2021” Defender’s vic jabTo public defender Sarah Burleson: The 7-year-old whose scooter was stolen had every right to be on an electric scooter. His parents gave him that right (“Creep’s lawyer mocks kid vic,” July 21). However, your client had no right to steal the scooter for drug…

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#How Google exploits the sick and vulnerable for a profit

#How Google exploits the sick and vulnerable for a profit

“#How Google exploits the sick and vulnerable for a profit” In 2019, Google embarked on a mysterious-sounding venture.  Called Project Nightingale and carried out in secret, the tech giant teamed up with St. Louis-based Ascension, one of the largest private health-care companies in the country. Google was granted complete access to 50 million patients’ names,…

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#Very stoned Americans are flooding poison control with calls

#Very stoned Americans are flooding poison control with calls

“#Very stoned Americans are flooding poison control with calls” Mary Jane is seriously holding up the line.  US poison control centers experienced a significant increase in marijuana-related calls between 2017 and 2019, according to a new research letter published Monday in the journal JAMA. “Our findings document that US poison centers are increasingly receiving calls…

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#ParaDocs switched from event staffers
to front-line warriors

#ParaDocs switched from event staffers to front-line warriors

“#ParaDocs switched from event staffers to front-line warriors” During normal times, ParaDocs Worldwide, a global community of doctors, nurses, first responders (paramedics and EMTs) and other medical personnel, work at private and public events (like Electric Zoo and Governors Ball — remember those?). When large gatherings evaporated virtually overnight in March, the Brooklyn-based company quickly pivoted. “First our team, including…

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