Author Archives: AJ Layon

About AJ Layon

AJ Layon was, for 28 years, at the University of Florida College of Medicine, in the Division of Critical Care Medicine, in Gainesville, FL. For the approximately 10 years until September 2011, he was Professor and Chief of Critical Care Medicine at UF; In September of 2011 he became System Director and Co-Chairman of Critical Care Medicine in PA; this ended in 2017. He served as a Physician in the Surgical Group with Médecins sans Frontières (MSF, Doctors without Borders) through 2018 and is presently an intensivist in Florida, struggling through the SARS-CoV-2 crisis. While his interests are primarily related to health care, health care reform, and ethical issues, as a citizen of our United States and our world, he will occasionally opine on issues of our "time and destiny". Follow on Twitter @ajlayon

Facing Fascism…..

Posted on 27 March, 2025 by AJ Layon

Think it’s overwrought to claim the Trump is moving us toward fascism? Take a listen: https://youtu.be/cw2Kgz_2cBk?si=0Mgs36gia50uVIq1 Chris Hedges and Jason Stanley

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Healthcare Under Trump: What Might We Expect

Posted on 3 January, 2025 by AJ Layon

Just went live on Newsbreak. https://www.newsbreak.com/newsreporterlauren-2002801/3741045518222-healthcare-in-the-trump-administration-challenges-changes

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And another

Posted on 25 September, 2024 by AJ Layon

We’ve lost a poet.

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Marcellus Williams’ Last Poem

Posted on 25 September, 2024 by AJ Layon

An innocent man, put to death by an unjust political structure. A man put to death even thought the original prosecutor determined there had been miscarriage of justice. The Governor of Missouri and SCOTUS didn’t care. Mr. Williams knew, as … Continue reading →

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Alon Mizrahi: Has Anything Happened?

Posted on 18 August, 2024 by AJ Layon

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Chris Hedges: There are always costs to moral action. Otherwise it is convention.

Posted on 18 August, 2024 by AJ Layon

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The Only Way to End Israel’s Genocide There is only one way to end the ongoing genocide in Gaza. It is not through bilateral negotiations. Israel has amply demonstrated, including with the assassination of the lead Hamas negotiator, Ismail Haniyeh, that … Continue reading →

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If you are from the UK – or elsewhere – and get sick while visiting the USA……

Posted on 1 July, 2024 by AJ Layon

Latest article published in the Daily Guardian (London) https://thedailyguardian.com/what-to-do-if-you-get-sick-while-visiting-the-usa-from-the-uk/

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Comrade Uncle

Posted on 15 May, 2024 by AJ Layon

Our brothers and sisters on campuses across the world stand up for justice. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/comrade-uncle/id1678662003?i=1000655439531 The administration hates this…..

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Comrade Uncle

Posted on 15 May, 2024 by AJ Layon

Some poetry https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/comrade-uncle/id1678662003?i=1000655115022 Read by Odyssea

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Our recent podcast- Comrade Uncle

Posted on 15 May, 2024 by AJ Layon

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/comrade-uncle/id1678662003?i=1000654498703 Who will destroy our democracy first…

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