Tag Archives: Layon

An Important Piece from the NYT: A Black Marxist Scholar Wanted to Talk About Race. It Ignited a Fury.

Posted on 17 August, 2020 by AJ Layon

By Michael Powell Published Aug. 14, 2020Updated Aug. 16, 2020 Along the way, he acquired the conviction, controversial today, that the left is too focused on race and not enough on class. Lasting victories were achieved, he believed, when working … Continue reading →

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Where and What are We? Re-Posting A Quora Piece, as the Time is RIght

Posted on 15 August, 2020 by AJ Layon

What an odd query! How likely is an authoritarian state – in the United States – if we, finally, get a national health system, a rational educational system, and UBI? Really? Firstly, in case you haven’t noticed, the present US … Continue reading →

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Working in the Virus’ Shadow: SARS-CoV-2 18 April, 2020, 0209 Hrs

Posted on 18 April, 2020 by AJ Layon

It has been some days since I wrote. Too many night shifts; the desire to simply fall into a bed and sleep is too great to be denied. But this morning, I write. For the past several days I have … Continue reading →

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Working in the Virus’ Shadow: SARS-CoV-2 4 April, 2020, 1600 Hrs

Posted on 4 April, 2020 by AJ Layon

One can gain a brief view of the specter sweeping our country – indeed the world – by walking the halls of our medical centers. There is concern and fear everywhere. Firstly, one sees health care workers – nurses, physicians, … Continue reading →

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Working in the Virus’ Shadow: SARS-CoV-2 28 March, 2020, 1132 Hrs

Posted on 30 March, 2020 by AJ Layon

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This should have been the first post on this topic, under this heading, that I made. With so many high quality sites available, why put together another to attempt to explain the Pandemic that is upon us? I think for … Continue reading →

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Working in the Virus’ Shadow: SARS-CoV-2 26 March, 2020, 0204 Hrs

Posted on 26 March, 2020 by AJ Layon

We all know something is happening. Something that we’ve not seen before. Of course we see it in the news reports, the closings, the empty streets. We are not used to this. We see it in the gallows humor: If … Continue reading →

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Working in the Virus’ Shadow: SARS-CoV-2 22 March, 2020, 0138 Hrs

Posted on 26 March, 2020 by AJ Layon

I am an ICU physician. I have cared for HIV Patients at the beginning of what became known as the AIDS Epidemic. I have worked in conflict zones in Central America, as a physician with the (then) Revolutionary Nicaraguan Government … Continue reading →

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Quora Query: Have You Ever Witnessed Hospital Administration Turn Away a Patient that Should have Been Seen Right Away?

Posted on 12 February, 2020 by AJ Layon

In the United States, complements of a law passed in 1986 – The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) – a hospital cannot turn away someone who has an emergency. Rather, the institution must treat it – at least … Continue reading →

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CDC Abruptly Cancels Long-Planned Conference on Climate Change and Health

Posted on 22 January, 2020 by AJ Layon

Gentle Reader – Just as Trump was to be inaugurated, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lost their spine. It is appropriate to re-post this as we have seen in the past several months – in Australia which appears … Continue reading →

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Trump’s budget is a Stealth Health-Care Bill. And it Would Make Americans Sick.

Posted on 22 January, 2020 by AJ Layon

Gentle Reader – Doctor Homer wrote this almost three years ago, yet it remains important today. While the Republicans attempt to whitewash Trump’s  crimes, and while we watch this in mixed horror and disbelief, behind the scenes the same people … Continue reading →

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