I consider public health response to Covid to be a mess, and I think part of the reason Wen has become a lightning rod is, she's kind of being put out there as an example by people in public health who are disappointed or frustrated of that failure. Art Caplan More Quotes by Art Caplan More Quotes From Art Caplan These are extreme, horrific violations. And it's exactly why the hospital is a privacy zone, there are a very long list of reasons why taping, recording, videoing for anything other than medical or treatment purposes has to be strictly off-limits, because you're trying to protect people who can't protect themselves. Art Caplan health-news This should never have happened, this is a cautionary tale. Art Caplan top-news The law is... targeting the wrong obstacle, it's basically saying the FDA is in the way, and that's why people can't try unapproved medicines. Art Caplan health-news I think the publicity helps and lets more people know' maybe there's a last ditch thing I ought to pursue,' but at the end of the day, creating a world in which you say there's a right to try, if it's nothing more than a right to beg a company, that right already exists, and you're really not doing much to help anybody gain access to much of anything. Art Caplan health-news The old-school view is don't take surgeons offline ; they're valuable. But in the era of #MeToo, we've got to protect patients first. Art Caplan health-news Giving out Ambien or Provigil sleep aids 'like candy' as alleged is still dangerous and irresponsible because these drugs have notorious side effects, you really don't want to be cavalier about it. These drugs are prescription for a reason -- not the same as an over-the-counter drug. Art Caplan top-news (The NFL has) to bring their policies in line, it's absurd to work in the Nancy Reagan 'just say no' frame when we have acceptance of use sweeping through the U.S. at a rapid rate. Art Caplan top-news The cannabinoids are found to have particular application as neuroprotectants, for example in limiting neurological damage following ischemic insults, such as stroke and trauma, or in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and HIV dementia. i think the science on concussion is nonexistent. I hear it said. I think it's just talk. Art Caplan top-news You would expect at least a little investigation, the death of a child is serious. I would expect more. Art Caplan us-news We've been very good at getting heart, lung, liver because we know that, I'm not going to crush that part. Art Caplan top-news Everybody fails a genetic test, there's always something wrong. You're mortal. You won't pass. Art Caplan health-news And that list is growing fast. Like rocket ship fast. Art Caplan health-news I've seen people panic because the testing showed instead of having a one in five million chance of getting some disease, they have a one in a million chance. But really, does it matter? Art Caplan health-news I think trying to turn Wen into a target to cancel is ridiculous, i consider public health response to Covid to be a mess, and I think part of the reason Wen has become a lightning rod is, she's kind of being put out there as an example by people in public health who are disappointed or frustrated of that failure. Art Caplan This is the most powerful division I can think of among mainstream public health people, by the way, it reinforces something else : It's a division based on Research Ethics. It's not about science. Art Caplan You have to accept anybody, even if they have no money, and stabilize them. It's called EMTALA, and it's been around for a while. Art Caplan You have no right to be taken care of by a primary care doctor. There's still no right to health care that way -- the doctor has the ability to decline. Art Caplan There are different decisions whether it's a doctor's office or an emergency room, you have no right to be taken care of by a primary care doctor. There's still no right to health care that way -- the doctor has the ability to decline. Art Caplan Or, if being unvaccinated and having lung failure puts you at a worse chance of survival versus someone who just comes in with asthma and lung problems but are vaccinated, many places would give priority to the vaccinated asthma patient as opposed to the unvaccinated lung failure patient. What they're watching is outcome and likelihood of success. Art Caplan Hospitals generally do not take into account why a gravely ill patient is there, the way in which it might become relevant is if you thought it was a predictor of a bad outcome. Art Caplan
