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The test-kit that the CDC sent to local labs had a faulty reagent, so all test requests have to be sent back to the CDC.[0] Local labs could develop or purchase their own test kits…

While publishing the negotiated prices for each procedure code would be interesting, I don't see how it would change much since it wouldn't necessarily be the price they would actu…

Every book taking a stance on a controversial subject is going to have those kinds of criticisms from the opposite side. It doesn't make those criticisms true. I don't endorse the …

However tasty meat may be, it’s ethically and environmentally bad. I disagree entirely, but there is no need to relitigate this debate here. If by any chance you have never read th…

It makes perfect sense: meat is expensive and difficult to work with, so low-cost chains like these have been serving really disgustingly low-quality meat for quite some time now; …

On their ingredients page ( https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/hamburger.html ) it says that the patty consists of: "100% Beef Patty. Ingredients: 100% Pure USDA Inspected …

That is why McDonalds undergoes the painstaking process of sanitizing their meat with an ammonia wash (prompted by the 90's nationwide beef e-coli outbreaks that resulted in seriou…

Super-star athletes aren't really good examples to learn from. They often have to do unhealthy and extreme things to their body in order to achieve absolute peak performance at one…

and a low BMI (body-mass index) indeed (I'm around 18) A BMI that low is not a good thing. It is evidence against your diet being optimal. Mortality rates are actually higher when …

So does the New York Times owe an apology and a correction for this article? "Sitting, it would seem, is an independent pathology. Being sedentary for nine hours a day at the offic…

Anything that makes the user invest a bit in the reputation of their account before they are allowed to message strangers would do the trick. Charge $10 for signing up. Limit @-men…

Existing laws we already operate under have much more severe maximum penalties than people realize, and judges are (relatively) reasonable at applying them correctly. I don't think…

It seems what happened is that all the promising/useful areas of inquiry from ancient philosophy have since become their own fields. "Natural philosophy" became physics/biology/che…

"The dollar represents a claim against the government." What does this even mean? A claim means that I can turn in the piece of paper and get something back. I can turn in my coat …

No, that is not how banks work. You are not holding actual legal tender, your bank account is a credit with that specific bank that the bank promises to pay back to you with legal …

Similar thing happened with the original US dollar. After the Revolutionary War, everyone thought that the paper currency issued by the Continental Congress was going to be worthle…

I think it could make sense for the US government to provide a way to hold existing dollars in digital form, directly with the government. So I could go to a bank (or specially des…

> then there are a lot of people who can’t afford to pay. And therefore, as with a lot of media, having an advertising-supported model is the only rational model that can support b…

but the quality of their journalism is generally superb. What's an example to you of an article on a hot-point issue where you think the quality of their journalism was superb? And…

"We work in partnership with governments who release people from jail on condition that they work with Promise as an alternative to being in custody. We also provide support to peo…

I've been maintaining a compilation of articles arguing both sides of this issue -- https://countersearch.net/counter-articles#header-women-in-t... (Articles saying tech has a sexi…

"We really just need better public education" I agree 100% as long as you put me, or people of my worldview, in charge of the curriculum and personnel.

What about someone who commits auto theft? Seems like isolation is actually overkill and more inhumane than other forms of punishment. 24/7 GPS monitoring should suffice to make su…

It's cheap to point out the problems of a system with making a case for something that might work better. Answer my question: What should be done about the 20 year old man who robs…