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Jeff Bezos evacuated off Galapagos for kidney stones

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Re: Jeff Bezos evacuated off Galapagos for kidney stones

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Galapagos: five stars. Kidney stones: zero stars Dammit Jeff. One is lowest number of stars. It's an arbitrary number. Anytime you see a review that starts "I wish I could give this zero stars..." you know you're dealing with a knucklehead.

An arbitrary number that makes crap products look artificially good. "3.5? How bad could it be?"

Re: Jeff Bezos evacuated off Galapagos for kidney stones

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If a US ambulance ride for 15 minutes costs $1,722 [1] then how much does evacuation via an Ecuadorian navy helicopter and then a jet back to a US hospital cost the insurer? [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/05/health/think-the-er-was-ex...

I think the plane was his, and was already there, so he probably picked up the tab for that one himself.

One thing to note is that there is a hospital at the location he was evacuated from, so if it was a true emergency, they could have operated right there.

Re: Jeff Bezos evacuated off Galapagos for kidney stones

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Galapagos: five stars. Kidney stones: zero stars Dammit Jeff. One is lowest number of stars. It's an arbitrary number. Anytime you see a review that starts "I wish I could give this zero stars..." you know you're dealing with a knucklehead.

If that were an actual Amazon review, he would base his entire review on the shipping experience instead of the actual product.

Re: Jeff Bezos evacuated off Galapagos for kidney stones

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post #3

If a US ambulance ride for 15 minutes costs $1,722 [1] then how much does evacuation via an Ecuadorian navy helicopter and then a jet back to a US hospital cost the insurer? [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/05/health/think-the-er-was-ex...

He probably flew Prime Air.

Re: Jeff Bezos evacuated off Galapagos for kidney stones

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If a US ambulance ride for 15 minutes costs $1,722 [1] then how much does evacuation via an Ecuadorian navy helicopter and then a jet back to a US hospital cost the insurer? [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/05/health/think-the-er-was-ex...

He probably flew Prime Air.

He could just have waited for some other diseases to appear and they would transport them for free!
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