by Hal Newman The latest in a countless series of grave warnings sent by email with an ever-changing list of signatories, this one was supposedly from a PhD MD RN MSc and opened with this phrase: “No one should take the swine flu vaccine-it is one of the most dangerous […]
Yearly Archives: 2009
15 posts
by Hal Newman For whatever reason, the national media haven’t quite zero-zeroed in on the realities associated with H1N1, the vax, and high-risk groups. Certainly, the tone of local and regional coverage has shifted from cautionary optimism to creeping negativity. Life-Saving H1N1 Drug Unavailable to Most CBS News OR, the […]
by Hal Newman It’s been a long while since this happened however it seems the story continues to have a serious impact on those with whom it’s shared. And that’s interesting in and of itself in that several colleagues have approached me recently because they’ve heard this story presented at […]
by Hal Newman I have a strange relationship with the Government of Quebec’s Health Insurance Agency. Every couple of years they declare me dead. They don’t actually check to see if I have pulse. No one comes over to verify whether I’m breathing – or not. They don’t even send […]
by Hal Newman I’ve been looking at medical surge as a series of ever-larger waves crashing ashore in that they continue picking up more and more debris and carrying that further inland until finally they begin to ebb. All the surge plans I’ve seen are based on the notion that […]
by Hal Newman Jamie Flanz was one of my medics. He lost his way after he left EMS and ended up affiliated with a biker gang. He was murdered as part of a massacre conducted by rival gang members. They singled Jamie out because he was a Jew and saved […]
A couple of weekends ago I was driving across the New Mexico high desert and singing along with the Village People for all I was worth with a big ole grin on my face and joy in my heart. The reasons were many and involved both past and present. I […]
by Hal Newman One of my close friends and colleagues in EM, Elizabeth Davis first introduced me to the concept of signing a thank you to the troops – starting with my hand over my heart and then putting my hand out – a thank you from the bottom of […]
by Hal Newman Despite the recent rah-rah session aka the Flu Summit in DC and all the good tidings that flowed forth from that ‘rather vacuous’ gathering, I have serious concerns about what awaits us as H1N1 circles the globe and comes streaming back towards us as a virulent mo-fo […]
A couple of weekends ago I was driving across the New Mexico high desert and singing along with the Village People for all I was worth with a big ole grin on my face and joy in my heart. The reasons were many and involved both past and present. I […]