To explain, class and wealth or rather perceived class and wealth has a significant impact on how we react and interact with others. These differences have been seen in kids as young as 3 years old.
On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think so. I think that that sort of reaction is more hardwired > into our system rather than anything that's necessarily corporate. > > On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Eric Roberts > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I think it is all symptomatic of the same problem Dana. The rich and >> corporatist America get taken care of. The rest of us get screwed. Welcome >> to the fascist police state...if you are not rich or you are not a >> corporation...you "das untermenschen" >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dana [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 9:06 AM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: social class determines results of medical tests >> >> >> Here's one reason I'm having trouble getting worked up about a strip search. >> I have been reading up on Anna Brown's case with a growing sense of outrage. >> Discovering that Dick Cheney was diagnosed with the same condition just >> makes it more special. >> >> http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/guest-commentary-dick-cheney-and-anna-b >> rown/article_900161a6-9c8e-5b6d-b7fe-5770bdb2f8fe.html >> >> Since I've had this condition and still take coumadin for it, I appreciate >> the significance of the ultrasound test. It means they actually correctly >> suspected a DVT but failed to take the next diagnostic step. The fact that >> the woman died means that the blood clot had already moved from her legs to >> her lungs. This is a common and lethal complication of DVT. And they didn't >> bother to look for it. Most likely the cost of a CAT scan was a factor, but >> there's a blood test that is fairly effective as a screening tool. >> >> Since this condition is incredibly under-diagnosed it's not unusual to need >> to keep going back to the ER, I think I had to go seven or eight times. So >> this isn't simple racism -- it's also ignorance and poor medical protocols. >> However. I feel the need to make the comparison. >> >> I went to the ER seven times and was diagnosed in time to save my life. And >> by the way, they told me it was a close call. This woman goes back three >> times and is ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING. >> >> The police say they thought she was a drug seeker. Even supposing she was, >> as opposed to dying and desperate -- is that any reason to drag her into the >> police station by her arms? >> >> The hospital said something about "complex social problems." OK sure, Anna >> Brown had some of those. What killed her, though, was a medical system that >> decided she wasn't worth doing a diagnostic scan that would have established >> that she had a curable condition that could have been treated with a >> prescription that retails for $9 a month at WalMart. >> >> >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349476 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
