Sorry to bust your bubble, but, having been to several hospitals lately, I can attest to the fact that the hospitals I visited all used junk units/ When the nurse asked me how tall I was, I said "168". She acted like she did not no what I was talking about. I stated several times that I am 75 kilograms and my temperature is 37 degrees, but nobody believed me and insisted on using devices measuring in junk units to get my vital statistics. I told the doctor I had lost 25 kilograms over the last three months, and he could not believe I would use kilograms. American medicine is not only the most expensive in the world, with worse outcomes than all other industrialized countries, but we are also losing one third of the deaths due to corona virus worldwide with only four percent of the population of this planet. I switch the scales to kilograms every time I go to the doctor, but it just makes me look weird and nobody seems to appreciate how much easier SI would be in a medical setting. MArk Henschel
<https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.avg.com%2Femail-signature%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dlink%26utm_campaign%3Dsig-email%26utm_content%3Dwebmail&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C5753790cc871462d0af208d7fe6bb8ed%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637257610927547187&sdata=EDtlaiMsiW%2FPL4d9Sf4Oe1OLayeczQDUyDIuwICgpkA%3D&reserved=0> Virus-free. https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.avg.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C5753790cc871462d0af208d7fe6bb8ed%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637257610927547187&sdata=hNXOh0isfUD15%2BFMhY%2BPv2RWfZ3U0RTUSBSevaaqwkU%3D&reserved=0 <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.avg.com%2Femail-signature%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dlink%26utm_campaign%3Dsig-email%26utm_content%3Dwebmail&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C5753790cc871462d0af208d7fe6bb8ed%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637257610927547187&sdata=EDtlaiMsiW%2FPL4d9Sf4Oe1OLayeczQDUyDIuwICgpkA%3D&reserved=0> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 10:27 AM Michael Payne <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe all US hospitals also use kilogram body mass and centimetres as > well as celsius. > > > On 20 May 2020, at 22:24, Martin Vlietstra <[email protected]> > wrote: > > In the UK hospitals use metric units for height and weight measurements > while in Australia everybody uses kilograms. Since Ancestry.com > <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fancestry.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C5753790cc871462d0af208d7fe6bb8ed%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637257610927547187&sdata=Wc3O7dxhUBvk9NormUTzn2QDYYwFe4e7xI1u2ebbwtE%3D&reserved=0> > is a world-wide organisation, it makes sense to give users the option of > either units. > > *From:* USMA [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Michael Payne > *Sent:* 20 May 2020 06:29 > *To:* USMA List Server > *Subject:* [USMA 1410] Ancestry survey > > I recently received a survey from Ancestry.com > <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fancestry.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C5753790cc871462d0af208d7fe6bb8ed%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637257610927557179&sdata=gG43kCg5a8f%2F8ytE%2FkhTw9hDhTWP4crWVCi4zTZh8qg%3D&reserved=0> > regarding > a genetic survey on Covid19, they want to see if anyone who’s had a DNA > test with Ancestry has had or been exposed to Covid 19. One of the > interesting aspects were when it got near the end of the survey they asked > for your height and weight, apart from “American Standard” as they termed > it you could choose metric which gave you the option of cm and kg for > height and weight. > > Mike Payne > > > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma > <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.avg.com%2Femail-signature%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dlink%26utm_campaign%3Dsig-email%26utm_content%3Dwebmail&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C5753790cc871462d0af208d7fe6bb8ed%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637257610927557179&sdata=HG7FOOLfC6yzpthhXYagvyMVyqRpAiNEXQFkXDHtfKk%3D&reserved=0> Virus-free. https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.avg.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C5753790cc871462d0af208d7fe6bb8ed%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637257610927557179&sdata=qq8ROwkRUqhFSuYNOi6k66xXo57cWKWesix5osaPY6I%3D&reserved=0 <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.avg.com%2Femail-signature%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dlink%26utm_campaign%3Dsig-email%26utm_content%3Dwebmail&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C5753790cc871462d0af208d7fe6bb8ed%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637257610927557179&sdata=HG7FOOLfC6yzpthhXYagvyMVyqRpAiNEXQFkXDHtfKk%3D&reserved=0> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
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