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Long Life

“A long life has become perfectly normal.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria 1988 Subtitle “The Meaning of Health Scares” The picture is not showing up on some of my subscribers emails. I’m trying a change of order to see if that will make it work. It won’t, but if you are a subscriber to SimonBurrow.com please let me know if the the photo showed up in the email. You can email me at simonburrow@mac.com or send a message using the blog. Also let me know if… Read More »Long Life

Somatization Disorder

“Somatization Disorder, formerly hypochondria, is to worry about a disease you don’t have and is itself a disease.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria 1988 Subtitle “The Meaning of Health Scares”

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Easy Wisdom

“Wisdom after the event is by far the easiest kind of wisdom to attain, and by far the least useful.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria 1988 Subtitle “The Meaning of Health Scares”

Pandemic Panic

Many in government are effectively addicted to demonstrating how cautious they are in matters related to the pandemic. They have incentives to overreact because it is what gives them press coverage.

No Coincidence?

“It is surely no coincidence that everyone in Britain drinks tea, and everyone there dies.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria 1988 Subtitle “The Meaning of Health Scares” This is a not so subtle illustration of the often ignored truth that correlation does not prove causation.

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Over Reaction

“It is common to over react.” “Like the tourists who cancel holidays in Greece because a bomb has gone off in Cairo.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria 1988 Subtitle “The Meaning of Health Scares”

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Covid Humor

Although COVID-19 spreads mostly via the mouth and nose, scientist now conclude that the greatest risk comes from assholes. We should be celebrating the fact that we have vaccinated about 90% of the at risk population. Instead we are still trying to blame the other side of the political/economic/cultural divide. This is a major victory. A vaccine that stops people from dying was developed in record time and in less than nine months we got the vast majority of the at risk population vaccinated. We… Read More »Covid Humor

Suffering

“Frantic activity in the face of the inevitable …is another cause of unnecessary suffering.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria 1988 Subtitle “The Meaning of Health Scares

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Surprise

“Health care is an unimportant component of the good life tout court.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria 1988 Subtitle “The Meaning of Health Scares

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Hand Washing

“Wash your hands like you’ve been slicing jalapenos and you need to take your contacts out.” Sign in a restaurant restroom in Hood River, Oregon.