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Reality of Illness

The reality of illness and random views on other stuff.

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The Corrs or The Cure?

Apologies for the deliberate pop music pun but a serious question nonetheless.

So where is the app?

A great question which I shall answer in general terms which I hope may allow readers to see between the lines?

Common as muck

I recently read the term ‘common illness’ and thought I would explore this term.

Whose side is your body on?

We are frequently led to believe our body can go awry and wishes us dead.

Evolution

This is not anything to do with Darwin but looks at how ideas and definitions evolve in light of new input with ideas, theories or discoveries.

What would you put on your skin?

Given the skin is your largest organ what would you personally slather, squirt or rub onto it?

Illness for profit

The first time I heard someone say: “You do realise it’s not in the medical profession’s interest to cure you?” I thought: ‘How stupid this person is.’

What is your percentage?

I decided to analyse my Facebook doom-scroll feed recently as an exercise in telling myself how much I really don’t need Facebook in my life.

Moving the goalposts

It occurred to me that the medical profession has always systematically moved the goalposts to suit themselves and always to justify more treatments.

Close contagion of the third kind.

All of us grew up taking contagion as a given.

Giving or taking?

Just suppose that AI is a tool that seduces you into engaging with it just so it can profile you.