Tweets on a single topic ("Epidemiology") published within a short period.
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Mar 26 2011: Epidemiology often leads to unpopular conclusions: that death is necessary and cures can be more destructive than the disease. [view in context] 3748
Mar 26 2011: The hidden factor in epidemiology is health care cost. Yes, we can keep people alive, but at what cost to the health of others? 3749
Mar 26 2011: Reducing childhood mortality doesn't help society if it results in a population explosion. 3750
Mar 26 2011: Trying to save the lives of individuals, at any cost, isn't necessarily healthy for society. 3751
Mar 26 2011: One preemie baby, kept alive in an incubator, can absorb resources that might have served hundreds of older children. 3752
Mar 26 2011: Once a new technology exists to keep people alive, it is politically unacceptable to not use it. 3753
Mar 26 2011: The only control on the runaway growth of medical technology (and its cost) is insurance companies saying "No." 3754
Mar 26 2011: As heartless as insurance companies may seem, they are much better at setting limits on health care than governments are. 3755
Mar 26 2011: Everyone hates cancer, but few can accept that you can "over-screen" for it, incurring more long-term costs than benefits. 3756
Mar 26 2011: Epidemiology is concerned with the health of whole populations, not individuals. Sadly, that health may depend on the weak dying. 3757
Mar 26 2011: Health care is America's biggest industry—and getting bigger!—but that doesn't mean that society as a whole is getting healthier. 3758
Mar 26 2011: The good of society is not just saving lives but preserving the quality of life for everyone. Sometimes those goals are incompatible. 3759
Mar 26 2011: #### End. This has been a 1-hour essay by the Bad Dalai Lama: "Epidemiology" [view in context]
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