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Excellent impromptu conversation.I appreciate Dr.Gawande’s candor and insights. It’s sad and disturbing to see years of progress be damaged by ignorant, short sighted politicians looking to settle scores.

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And it hurts everyone, including people who voted for him.

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Especially the poor red stated ones.

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I will never forget September 2020 when the CDC abruptly reversed their guidance on how the coronavirus was transmitted! As an RN at that time, had never known the CDC to report anything wrong. So of course was just shocked! But now, everything Trump is doing to cause endless harm to innocent lives gives me this horrendous overwhelming feeling! Like being on a merry-go-round and it won’t stop! Every morning I wake up and think, “What will he do today!?!” There is a meme I see every now and then on IG about nurses, “We can’t fix stupid, but we can sedate it.” Yep…Ugh

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Yes!…and duck tape can muffle the sound. It’s just so wrong on so many levels! I have no words

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Is there any point in writing letters to the White House or to Congress?

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That’s a good question. I honestly don’t know.

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Over the years, I have written endless letters to Congress and I have always gotten a written response back. However, not too sure Trump would be respond.

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If you do write a letter, maybe print several and mail it every week until you get a response? I was actually thinking about doing his. Couldn’t hurt.

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This was awesome! Thank you!

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Thanks!

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Listening again, because I just can’t believe all this loss! All because of a new President! Listening again has brought a 😢💔.

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Listening again!

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Dr. Faust, This was an important event. Thank you. Hopefully, it goes viral.

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Thanks so much for sharing your chat with Dr. Gawande. I so appreciate both your insights. I’m a retired RN who worked for an insurance company in the 1990’s and saw the impact when they changed from not for profit to for profit. The care the people got plummeted… like you said it went from care to transactional. This makes me scared and sad beyond words. It feels like what we heard Russia did during the Cold War years.

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I would think that writing your personal representatives might make an impact. I just discovered that Sheldon Whitehouse was law school roommate with Robert Kennedy Jr and won't go on record with opposing him--I realize that's domestic, but at this point I feel like all I can do is express myself to my personal representatives. I wish I knew how to make a difference in this unethical situation.

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And thank you for sharing this!

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Probably a silly question but I am trying to understand…..was this a program connected to WHO? Or a program just from the US? Baffled how Trump can just “end” this work.

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Important discussion - thank you both. Sharing widely..

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Well done and important. Thank you.

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Wonderful conversation-

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