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   Tim Verstynen (tdverstynen@neuromatch.social)'s status on Saturday, 09-Mar-2024 01:57:18 JST Tim Verstynen

   Example #3412 of why the US healthcare system is toxic and harmful:

   The last time I got COVID it chewed up 11% of my small vessel lung capacity, giving me permanent asthma. My doctor agreed that I absolutely need to take Paxlovid whenever I get COVID to avoid further lung damage.

   So, this week I got COVID.

   When my partner went to our pharmacy to pick it up, we were told that our insurance would only cover $300 of the $1600 charge. So basically CVS Caremark (and Pfizer) is extorting me $1300 on a literal life saving medication because they can.

   Meanwhile, their CEO alone got compensated $21.3M last year. Corporate greed is literally killing people.

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   Albert ARIBAUD ✎ (aaribaud@mastodon.art)'s status on Friday, 16-Jun-2023 20:01:11 JST Albert ARIBAUD ✎

   in reply to

   @kwantumkraut @veronica I suspect another comparison to diving is the issue with sudden pressure drop: whether you go back to the sea surface or go from 1 atm to the void, too steep a pressure drop may cause gasses in the blood to form bubbles and cause damage.

   So maybe a spationaut might need to be exposed to progressive pressure lowering before going into the void out of a suit (but with ox)

   And a void exposure survivor would possibly need to be put in a pressurized chamber for a while.