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Замечательная политика пенсионного и медицинского обеспечения привела к тому, что люди всем рогами и копытами упираются ходить на работу до последнего вздоха. Буквально. Хотя, вероятно, есть регионы, где больничный больше медианной зарплаты. Но и это не спасет при развале медзвена.
a disease that does not just strike infants and young children. And it is a disease that's on the rise. Since the 1980s, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of reported cases of pertussis, especially among 10 to 19 year-olds and infants younger than 5 months of age. In 2008, more than 13,000 cases of pertussis were reported — and we know that there are many more cases that go unreported.
Такая бегемотская политика выжимать соки до последнего рубля, привет! -- цены в аптеках и у лекарей, и бесконечно дисконтировать будущее положительной обратной связью разгоняют депопуляцию на восточной европейской равнине.
The second idea sounds even more far fetched. It involves going for a scenic flight in an unpressurised aircraft to 10,000 feet and staying up there, for at least half an hour. This treatment, which Auckland's paediatrician, Dr Cameron Grant, famously called "a myth" is standard treatment for whooping cough in the British Military - and has been for over 60 years, as described in these articles from the BMJ. Why?
Because it works. How does it work? No-one knows. Those who know it works, don't care how it works. A lot of older people in this country know that it works, and quite a few doctors have seen the evidence of it.
Again, you have to have your butt in the right place, right seat, right surgery, right doctor to be told to go flying.
They keep their heads below the parapet, obviously. Ask around. You'd be surprised how many ordinary people know, even if your regular Azithromycin-doctor falls off his chair laughing at your patently fruitloop ideas, and suggests a psychiatric evaluation instead.
What have you got to lose by flying?
Some money. Oh, yeah, and a cough.
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