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Re:Loss of smell could be a 'highly reliable indicator' of C... by renewiltord on Friday October 02, 2020 @07:47PM (#24668199)
Oh really, imagine the counter-factual universe where we do. Where does the data come? You log on to HN and hear about how they determined that diabetes is associated with diet soda by linking your store purchases with medical records. Construct a hypothetical comment. What does it look like?

Imagine the front-page of the NYT in that counter-factual world. Imagine the outrage on Twitter. Now, choose to inhabit that counter-factual world by starting the company that does this. Good luck.

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Re:Loss of smell could be a 'highly reliable indicator' of C... by sudosysgen on Saturday October 03, 2020 @02:41AM (#24670114)
This can be done without being done by an insurance company to optimize profit margins.

For example, it's the kind of thing a pilot program in a country with socialized medicine could achieve.

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Re:Loss of smell could be a 'highly reliable indicator' of C... by dustinmoris on Saturday October 03, 2020 @03:53AM (#24670390)
> country with socialized medicine

What is socialised medicine?

Do you mean a country with affordable medicine? No need to invent some weird new names for it, we already have a perfectly fine word for that:

First world country.

If medicine is not affordable where you live, it’s a developing nation I’m afraid.

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Re:Loss of smell could be a 'highly reliable indicator' of C... by sudosysgen on Saturday October 03, 2020 @04:17PM (#24674401)
I agree, I'm Canadian :p

I'm just highlighting another advantage of public healthcare.

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