Re: Not always joking, it seems

"Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> Karl Johanson <karljohanson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> Why does it happen in other fields?  There are, for instance,
>>> expensive clothes and cheap clothes available for sale.  And
>>> expensive food and cheap food.  Similarly with almost everything
>>> else, except housing and medical care.
>
>> There's lots of cheep medical care, if you aren't concerned with
>> trivialities like useful evidence that the treatments are effective.
>> Some people will sell you water that they claim they shook.  Some
>> will wave their hands in the air over your body. Some of those folks
>> don't charge too much.
>
> Then it's unlike cheap food, which actually does nourish, and cheap
> clothing, which actually does keep you covered and warm.

Upon thinking about it, there are some very inexpensive evidence based 
medical procedures. Oral rehydration powder can prevent diahrrea deaths, 
for very little cost. Selenium can extend HIV infectee's lifespans 
substantially. I think Selenium laden yeast costs pennies per day.

Karl Johanson