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  1. Oct 2024
    1. The hardest to reach and most vulnerable populations are the ones left suffering, after everyone else looks away.
    2. dementia
    3. deformed bones or damaged brains, and they can struggle to hear, see or breathe.
    4. fundamental failure of public health capacity,"
    5. Since then, funding has remained anemic.
    6. The department also doesn't have anyone who can administer penicillin injections in the field;
    7. The decisions are often politically driven and can be detached from actual health needs.
    8. Syphilis had spread through her bones and lungs.
    9. hair loss is a symptom of syphilis.
    10. Then, there are the miscarriages, the stillbirths
    11. Six states have no prenatal screening requirement at all. Even in states that require three tests, public health officials say that many physicians aren't aware of the requirements.
  2. Jan 2023
  3. Apr 2021
    1. Rajiv reminded us that: “Openness can be leveraged for justice, but it can also do harm. Closed practices can also do harm, but there are times when closed is the empowered choice. Choice is key. We must serve justice, rather than merely being open.”
    1. Over the years, the machinery of targeted advertising has frequently been used for exploitation, discrimination, and harm. The ability to target people based on ethnicity, religion, gender, age, or ability allows discriminatory ads for jobs, housing, and credit. Targeting based on credit history—or characteristics systematically associated with it— enables predatory ads for high-interest loans. Targeting based on demographics, location, and political affiliation helps purveyors of politically motivated disinformation and voter suppression. All kinds of behavioral targeting increase the risk of convincing scams.

      a succinct summary of the harms of tracking and adtech