Comments on: Poor and disadvantaged suffer greatly from poverty-caused neglected diseases https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/28/poor-and-disadvantaged-suffer/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:09:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Ticker https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/28/poor-and-disadvantaged-suffer/#comment-538802 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:09:38 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/28/poor-and-disadvantaged-suffer/#comment-538802 I’m going to pretend that DWB didn’t actually send him, and that he was sent by some US federal or state healthcare agency, and just happens to also do work for DWB.

I’m also going to shout “LALALA I CAN’T HEAR YOU!” while covering my ears, if you say that wasn’t the case.

It’s hard to maintain composure otherwise. Some things are too sad to believe.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/28/poor-and-disadvantaged-suffer/#comment-538801 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:28:30 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/28/poor-and-disadvantaged-suffer/#comment-538801 I knew an MD who worked with Doctors without borders who was once sent to Louisiana. To train doctors. I am not making this up.

]]> By: catgirl https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/28/poor-and-disadvantaged-suffer/#comment-538800 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:53:48 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/28/poor-and-disadvantaged-suffer/#comment-538800 Well, I think that some of those diseases can be treated with basic antibiotics. So is the problem with screening, or is that people don’t have access to antibiotics (maybe because they can’t afford them)? Either way, I agree with Michael’s point because it seems like some of these diseases could be easily treated with basic health care.

]]> By: Michael https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/28/poor-and-disadvantaged-suffer/#comment-538799 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:33:25 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/28/poor-and-disadvantaged-suffer/#comment-538799 I’d imagine one of the key driving factors is access to health care. Don’t know much about the specific diseases listed but you’d think even with the same conditions of living, if more people were able to get treatment sooner rather than later a lot of the damage might be minimised.

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