Every now and then I come across someone online who is mistrustful. They don’t trust the government, or the World Health Organization, or the traditional media, or the Centres for Disease Control, or even fact checkers. I can understand why someone would have their doubts about some of the actions of these institutions, but we […]
Tag: health
In Pretty Good Shape For the Shape I’m In
Doctors, please stop using the Body Mass Index. I recently posted a meme on Facebook that said “According to the BMI chart, I’m too short.” I intended it to raise a laugh, and it did. The joke is that we all know there is something wrong with the chart. I’m a short 67-year-old with osteoporosis, […]