Sunday, August 2, 2020

Dr. Roy Poses Has It Just Right -- At Health Care Renewal: "Doing The Right Thing..."


On a quiet Sunday, here -- over a bowl of ripe summer cherries, some coffee. . . OJ and a banana -- we look backward, to 2007-08, when at a conference, we met Dr. Roy Poses. Smart man.

Over these ensuing twelve years, he has been a tireless, steady and sane voice, about the manifold dangers of conflicted interests -- primarily in hospital or provider settings.

Do go read it all, but as he was being interviewed about the at right graphical matters, her resignation was announced. I suspect his calm, steady voice had a role in her coming to the right decision. In any event, this lets you know that Moderna is well-run, from top to bottom -- and (in my opinion) is the clear leader, in the race for an effective vaccine:

. . . .In fact Dr Nabel made the announcement while Mr Satzman was in the final stages of writing his article. I know this because he had interviewed me about her conflict of interest earlier in the day. So I got to unexpectedly make a new comment:
'. . .She did the right thing. It eliminates one issue that could have led to unfounded skepticism about this trial, and this is a trial where people have to trust the results. . . .'
In fact, this is the only case I can recall in which a top leader of a academic health care institution resigned from a for-profit health care corporate board after the conflict of interest presented by board membership was publicly pointed out. . . .


Well done, Roy. [David Byrne had it just right: "same as it ever was" -- here's to you!] Onward, smiling widely now. . . with bike riding time next up, by the clear azure lake waters. . . .

नमस्ते

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