Vlad Mixich

Great article in the @nytimes about how #TikTok #Influencers can become #PublicHealth #Leaders on #mentalhealth issues. No bullshit, no academic highbrow, no shallow positivism, but a good real-life case study. Very curious to see how this turns out nytimes.com/2023/10/16/hea…

The sweetest symptom of #Happiness: summer at the seaside, the undesirableness of children's afternoon nap.

TRUE WEALTH (2nd Ed) Worriless sleeping Clear conscience Reciprocal gratitude Absence of envy Foamy coffee Crusty bread Inexperienced enemies Frequent laughs No meals alone No gym classes Gravel bicycling Good digestive functions No Zoom meetings Periodic surprises Nothing to hide: financial and fiscal tranquility Muscular strength & endurance Ability to nap Access to a hammock

'The choice for mankind lay between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness was better'[Orwell]. Now really, who can say that today, if people were given a choice between freedom and happiness in a 100% free referendum, they would not choose happiness?

We should try to turn EU into a positive & factual story for them as well. My generation has received a lot from this generous concept of a united Europe. Maybe the time has come to give something back. #EuropeDay #Europe

Whatever propaganda will do, my generation cannot forget this. But I know that for other generations the reality might be a bit different: for the older ones the EU might mean more isolation, for the younger ones it might mean less identity. 5/6

The European Union is far from perfect. But for my country and most of the former communist Eastern Europe countries, being part of the EU is one of the greatest opportunities in their history. As a child, I remember how we had to spend long hours (sometimes days) 1/6

one of my fav writers @JRMoehringer writes about his experience writing Prince Harry's memoir newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…

The global health community has lost sight of using HTA to inform scientific recs. The World Bank has no dedicated staff working on Disease Control Priorities or HTA. The WHO does not conduct HTA even as it continues to make global recommendations based on efficacy/effectiveness

Planck's principle: “scientific change does not occur because individual scientists change their mind, but rather that successive generations of scientists have different views”. In other words, long term progress would be impossible if the famous and powerful lived forever.

'People & populists', a case study:London restaurants curtail operating hours(acc @nytimes) bc short-staffed due to #Brexit.Only one of the #Brexit "great" effects. The guys mainly responsible for it, Boris & David, are out of the picture. Normal people left to enjoy the outcomes

Its boss, V Orban, promoted the jab using it on himself. I wonder how much of Sinopharm success is due to #China's soft power/diplomacy and how much to its real biological advantages. Still not enough is written about the COVID vaccine race and its geopolitical implications. 3/3

...had lower efficacy than others but it's easier to transport. It was donated or sold by the #Chinese in many Asian & African countries, with WHO being instrumental in part of its success. Only one EU country bought it: Hungary. (2/3)

A Chinese #pharma company (probably not as well known) registered the largest revenue in the industry in 2021: Sinopharm (source: financial reports analyzed by Genuine Impact). Pfizer & Roche complete the podium. Sinopharm #COVID19 vaccine... 🧵(1/3)

Saturday in a Romanian busy supermarket. Me (in half edgy voice): Please let me pass, you're blocking the way. Him: Sure, please. Me: Thanks. Him: With love. :)))

How #AI is already saving humanity: Facebook went dark side, Twitter is going nuts,other #socialnetworks are either sheer stupid or owned by hazy russian/chinese. Luckily #ChatGPT appeared in time to automatically write our genuine tweets/posts while we'll enjoy #zen calm life 😌

Today is #Austria arbitrary blocking #Romania #schengen accession, despite all the rules&agreements. Unfortunately we are moving fast into a political era in which agreements&rules don't matter anymore and today it's happening not in Russia,but in the heart of the European Union

When an EU 🇪🇺 member state denies the rights of another member state with no factual arguments & no legal basis, they are hitting hard at the very foundation of the European Union, directly helping Putin's & other autocracies agendas.