Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong
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first heard Nov 2024
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No, no, it makes very much sense, because what happens is what spike does, it hijacks a thing called the ACE2 receptor. The ACE2 receptor is on the blood vessels of everything on your body. So now, because it hijacks that, it penetrates the blood-brain barrier. So there's now some side effects of mitochondrial dysfunction inside that.
And with mitochondrial dysfunction inside the brain, you truly have almost the equivalent of early Alzheimer's because you really forget stuff in different areas. So the immune system is a very complex system and it tries to fight it. And you're right, these monocytes ultimately are the source of... As they mature, they become things called dendritic cells.
So the problem is you totally understand this. You really need to be a very deep immunologist, not a virologist. So we have the wrong discipline addressing this issue of the COVID pandemic. And that's when I think I got dewarped because I was looking at it from a position of immunology.
Resignations of the leadership, you mean?
I don't think they've taken... Look, I can't tell the reporters what they have to say. That'll have to be an opinion piece. Of course, of course. But I personally have called out to say that incompetence matters and whatever you want to take that for. He's asking as a follow-on...
I agree. I do. I mean, I think the use of funds, I mean, I think you saw the controversy of the payment of the people the city hired, and I don't know to go into that. So what we've done at LA Times is try to create what we call a hub.
When we'll be releasing it the next week, an LA Times hub, where not only have best practices, you have subject matter experts, and you have a referral system of exactly practically what you have to do to actually get this done, but get it done safely.
I mean, I see people standing around and looking at, they don't realize that basically you're in a 9-11 situation where you know of all these problems Sadly, the first three ones all have cancer. And you're just exposing yourself to cellulosis, to the deep lung in terms of these particles. So I've created what we call the LA Times Hub, which will be a utility again of information sharing.
And you can then put in your email, put in your request, and we'll direct you to an expert so that you don't go through this bureaucratic mess. What would be best for the federal government is not only to create some centralized testing lab, some centralized systems that is actually cost effective, but be honest, just give the money directly to the homeowner.
Figure out a way where they can help him with insurance, help them with whatever they need. Because I think there'll be a lot of waste. And sadly, I hope there won't be fraud and abuse. But this is not a one year. This is a two to three to five year program that's going on.
$200 billion comes into the country, into California just for healthcare. $200 billion. And you have these people lying in the streets and you have, I think the Medicaid, Medicaid, $160 billion. It's outrageous, actually, for us to be... And we need to talk about this one day, is why is the United States with the lowest longevity rate compared to the rest of the world? Think about that.
The lowest longevity rate per capita is spent. And these are the kinds of questions that we need to ask. And now is the time. I really honestly believe I'm very excited about this time because people can ask hard questions and not be canceled. And that's what we need to do. Right. And just ask.
Should I drive you nuts now by telling you something? Go ahead.
So when we took over the St. Vincent's Medical Center downtown, you may know the daughter of the charity.
And we tried to, and the county, we tried to get it because there was no reimbursement for Medicaid patients. And Dr. Becerra tried to block us trying to get other people to help, believe it or not, when he was here. And we had to go to court and fight him and we won. But eventually we couldn't win enough to the point that the place closed down.
So when the place closed, I didn't want to, it's a beautiful house, we'll destroy it. So I've owned it empty. There's no hospital, empty for about now four years. I toured Gavin Newsom and I toured Karen Bass. And I said exactly what you just said.
why don't we take these hospital beds these rooms cut a wall with one of these two walls make them three three bedrooms whatever downstairs we have the emergency room we have this massive kitchen and could we could have mental health homes community right there in the poorest nation part of la three years ago i've done this every year every year every year nothing
Nothing, quite literally nothing. So when you say, and the reason I'm telling you this is because I've been telling them and arguing with them over both the phone and physically touring them. I don't understand, but we will spend the money and put $200,000 per hotel room. What's that going to do for you? Put homeless people in the hotel room and then do what?
So this is where we talk about competence matters. And I don't know what goes on around the underpinnings when you say the budget person said, don't worry, Fidel, we'll just print more money. It sounds like my newspaper. If we're losing money, that's okay. I should just print more money and allow that to run. That's what I meant by competence matters. Somebody's made a payroll.
People understand what we need to do to help for the common good for all. And I think that the opportunities now to make that change. And sadly, this fire really just epitomizes the need for really competent government, especially in California.
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