Don't get me wrong, I am not a fan of the KSA government (really) - but I do work in disaster preparedness/planning and that also includes crowd management.
And from that perspective the Hajj is pretty impressive. The conditions even outside the worst summer heat are extreme, the crowd has often only minimal education, there is a huge language barrier, people tend to be somewhat vacantly.
Tbh, the Saudis do put in a lot of effort to provide at least some protection. And their infrastructure is mostly temporary.
But if you have tens of thousands of people extra it's not that easy to protect them as well - when you already shelter millions.
Tbh, the current ones are pretty fantastic - and I find 100€ for the B/W verso and 140€ for the colour one still "reasonably cheap".
So far they have eaten anything I gave them to read, work with calibre web (sadly only for download,not sync, but that's not PBs fault), support the German Onleihe (public library ebooks... fantastic system getting you hundred thousand of books,often for less than 20€/year or even free) and the battery is rock solid.
So,I don't really understand the point of the discussion.
I am an absolute early adopter with E-readers and can't remember any cheaper offers on readers that weren't Amazon's "bait" ads to sell you kindle unlimited,etc.
Actually there is afaik a biological reason:
Take it with a grain of salt,though - It's a long time since I attended these lectures.
The repeated insertion increases the need for lubrication(which increases sperm transport after ejaculations) and making sure the vaginal canal is opened fully.
Again, it's a long time ago I had that lecture and it might not be up-to-date,so someone please confirm this.
There is some evidence that ketamine combined with hallucination inducing agents like Shrooms can favour psychosis.
Additionally we know that inhibition reducing agents like MDMA combined with other drugs also increase the risk for psychosis.
He can surely buy a transplant - he will surely find a nice African or Central Asian fellow who will donate him one out of generosity and then the same fellow will find a bit of money on the street.
Or a less nice Chinese citizen with reduced freedom to live.
But that doesn't change the fact that transplants need tissue to connect to. You usually connect a kidney transplant directly to the bladder,but in some cases you can use a bit of a ureter.
But: For that to work you need uninflammed, structurally sound tissue.
Which often not present in these cases it seems.
So...he can get a transplant organ but it won't work surgically. In theory you can also connect the new ureter to the rectum - but that,combined with immunosuppressive medication is a no-go as well.
So... It's likely he wouldn't be able to get a surgically sound and midterm successful transplant. Just like Jobs couldn't be saved back then.
Yeah.
While I rarely work on the road these days I am a critical care paramedic by trade.
....and tbh, I did cry about some patients.
....the old nana who accidentally set herself ablaze a day before Christmas.
... The young lad who died a very gruesome death despite the efforts of over 50 rescuers.
... The 1 year old who died because the psychotic dad had stuffed his crib with blankets. (And dad was "clear" in the head when we arrived....imagine the pain he felt)
... And over the same dad when he hanged himself 6 months later.
There are a few more,worse ones, that I don't want to think back to
A bit of added hope: Ketamine directly caused hypertension. Not for long,but for a good amount. I literally shot a patient from 130/80 to 220/120 once.
That is not very good for the vessels in his heart and brain.
I frequently use it prehospitaly for analgesia and anaesthesia and Ketamine unlike other drugs as real bad effects being underdosed - so I tend to use rather large doses
And yet i. 25 years I have to manage to "overdose" someone that bad that they actually stop breathing without a second or third drug (Midazolam and Rocuronium for that matter).
Don't get me wrong, I am not a fan of the KSA government (really) - but I do work in disaster preparedness/planning and that also includes crowd management. And from that perspective the Hajj is pretty impressive. The conditions even outside the worst summer heat are extreme, the crowd has often only minimal education, there is a huge language barrier, people tend to be somewhat vacantly.
Read up on it, it's quite interesting.