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  2. Re: Ask Catherine, PROMIS health questionnaire…
    This is not the first time I have seen the PROMIS name on various health related questionnaires. No need to worry, it’s just our trustworthy NIH gathering data for their friends. Ugh.

    http://commonfund.nih.gov/promis/index

    Here is what they say on the website about Promis:
    The Common Fund’s Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) program created new paradigms for how clinical research information is collected, used, and reported. PROMIS addressed a need in the clinical research community for a rigorously tested patient reported outcome (PRO) measurement tool that uses recent advances in information technology, psychometrics, and qualitative, cognitive, and health survey research to measure PROs such as pain, fatigue, physical functioning, emotional distress, and social role participation that have a major impact on quality-of-life across a variety of chronic diseases. For current information about PROMIS, please visit the HealthMeasures website (link is external).

    It’s part of the commonfund programs. https://commonfund.nih.gov/programs
    Boy, that’s a rabbit hole that will make your head spin.

    I recommend that no one fills out any of these forms. Also I am seeing an uptick in people being offered Apps to help them lose weight or have better mental health. Just say NO to the convenience. If you want to keep a food diary, buy a cheap journal and keep a diary. Then you can meet with your nutritionist or doc and talk about it.

    Alison has an interesting guest article about health questionnaires, data and the change in children’s healthcare. on her site Wrench in the Gears
    https://wrenchinthegears.com/2022/11/22/looking-around-the-labyrinth-in-utah-a-guest-post-about-primary-promise-and-the-transformation-of-childrens-healthcare/

    Remember you are the one paying your doctor. You are in charge. If they don’t understand that, then find someone who does. It takes a while to find a healthcare practitioner or partner you can trust. The ones I trust would never send you home an NIH survey on purpose or give PROMIS your information.
    Have a great weekend,
    Jen

  4. Also, I just read Every Human Intention: Japan in the New Century, by Dreux Richard. The long section on the post-Fukushima review of the Nuclear Energy did not describe any Japanese official or scientist pounding the table the way the doctor you showed did about autopsies.

  6. What happens when a vaccine passport in China changes to “red” status? People nearby have 10 mins to flee from the person, before their “passport” turns red too. These videos belong in a compilation of CBDC passport consequences.

    https://twitter.com/songpinganq/status/1598511377152344065
    https://twitter.com/songpinganq/status/1594350532067475459
    https://twitter.com/songpinganq/status/1594990296537907200
    https://twitter.com/songpinganq/status/1594989938181050369

    1. Heard yesterday from a colleague/friend in Shanghai that the traffic light system has been lifted. I don’t have all the details. Seems like there’s still a certain amount of testing, but now people (tested positive) can quarantine at home (rather than be carted away to a camp). This person is extremely relieved.

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