Really be calling for the end to capitalism rather than lets say redefining the notion of profit. Well you could be defined the notion of profit and you could have the government come in and the private sector say we make profit and you the government do important things like prepare for viruses that threaten bubbly tell but in american capitalism if you give this much power to the private sector they have always prevented the government from having the power and the resources to do these kinds of things and they do that for a simple reason that they are afraid of the government as a competitor that the government will come in and do things and lead to massive people do say well if the government is what prevents us from having a virus well then lets give more resources to the government to do these things so the private sector unlocks the power of the government to compensate for the limits of the private sector and i know its easy to criticize the trumpet ministration for its respons
Principle or rather what people do with their. Well i think its a little bit of both youre absolutely right capitalism comes in a variety of different understandings interpretations different concrete forms the american system is special in the way that it limits the government very extremely you only have a country like that is in britain and even britain doesnt do it as much as the United States so what we have here is a capitalism that is more or less a fair is more private spoke then anything else which is what the United States has tried to push around the world privatization privatization well now weve come full circle we see how private capitalism works and and im not alone in this it is a disaster the private capitalism does not prepare for the pandemic private capitalism is not able to contain the pandemic we are desperate as we compare ourselves to new zealand to vietnam to egypt and all these countries with this state is given an Important Role they were able to prepare and
Simple terms access gaudi fat basically isnt just a respect to so many diseases it appears to be something that a sexy immune system in an adverse way but im sure you would agree have admitted that it may be ok for the doctors to observe the a patients body type but its certainly considered it implied if not outright offensive to make any comments on a persons appearance especially. You know how he or she looks and i want you bad you know this social taboo is one of the reasons why it is so difficult to discuss this elephant in the room that access body fat in fact makes these virus so much deadlier and so much more dangerous yeah its a good point osama and i think as doc says we obviously have to be very sensitive in the way that we discuss these particular issues ive treated tens of thousands of patients and management. What i want to see straight with all the sex and the cheating many people with weight issues and not once have i ever had somebody complaining about i phrased it but
American system is special in the way that it limits the government very extremely the only other country like that is the britain and even britain doesnt do it as much as the United States so what we have here is a capitalism that is more or less a fair is more private spoke then anything else which is what the United States has tried to push around the world privatization privatization well now weve come full circle we see how private capitalism works and and im not alone in this it is a disaster the private capitalism did not prepare for the pandemic private capitalism is not able to contain the pandemic we are desperate as we compare ourselves to new zealand to vietnam to egypt and all these countries with this state is given an Important Role they were able to prepare and contain in a way that american capitalism could not what sound would argue that its not the job of private capital in our private enterprises to prepare for the pandemic and that i mean goal is making profit i kn
Coronavirus well to discuss that im now joined by. A consulting cardiologist bestselling author and one of the u. K. s leading active b. C. Can painters thats on the whole train so good to talk to you thank you very much for your time likewise ticks on i know that you are now writing your new book about the link between the worst complications from called at 19 and poor Metabolic Health and i heard you mention the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson as a manifestation of that what exactly do you mean. Well thats great important issues your phrase oxana so this is something ive been looking at so many months on life in the recess and they said and its quite clear 1st and foremost that people get seems to suffer the worst of it might seem almost certainly have some underlying condition and when you look at those conditions such as such diabetes i took their old really great seats. In lifestyle and more specifically what we put into a mouse the food that we eat and well you know how this b