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by jchallis 2489 days ago
In the initial formulation of the Gell-Mann effect, Michael Crichton noted that the coverage of show business was equally simplified.

From discussions with my wife, who is board certified in infectious diseases, newspaper coverage of the following topics are simplified to the point of losing the main point: antimicrobial resistance, any tropical disease from malaria to Ebola, organ rejection.

I think the problem is universal not specific.