Dang. I was hoping they perfected pancreatic beta islet transplantation... That is a terribly misleading title and a major click-bait let-down for Type 1s hopeful for an actual cure for diabetes.
There are people suggesting that it is a contributing factor. I am one of the people suggesting that. I do not know of any reliable sources saying it is the sole cause.
The link below to the San Diego Reader is the most strongly worded piece I have seen which makes such a claim. It starts with:
“The plastic bag ban is the main reason for the hepatitis outbreak,” says the homeless man who writes the Homeless Survival Guide. “The hepatitis outbreak was completely predictable — it's why I left San Diego.”
I am the author of the San Diego Homeless Survival Guide. The reporter interviewed me via email. I was misgendered and every quote from me in the piece is entirely fabricated. I wrote a piece addressing that and giving some actual quotes from the email interview:
I have been interviewed by two other reporters about the epidemic. I was homeless in San Diego County for over three years. I left the county before the bag ban was instituted and the epidemic occurred. I was in the Central Valley at that time and still homeless. Last month, I left California and got back into housing.
I was at one time pursuing an environmental studies degree. I am a certified life and health insurance specialist and processed accident claims for over five years. I also have a deadly medical condition. So, I don't think I am completely clueless, but the reason I have been interviewed about the epidemic three times is that I am the author of the San Diego Homeless Survival Guide.
If you know of actual medical or epidemiological experts or similar who claim this, I would like to see your source. If your source is the San Diego Reader, nothing in that article should be trusted.
Feel free to cite one or more experts, since there's a cite below (from someone investigating this outbreak!) stating that the bag ban had nothing to do with this.
But during an outreach trip by two Alpha Project workers on Wednesday, most of the homeless people the team encountered said they hadn’t noticed much of a change in behavior in terms of bag use.
Dr. Wilma Wooten, the county’s public health officer, said plastic bags haven’t come up as an issue during her team’s investigation of the outbreak.
I'd argue anything from that domain isn't really trustworthy. Especially since the first thing it asked me to do was subscribe to their newsletter and participate in their contests.
Come on now. This shouldn't be dismissed as trivial. The most critical component of Nightscout (#WeAreNotWaiting's OSS) is continuous glucose monitoring. THIS provides THAT. And all by (what sounds like) wearing an Apple Watch 3 or 4.
Right now I have to drive a 1.5 inch needle into my gut every time I need to swap out my subcutaneous sensor, which is 1/week. These sensors are made of platinum and other precious metals and are expensive, especially without insurance. Plus, you have a lil nub sticking off your body, not the worse thing but it can get caught in door frames and what not.
I'm wearing an Apple Watch right now that shows my glucose readings (217 --> for the other T1Ds ;]). If I could remove the sensor from the equation, maybe even be liberated from my iPhone every now and again, it would ease dealing with my condition a good amount.
Simply put, one needs to monitor glucose passively to allow for the closed loop artificial pancreas these guys are working towards. This technology would make that monitoring so much easier, cheaper, more efficient and less wasteful.
Are you currently using a CGM? I use the Dexcom G5 which has an iOS app and watch integration. I also have it set up to feed into a night scout instance and am working on a browser extension so I don't need to rely on the web interface so much (plus much more low key). I've found that I keep my watch on all night and really only charge it when in the shower and getting ready and it never seems to come close to dying. I literally just look at my watch and get my glucose. It's a game changer for sure.
I do have an integrated CGM but they're so goddamn itchy after the 3rd day, and they're designed to last 6 days. The cost of these things is too much to just use them for 3 days and change anyway.
This is great! As another diabetic, this type of software is HUGE in allowing those of us with dietary restrictions to eat with a bit more freedom, or maybe less anxiety. While nutrition labels are great, going out to eat means you're often left to guess how many carbs you're intaking. Anything that provides a more accurate assessment of my carb intake is great.
I am about to get my SCiO unit which provides a means of sampling small amounts of food to determine the nutrition facts. The minor issue here is that it doesn't provide much in so far as what the total amount of carbs is, only the carb density.
I could see this product working alongside a SCiO type device that can get the macro assessment of of food you're going to be eating, but then get the nitty details by hooking into the SCiO data on the spot. If bread is detected, "Please get more accurate details on your meal by sampling your bread with your SCiO-type unit".
oh wait, it's december. no i don't xD