During a checkup, they had the option for an eye screening (basically an iPhone app) that takes pictures and flags possible issues. The concerning part was that the nurse’s default was to offer to “skip” this exam since it wasn’t covered by insurance and many parents chose to for financial reasons.

We didn’t skip it, and it found the need for a correction. The first time with the glasses on still brings tears to my eyes rewatching the video. “I see everything!” as they went to look at everything they were missing. The under eye circles also resolved immediately after.

The developmental delays aren’t even the biggest issue. Your eyes learn to work together at a young age, and skipping the glasses can lead to permanent eye issues if not addressed early. Many children likely have a permanent disease that a checkbox and cheap pair of glasses would have prevented.

This is long overdue and in no world should we be training health care providers that early age eye health is “skippable”.

I’m not ok with it being the only option.

Just because you can allow it, doesn’t mean you should. I don’t want to live in a world where you need a PhD to avoid being scammed by increasingly sophisticated ploys. Data isn’t free anymore and the right questions are becoming harder to ask.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor

Do you really need someone to rhyme out why state actors do what they do?

Kramnik never let off the accelerator.