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“ Someone involved in the naming process is
cackling every time they read about this”
@_TinaD is delighted, as many were, by the revelation that moons
can have moons and they are called moonmoons (20 October, p 10)
From Steve Skinner, Oak Flats, What other substitutions much better at 17 per cent and Having worked in the field,
New South Wales, Australia are found in alt-milks? up, even for cheap supermarket I know that devices in wide use,
The world’s economy does not brands, and tend to have less or such as blood glucose meters and
function, and in fact has never From Paul Whiteley, no bulking and “flavouring”. always-online vital sign monitors,
functioned, as Boyer imagines. Bittaford, Devon, UK Consumers should be careful contain easily identifiable patient
There cannot be free trade Chelsea Whyte lists alternatives that they are not being ripped data in unencrypted storage, and
when there is manipulation by to cow’s milk (22 September, p 22). off in the Wild West of milk use little or laughably insecure
governments to lower the value Potential convertees should be alternatives, and should always encryption and authentication to
of their currency, giving their cautious as not all alternatives a check the ingredients. send this information to patient
nation a competitive advantage re what they seem, with price not data management systems.
that is not reflected in the real necessarily being a helpful guide. Lack of IT hygiene puts Worse still, these are often
cost of production, or the quality Soya milk can contain as little patient data at risk connected to the hospital’s
of their products. as 5 per cent soya beans. The best corporate IT network rather than
Then there is the blunt refusal I’ve seen in the UK is 12 per cent. From Sam Edge, a separate secured one, while
of some governments to carry Similarly, almond milk can have Ringwood, Hampshire, UK unsecured Ethernet sockets on
the expenses of environmental wide ranging amounts of almonds I. Glenn Cohen and Alex Pearlman the same network are scattered
protection and the well-being of from as low as 2 per cent. I once rightly discuss ongoing concerns around the hospital, often in
workers. These conditions create saw some that had no almonds, about the ownership and use of areas such as waiting rooms.
unsustainable trade deficits. only almond flavouring! data from devices such as smart This is unlikely to change
Finally, free trade supposes The bulk of the liquid in dairy pills and medical devices until the law allows those who
honesty, yet the consistent milk alternatives, apart from the (29 September, p 22). are responsible, the upper
corruption and fraud in the global headline ingredient, is made up But equally of concern is the management of healthcare
financial system shows this does of corn starches, maltodextrins, almost total lack of “baked in” and organisations and manufacturers,
not exist internationally, and has gums and sweeteners, usually properly audited security in the to be personally and heavily
no prospect of existing in the apple juice, and added vitamins. storage, extraction and prosecuted for breaches or
foreseeable future. Continental soya milks fare transmission of the collected data. repeated audit failures. >
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