It is refreshing listening to Bennet Omalu, MD. Omalu is the real hero of the story; he makes
me wear my MD hat with proudness. The
interview given by Eric Topol is very enlightening and helps to understand what
life is about. Topol was fired at the
Cleveland Clinic when he went on against Merck and the Cleveland Clinic for
using drugs that created more harm than the opposite:
Topol's advocacy on the subject led to what the New York Times described
as an "unusually public dispute" with the Cleveland Clinic's
leadership over ties between the academic institution and the pharmaceutical
industry, ultimately leading to Topol's departure from the Clinic after his
administrative position as head of the Clinic's academic program was abolished.
What does it have to do with triathlon? Triathlon is not a contact sport but
competing in places without organization and contaminated as it would be the
case of Rio endangers competitors.
Organizers do not care about the problems the athletes will have. Triathletes do not speak clearly about this
danger because they already competed in Beijing, and they are afraid of
mentioning the dangers to authorities.
Fighting against our corrupted Federations is a parallel to what
happened to Bennet and Topol. We have written
an article regarding Topol:
21 déc. 2012
Bennet makes me rethink what we do as human beings: “Do
what you need to do if you are seeing things.”
He was misjudged because he is an African. He suffered the “white
privilege,” and was able to survive it.
Thanks man! Your actions help us
to stay human.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/856308
The address is for Topol´s interview with Omalu in medscape. Below is Will Smith with Omalu
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