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Connectioning Three Seemingly Disparate Pieces of Data

Dr. Amy Reed, an anesthesiologist from Boston, has advanced cancer, possibly spread by a device called a morcellator. According to highly –esteemed analyst Stephanie Pomboy of Macro Mavens, as quoted in Barron’s July 12 th 2014 edition, there are three million four hundred thousand (3,400,000) fewer fulltime workers now than before the Great Recession. The FDA is proposing regulation of cigar manufacturers and a stunning tax on cigars. How are these three things connected? Before we get into that, let us thank Dr. Amy Reed, who is battling Stage Four cancer, for raising the issue of the risks that may be associated with using the morbidly named “morcellator” in association with hysterectomies.   More on that here .   Dr. Reed is doing all women a big favor.   And thanks should also go to USA Today , and more particularly to America’s sole remaining conservative newspaper The Wall St. Journal for raising awareness sufficiently that the FDA had to look into it.   Thi