Government as a protector of health goes way back
The U.S. public health service got its start in the 1700s service cared for seamen who were sick or injured.
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Selena Simmons-Duffin,
NPR,
13 May 2025
Lunde had joined the merchant fleet as a seaman in 1934.
This date is also supported by a notice to mariners, but it should be taken as notional rather than something to be confident in.
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ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 May 2025
The high costs that come with building a military and commercial vessel have been a major barrier—alongside a shortage of mariners—in getting the U.S. shipbuilding industry back up to speed with its Chinese counterparts.
Hundreds of refugees began rushing the rowboats; once those were filled, the oarsmen, worried about capsizing and afraid of being stranded, began beating people back.
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Casey Cep,
The New Yorker,
24 June 2024
Elsewhere in Europe, graphic designer Tormod Fjeld uncovered Bronze Age rock paintings of an animal, a boat with oarsmen and several human figures while hiking in southeastern Norway.
That's not a time to drop the oars and just go with the flow.
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Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Someone was even sent to prison after the 2012 race — no, not for getting over-eager with an oar, but for protesting against elitism and government cuts.
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