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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal> Second, as to why a story is covered is very subjective, what it deems worthy is really up to the media,</p><p class=MsoNormal>What ever form of press, numbers do matter.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:mdavisforalternatives@gmail.com">Matt Davis</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, August 26, 2020 2:40 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:matthewscottdavis1@gmail.com">Matt Davis</a><br><b>Subject: </b>The press, the media and more</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Again, it’s obvious that some of you have your own experiences about news coverage. But , at this point, I’m willing to try something new…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sometimes, a single individual’s story has made the media.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Since numbers do matter when writing a story, I’m curious, with some of you on this list if we can’t just take a simple count, say for the next week, of how many people already use a 530 G Medtronic pump? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And, Let’s just take a simple count of how many people have wanted a pump and don’t even look into it because of the lack of accessibility? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This starting information could give us something to build on. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>