Equity · Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Rook Abassi discusses the friction individuals experience when seeking necessary health knowledge, citing fear and a lack of trust as significant barriers. He believes the current system makes it unnecessarily difficult for people to get the information they need for self-care, an issue that needs to be resolved.
“have you ever had a friend who maybe told you like, oh, hey, like, you know, something's like off with my health and, um, I don't know what it is. And like one of your first responses, like, hey, you should like just go get that checked out. And they had a fear, and they don't want to do it.”
“And it's like, it's such a like, how crazy that we live in a system where there's such a like friction about, like getting the knowledge that you need to take care of yourself. Like that needs to be solved and a trust.”