Health and Sanity category archive
Vaccine Nation 0
Unfortunately, there does not seem to be aany inoculation to protect from the Trump maladministration’s cyclone of stupid.
Suffer the Children 0
In Lawrence County, Tennessee, it’s now against the rules for students to miss school because they are sick.
Under this policy, when I had measles (it was before the measles vaccine, when I was in the fourth grade, not after RFK Jr.), I could have been “referred to” the court for being home sick with a fever, for Pete’s sake.
We are a society in regress.
Signs of the Times 0
Steve M suggests a revision.
What’s in a Name? 0
Froma Harrop looks at RFK Jr.’s regime as Secretary of Health and Human Services and concludes, well, not very much. A snippet:
Bobby is Exhibit A at what could go wrong when public servants are elevated by reason of birth.
Visit the link to learn why she says that.
Vaccine Nation 0
Measles is back. A snippet (emphasis added):
At least 1,277 confirmed cases have been identified in 38 states and Washington, D.C. Around 155 people have required hospitalization, with three individuals — two otherwise healthy children and one adult, all unvaccinated — having died so far.
(snip)
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 92 percent of those who have contracted measles were unvaccinated or had an unknown vaccination status.
We need a vaccine against stupid.
This New Gilded Age 0
John Oliver rips Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” and how it will make the rich richer and the poor even poorer. (Warning: Mild language.)
Via C&L, which has commentary.
Quacks In Command 0
Thom discusses the damage that the Trump maladministration is doing to public health and to the public’s health.
Vaccine Nation 0
Thom looks at how the Trump maladministration is undermining public health.
Lies and Lying Liars 0
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier is fed up with Republicans’ lying about dying.
Vaccine Nation 0
Thom discusses the Trump maladministration’s decision to cancel research into a vaccine against bird flu.
Today’s Republican Party does not care about–in fact, disdains–the concept of the general welfare.
Health Care Hallucinations 0
It sure sounds as if RFK Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again report was written with AI. Here’s the lede:
Seven of the cited sources don’t appear to exist at all.
And this guy’s in charge of HHS.
Much more at the link.
Health Care Deform 0
At the Washington Monthly, Thom Walsh explains why the Republican plan to increase “work requirements” for Medicaid is little more than a ploy to deny health care to persons who need it, all the while masquerading as guardians of the public purse, Here’s a tiny bit of his article:
Vaccine Nation 0
Farron comments on what happens when a science denier is put in charge of an agency that (supposedly) relies on science.