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Vaccine Nation 0

Yet another reminder that “social” media isn’t.

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Vaccine Nation 0

We need a vaccine against lies and lying liars on the Disinformation Superhighway.

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Exploitation Nation 0

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The Disinformation Superhighway Meets Vaccine Nation . . . . 0

. . . and become the pathway for perfidious propaganda putting you in peril

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Debtification 0

At the Idaho State Journal, Jesse Robison makes the case that our health care system does one thing very, very well.

Dr. Rishi Manchanda said it well, “We have a health care system almost perfectly designed to create debt.”

And create debt it does: According to a February 2022 Consumer Credit Report, Americans are carrying $88 billion in medical debt, and that number is significantly underreported. Over 20 percent of U.S. adults have medical debt. Excessive medical costs are the primary cause of bankruptcy in America partially caused by deceptive Swiss cheese insurance policies.

Follow the link for his reasoning.

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Vaccine Nation 0

Sam and his crew dissect the latest lie from the anti-VAX idiots.

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Sam and his crew dissect another lie from James O’Keefe’s inaptly named Project Veritas.

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Both Sides Don’t 0

Thom discusses examples of false equivalencies in recent weeks.

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Snopes sets the record straight on yet another anti-VAXX lie on Muskrat media.

We are a society of stupid.

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Vaccine Nation 0

(Warning: Short commercial at the end.)

Aside:

I still remember how lousy I felt when I had 10-day measles back in the olden days, a long time ago, when I was a young ‘un. I missed over a week of fourth grade, and my mind retains a snapshot of my looking out a window at a rainy spring day as my fever spiked.

It appalls me that some parents today are so ignorant and stupid as to wish that on their children because they believe lies spouted by equally ignorant and stupid persons motivated solely by a political agenda.

Speaking of ignorant and stupid, we are a society of ignorant and stupid.

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Vaccine Nation 0

Florida Man says, “To hell with science.”

The stupid. It burns.

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The Privatization Scam 0

John Geyman explains what “Medicare Advantage” should more properly be described as Medicare Disadvantage.

Here’s one of the reasons he cites; follow the link for the rest.

Private insurers regularly profiteer by getting chart reviews of enrollees to find additional diagnoses in order to increase their risk scores and overstate the severity of their illnesses, then “upcoding” their bills to gain higher reimbursements. Through this kind of risk adjustment, Medicare Advantage plans have cost taxpayers and the federal government $143 billion more than traditional Medicare over the past 12 years.

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The Disinformation Superhighway 0

At the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Brad Baldwin makes a persuasive case that the flood of mis- and disinformation on “social” media is a major reason why persons vote against their own (and the country’s) best interests.

I commend his piece to your attention.

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Twits on Twitter, Vaccine Nation Dept. 0

Yet another lying twit.

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Vaccine Nation 0

Speaking, we were earlier today, of refusing to learn the lessons of history . . . .

We are a society of stupid.

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Normalizing Nastiness 0

Emma talks with with Andy Campbell about the “Proud Boys.”

Aside:

I think Emma’s comparing this to frat boy culture is quite on point.

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Vaccine Nation 0

An empty suit.

The stupid.

It burns.

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Vaccine Nation 0

Thom runs the numbers.

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Maskless Marauders 0

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Vaccine Nation 0

Florida Man decides that there must be witches around here somewhere, so let the witch hunt begin.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

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