Health and Sanity category archive
This New Gilded Age 0
Sam and the crew discuss AOC’s masterful calling out a CVS executive for monopoly practices.
Vaccine Nation 0
Mary Trump looks at RFK Jr.’s disregard of history so as to make epidemics great again.
Suffer the Children, Vaccine Nation Dept. 0
Once again, we are reminded that that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value. Dr. Leah Luckeroth points out that
Follow the link for her reasoning.
Vaccine Nation 0
Bloomberg’s Lisa Jarvis looks at the potential results of RFK Jr.’s choosing to ignore over almost three centuries of evidence that vaccines work.
Vaccine Nation 0
And that future is already our present.
Afterthought:
I was a young ‘un before measles vaccines. Measles were considered almost a rite of passage for children back then. I can tell you, measles is not a fun way to get out of going to school.
And now today’s Republican Party wants to bring that past into our present.
Vaccine Nation 0
David discusses how Donald Trump and RFK Jr. have made measles great again.
Was “Republican Family Values”
Always a Misdirection Play?*
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Thom argues that Republicans have shown that what they value is money, not families.
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*You bet your sweet bippy it was.
The Republican Health Care Plan:
“You’re on Your Own, Buddy”
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Sam and the crew discuss the Republican nothingburger.
Aside:
If you wonder why the Party of the New Secesh is so determined to destroy the Affordable Care Act, dubbed “Obamnacare” by the Republican Party, I think the answer is quite simple.
Barrack Obama is not white.
And he is a Democrat.
Every time the Party of the New Secesh hear the word, “Obamacare”–a word which they coined, mind you–it reminds them that a not-white Democrat crafted a somewhat successful plan to make America’s health care you-can-hardly-call-it-a system a little fairer, and it drives them nuts.
They just want to make it go away.
But that’s just my take.
Republican Thought Police 0
Rebecca Watson comments on a recent ruling by the Supreme Supremacist Court.
Or you can read the transcript.
Suffer the Children 0
As I have pointed out before, that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value.
Mary Trump runs the numbers from the Trump maladministration’s campaign of mean for the sake of mean.
Outing the Quackery 0
Farron discusses a study that–er–casts doubt on RFK Jr.’s claim that Tylenol is somehow magically linked to autism.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Competent therapists? At Psychology Today Blogs, Marlynn Wei points out that “(n)ew research reveals AI companions handled teen mental health crises correctly only 22% of the time.”
Vaccine Nation 0
We have over two centuries of evidence that vaccines work. When, for example, was the last time you’ve heard of someone suffering from small pox?
Yet, a growing percentage of the population, perhaps inspired by a faulty paper that appeared in The Lancet almost three decades ago, deny scientific fact.
At Psychology Today Blogs, JoAnn Stevelos takes a look at why persons are susceptible to falsehoods about vaccines. She makes three main points:
- Public health involves clean water, safe food, air, and vaccines.
- Vaccine risks are rare; disease risks are higher.
- Misinformation spreads fast; trust clinicians and transparent safety systems.
Follow the link for a detailed exploration of each one.
The Medicine Show 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Vanessa LoBue notes that “. . . blaming mothers for autism is as old as the diagnosis itself” and goes on to debunk de bunk spread by flawed research and the Trump maladministration.