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Health and Sanity category archive

“The Arc of Deductibles” 0

Thom talks with Wendell Potter about the current state of health insurance.

Visit Wendell Potter’s Center for Health and Democracy.

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No Smoke, No Gun, No Smoking Gun 0

David debunks the bunkum about Dr. Fauci’s emails. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)

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Maskless Marauders, False Equivalences Dept. 0

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Vaccine Nation 0

The stupid.

It burns.

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Vaccine Nation 0

At The Sacramento Bee, Catherine Flores-Martin is disturbed at the amount of anti-vaxx hooey being propagated on “social” media. Here’s a snippet; follow the link for the rest.

Coordinated campaigns by the anti-vaccine industry to propagate disinformation are threatening national progress and the health of individuals. Leaders in the anti-vaccine space are exploiting social media platforms and targeting communities who are susceptible to their messaging due to long-held distrust in the government or organized medicine.

These individuals are not credible health experts or medical professionals. In truth, they are irresponsible “influencers” peddling disreputable medical advice that lacks evidence and scientific basis. By spreading disinformation that plays on people’s fears, they’ve created lucrative networks and channels of promotion from which to sell books, solicit donations and generate advertising revenue.

One more time, “social” media isn’t.

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Maskless Marauders 0

Marauders in paradise.

And an extra added bonus marauder.

The stupid. It burns.

Afterthought:

I really don’t get it. I can’t say that I like wearing a mask, but it’s the most minimal of minimal inconveniences.

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Follow the Money 0

At Above the Law, Joe Patrice looks at a law firm that’s cashing in on representing maskless marauders and anti-vaxxers.

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Vaccine Nation 0

Kyle Whitmire looks at Alabama’s recent ban on vaccine passports immunization records and concludes that it is a bill passed by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing (except potential fodder for campaign rhetoric).

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Vaccine Nation 0

The evidence that we are a society of stupid continues to mount.

A Tennessee motorist who allegedly nearly hit multiple workers at a COVID-19 vaccination station told police that she drove through the site to protest distribution of the vaccine, according to an arrest report.

Details at the link.

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Maskless Marauders 0

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Maskless Marauders 0

Steve M. is hot on the trail of a false equivalence.

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Vaccine Nation 0

Man and woman watching Fox News.  Woman says,

Via Juanita Jean.

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Vaccine Nation 0

At the San Francisco Chronicle, a doctor, whose own father fell victim to COVID-19, reports on a (surprisingly) civil conversation he had with an anti-vaxxer.

The article defies summary or excerpt. Just read it.

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It’s All about the Algorithm 0

A reporter for SFGate tested Youtube’s algorithm and determined that you are just three clicks from the rabbit hole.

Aside:

When I visit Youtube, I turn off autoplay.

After a short while, Youtube turns it back on.

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Vaccine Nation 0

The Rude One has had it.

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Maskless Marauders 0

A marauder throws a hissy-fit.

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Maskless Marauders 0

A moment of Venn.

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Targeted Marketing 0

MAGA-hatted man at gas station putting gasoline into plastic bags.  A shadowy figure leans out from behind a gas pump and says,

Via Job’s Anger.

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Freedom of Screech 0

Just the vaxx, ma’am.

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Maskless Marauders 0

Florida Man.

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