Health and Sanity category archive
Maskless Marauders 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Phil Zuckerman explores those who marauder under the sign of the cross. A snippet (emphasis in the original):
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Christian nationalism entails a decidedly conservative orientation that combines the following beliefs: that the United States is a Christian nation specifically favored by God; that the success of the United States is part of God’s divine plan; that God will punish the United States for allowing “sins” like abortion and gay marriage to remain legal; that scientists, health experts, and well-educated elites are not to be trusted; that faith is more reliable than scientific empiricism; and that the news media is corrupt.
Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0
It’s a DeSantis strategy.
Read the South Florida Sun-Sentinel article that Sam mentions in the video.
Maskless Marauders 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Thomas Henricks identifies several characteristics which characterize persons who refuse wear masks, in spite of the evidence that it may be the best weapon to combat the spread of COVID-19. Here is his list; follow the link for a detailed definition and description of each one.
- Denial.
- Fatalism.
- Fear of Change.
- The cult of self-interest.
- The shame-anger conversion.
- Group loyalty.
- Countervailing Information.
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
Websites wielding weaponized widgets perpetuate petabytes of prevarication in these viral times.
Maskless Marauders 0
Bill Parks is fed up.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
The Portland Press-Herald’s Bill Nemitz calls Maine Republicans’ hypocrisy in these viral times. A nugget:
And now, the party that serves as an incubator for so much misinformation and bile is suddenly wringing its hands that Mills may have infected her fellow Democrats? They lament that the governor, by inadvertently being exposed to COVID-19 and following every rule and recommendation to the letter in the days since, suddenly represents “a major health risk that must be dealt with at once?”
The Reopening 0
Afterthought:
I find it bittersweet to contemplate all the news stories about schools that have reopened only to find themselves infected yet again
Science is real. Pretending it isn’t doesn’t make it less real.
Maskless Marauders 0
In the Hartford Courant, a contributor who lost her aunt to COVID-19, tells of dealing with maskless morons in the retail establishment where she works. Here’s a bit:
More moments with morons at the link.
Fattening the Curve 0
Sam and his crew discuss the implications of overwhelming the capacity of hospital staff and beds in these viral times.
The Limits of Freedom 0
The writer of a letter to the editor of the Portland, Maine, Press-Herald has it figured out. A snippet; follow the link for some examples.
Many of those refusing to wear masks fail to realize that all freedoms have limits.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Afterthought:
You know, the harsh truth is that persons who don’t think like that, well, they won’t talk like that.
No Room at the Inn . . . 0
. . . in these viral times, at least in Minnesota.
The state’s capacity of open ICU beds has declined about one percentage point per day the past two weeks — raising the probability that some of the 408 ICU surge beds might need to be activated in unused hospital and nursing home wings.
And, yet, I know at least one person in my small circle who has fallen into the well of believing that COVID-19 is a hoax.
Just the Vaxx, Ma’am 0
Michael Ungar, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, strives to understand the mentality of anti-vaxxers. He suggests three factors to account for their denial of scientific and medical evidence. Some excerpts; follow the link for a detailed exploration of each.
- First, let’s deal with trust in science. . . . . when it comes to vaccinations, there are those who think they know more than the microbiologists who have spent lifetimes studying the minutiae of viral and bacterial infections. I can only attribute this mistrust to arrogance . . . .
- Second, anti-vaxxers have broken the social contract. Our individual resilience is always dependent on the resilience of the support systems we depend on.
- Third, anti-vaxxers are manipulating others to make themselves feel omnipotent.
Methinks he left out a fourth factor.
We are a society of stupid.