Health and Sanity category archive
Both Sides Don’t 0
Thom discusses examples of false equivalencies in recent weeks.
Vaccine Nation 0
Snopes sets the record straight on yet another anti-VAXX lie on Muskrat media.
We are a society of stupid.
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.
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.
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.
Vaccine Nation 0
Speaking, we were earlier today, of refusing to learn the lessons of history . . . .
We are a society of stupid.
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.
Vaccine Nation 0
Thom runs the numbers.
Vaccine Nation 0
Florida Man decides that there must be witches around here somewhere, so let the witch hunt begin.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
Maskless Marauders 0
Northeastern University runs the COVID numbers and finds that “the median death rate for counties with the strongest Republican leaning was between 40% and 300% higher than the counties that leaned Democrat,” because, to be blunt, (these are my words, not theirs) some persons chose science and some persons chose stupid.
A snippet (emphasis added); follow the link for the rest.
We are a society of stupid.
Vaccine Nation 0
The writer of a letter to the editor of the New Orleans Advocate argues forcefully that anti-VAXXers do not have the right to endanger the populace. Here’s a bit:
Vaccine Nation 0
Republican Senator vows to endanger the troops by demanding an end to vaccine requirements for military personnel.
We are a society of stupid.
Vaccine Nation 0
An anti-VAXX twit tweets his or her* way into a bit of mess with his employer.
Aside:
I really don’t get these fools who claim vaccines don’t work. I can’t decide whether they are willfully blind or just plain stupid. Or maybe just plain willfully stupid.
They deny four centuries of history because what happened conflicts with what they want to believe.
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*Based on the description of the tweets, I’d give two to one on “his.”