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Snopes unpacks (yet another) lie about vaccines.

In related news, self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk is making noises about suing the Anti-Defamation League for ” (wait for it) exercising free speech.

And we have another example that “social” media isn’t.

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Woman to pharmacist:  What's the most common side effect of this drug.  Pharmacist:  Bankruptcy.

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The stupid. It metastasizes.

Researchers found that 30 percent of the 2,200 dog owners surveyed believed that canine vaccines were medically unnecessary and more than 20 percent believed that they were ineffective. Nearly 40 percent believed dog vaccinations to be unsafe, with 37 percent expressing the belief that some vaccines could even cause “canine autism”, despite no scientific evidence for vaccines causing this in dogs or humans.

Details of the delusional at the link.

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Rebecca Watson debunks RFK Jr.’s bunk.

Or you can read the transcript.

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Incubators of infection.

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The Los Angeles Times’s Michael Hiltzik points out that facts will never satisfy those committed to conspiracy theories.

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Honest to Betsy, these lying liar anti-vaxxers will latch onto anything to promote their perfidies and imperil the polity.

One more time, “social” media isn’t.

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Aside:

What flummoxes me most about the anit-vaxxers is that they are able to ignore over three two centuries of history, since the creation of the first smallpox vaccine through polio to measles to mumps, that prove vaccines work.

I’m old enough to remember pictures on my telly vision of children in iron lungs because of polio, then the vaccines came along and polio went away, for Pete’s sake.

We are a society of stupid.

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Rebecca Watson finds the notion of anyone’s trying to have a serious debate with anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. to be–er–ludicrous.

Or you can read the transcript.

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The Climates They Are a-Changing . . . 0

. . . and threats from climate-change deniers drove this TV meteorologist to leave has job. Here’s a bit frome the story in the Des Moines Register:

“18 years. 7 stations. 5 states. I am bidding farewell to TV to embark on a new journey dedicated to helping solve the climate crisis,” Gloninger said in the statement. “After a death threat stemming from my climate coverage last year and resulting PTSD, in addition to family health issues, I’ve decided to begin this journey now.”

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Dr. Peter Hotex is harassed in Houston for having the unmitigated gall to believe in proven fact.

I tell you, the stupid-larity is upon us.

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The News Recycle 0

Rebecca Watson looks at some recent reports about two apparently unrelated topics: UFOs and COVID. She argues that, as dissimilar as the topics may seem, the news reports have something in common: they are not “news,” they are warmed up leftovers. A bit:

      1. Both are masquerading as “news” when in fact there doesn’t appear to be any new information we didn’t already know for at least a year
      2. Both have no solid evidence to back them up . . .

Follow the link for solid evidence of the lack of evidence.

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Caption:  RFK Jr. throws his hat into the ring.  Image:  Boxing rink with corner pad labeled

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Food for Thought, It’s All about the Algorithm Dept. 0

At Psychology Today Blogs, Riccardo Dalle Grave discusses the association between “social” media and eating disorders in teens. He makes three main points; follow the link for his exploration.

  • The use of social networks is associated with body dissatisfaction and disordered eating.
  • Viewing and uploading photos and asking for negative feedback seem particularly problematic.
  • The parental role in ensuring their children’s safe and helpful use of social networks cannot be understated.

There’s nothing healthy about a culture which values self-promotion above all else.

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Frame One:  Woman with toothache speaks into phone,

Via Job’s Anger.

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Laurie Roberts reports on the Arizona state legislature’s decision to convene a coterie of COVID charlatans “examine federal, state and local efforts to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic.” She is not sanguine.

Here’s a tiny bit from her article; follow the link for her reasoning.

Looking at the lineup of elected leaders and “expert panelists” — not to mention the cryptic callout to QAnon — I’m guessing this august study group won’t be examining the nexus between Arizona’s low vaccination rate and our highest-in-the-nation death rate. One that rivals Peru.

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Oh! Look! A dating site for stupid people.

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

The Portland Press-Herald’s Victoria Hugo-Vidal muses on a proposal to deny MaineCare benefits to sick persons if they are not U. S. citizens. (MaineCare a form of insurance run by the state of Maine.) A snippet:

I don’t have a firm position on any of the bills before the Legislature; I’m not going to tell you how you or anyone else should vote. However, it does seem to me that denying someone who would otherwise qualify for MaineCare coverage, who meets income and residency requirements, purely on the basis of citizenship … doesn’t make a ton of sense.

I think a lot of the knee-jerk opposition to it comes down to racism and nativism . . . .

Methinks she makes some excellent points.

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Vaccine Nation, Planting Rumors Dept. 0

Snopes reports on anti-vaxxers who are fomenting fabrications about vegetation.

we are again reminded that “social” media isn’t.

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Rebecca Watson discusses the campaign of Robert Kennedy, Jr., a long-time anti-vaxxer, for the Democratic presidential nomination. An excerpt:

But Donald Trump proved that we absolutely cannot sit back and assume someone is too ridiculous to win the presidency.

. . . or you can read the transcript.

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