Category: Health
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RFK Jr. and the MAGA Death Trip
Paul Krugman on the GOP, Science, and Health The war on science is turning deadly PAUL KRUGMAN, FEB 6, 2025 In a better world Donald Trump’s musings about taking back the Panama Canal would lead him or people around him to study the canal’s history. They won’t, of course. But if they did they’d learn…
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Abortion as a Civil Right
Demonstrators protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 in Washington. (JOSE LUIS MAGANA / AP) Roe v. Wade got it right Legal History The Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade (1973) examined in depth the legal history of abortion. “It perhaps is not generally appreciated that the restrictive criminal abortion…
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Masks Are Routine
Airborne Covid Requires Them Wearing Masks Masks are routine protection against airborne infections in hospitals in the United States. Other countries like Japan have used them in public for to prevent illnesses as common as colds. “I think there are cultural differences in Asia as a whole. Mask use in Korea, in Japan, Taiwan, Singapore…
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An Accounting for Religion
What is Religion? Religion is mostly prehistoric: “The bulk of the human religious experience pre-dates written history.” 30,000 years of pre-history versus 7,000 years written. Prehistoric religious beliefs are credited since 35,000 BC, when burials began to include decoration of the body and accompanying artifacts.[1] Britannica describes religion generally as organized beliefs that guide a relationship…
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Voting in the Time of Corona
Absentee Ballots are the Future The first warning was the March 17 training video for the April 7 Spring Election. Hand sanitizer would be provided, but the supply was limited, and poll workers “should bring their own.” The Election Official Newsletter covered the initial public health recommendations that did not yet include masks. In-person training sessions…
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Life, for a Limited Time Only
Collected Quotes All my life, I’ve always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific. ― Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (1985) LifeAvailable for a limited time only.Limit one per person.Subject to change without notice.Provided as is.Enjoy! ― “Sometimes Why?” on The Second Album of…
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Healthcare in America
Collected Quotes Do You Want Fries with That? Taco Bell competes with Beverly [Enterprises] for those people.26― William R. Floyd, Chairman of the nation’s largest nursing home chain, referring to his low-wage nursing assistants, July 7, 2002 There really are an enormous number of similarities between this and the world I came from.26― Chairman Floyd again, on his…