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  1. Perhaps Cavazzoni having joined the FDA under Trump's first go 'round was tapped by Pfizer board member Scott Gottlieb since he was head of the FDA while she was there. I mean it's not like the upper levels of government officials are going to mill around waiting to be fired or want to deal with the Teen Tech Toddlers looking over their shoulders and causing headaches--they're going to leave when opportunity knocks and it's going to be in their field, not ditch digging. Isn't this what was wanted? No people, no regulations, and everyone for themselves.
  2. Don't forget to add in the mothers of small children who have no daycare while they work. Pro Life! Family Values!
  3. I can do the chicken dance, that's all I got.
  4. (anecdotal) For our family, it's been very effective to get the annual shot. It's the secondary infections like pneumonia that are the real risk and as someone who has had that more than once, the prevention or resulting milder case of flu has been worth every penny. This anti-science death regime just doesn't give a damn until it's their own throat that's been strangled. Sickening.
  5. Damn this hits close to home. Got the flu shot and still got the flu and it still hit pretty hard. No shot or shortage and I'm going to be pissed.
  6. Since this thread has gone off the rails from The Trump Economy, I'd like to point out that there are so so very many ways in which women's lives are adversely affected in an economic sense that have NOTHING to do with the very small percentage of citizens who happen to be transgender and specifically male to female transgender. Employment, health care, education, child care, domestic violence, etc. Seems like those issues have a much broader and systemic effect over a woman's lifetime and after many strides were made over the last fifty years are facing a very real threat.
  7. Have a conversation with your pediatrician; IIRC, they will sometimes give infants <1 year a killed vaccine or some other type of inoculation that isn't quite as robust as the regular MMR, but during an outbreak can give some immunity. Since I'm hazy on the deets, talk to your doctor about it... The infant is 10 months old and most maternal immunity (even if breastfed) tends to wane by 5-6 months IIRC. It isn't a hard and fast condition, but some of the studies have indicated that measles immunity is usually nil by the earlier time frame I listed. Which is why infants can be severely affected--they normally don't get the first shot until 12-15 months of age, second shot around kindergarten age. God's will be done.
  8. Sad to say but the apostrophes have already surrendered.
  9. Well, the user name from a RW account should have been the tip off. While Mr. (I'm assigning a pronoun) Mad Maximus likely thinks of himself and identifies as the road warrior from the franchise; per usual he completely misses the point because his attitude is more along the lines of Toecutter or Immortan Joe, brutish selfish men for whom violence and oppression were breakfast foods upon which to feast. But then again, Mr. Maximus missing the point from a film is no surprise--liberal arts is one of those fancy dandy beta topics and comprehension above a six grade level not in his wheelhouse.
  10. With the measles cases at around 124 now, of course there is an internet push of disinformation by the anti-vaccine groups. Apparently the measles vaccine itself is responsible for the outbreak according to the Childrens' Defense Fund (the anti-vaccine group from which RFK Jr withdrew after being tabbed as Secretary). The Texas Dept. of Health has actually been testing all the cases and they've all been a known wild type strain and not the vaccine but health officials are going to be fighting on two fronts in trying to stop the spread.
  11. This is going to be skirting CR level commentary, but ya know most of the time when one has a business owner who quite blatantly inserts themselves into profiteering from taxpayer dollars and has associations that might be a leeeetle sketchy when it comes to foreign enterprise and agencies and unfriendlies, handing the system responsible for air travel to that person seems not only stupid but massively so. If I wanted to crater the airline industry so I could then buy them at discount and monopolize them even further, I'd be doing that too.
  12. I've been behind a little so SIAP, I wonder if Nazi appears when one says "Musk"
  13. In some states, over 25% of the population receives assistance. Fascism has no use for those who no longer contribute to capital so they must be relegated to the human capital stockpile of bodies that are a drain on the system. The elderly, women past childbearing age, the disabled, etc. That's fascism and the only remedy to it has already been prescribed over and over again.
  14. That was always an issue for 'out' groups (esp in the private sector)--can't join the CC because you're the wrong gender or ethnic group and thus miss the convos & plans that aren't ever 'on the record;' aren't invited to the National Prayer Breakfast (but Russians are); but everyone knows who wields the power and the out groups find out about everything after decisions have been made and damage has been wrought/riches have been gained.
  15. Hmmm, I see your point but considering that Kristi "Flamethrower" Noem is the Secretary of the Dept. of Homeland Security which oversees the Secret Service and also considering some of the issues surrounding the Jan 6 events (deleted texts etc), maybe they went with keeping a low profile?
  16. Indeed. It is old news. The new catch-all treatment for viruses, CWD, and ailments is this and I'm for it. The opportunity to say "it's piss," should never go to waste.
  17. The National Parks are visited by tourists outside of the U.S. too and the communities nearby will feel the economic loss in more than one way. Were it to go the way of the .01% private ownership, good luck with your little business being able to stay alive. Serfs serving the feudal lord don't make bank, they starve trying to please their liege lords and their whims.
  18. SIAP but I'm afraid that fondness for incorrect apostrophe placement continues from the First Term to the Second and has since spread among the Administration: As Ken White points out in another post, Edward Martin, Jr as the U.S. Attorney is not (supposed to be) the President's attorney but America's...given that Edward Martin Jr seems rather dim, perhaps he's been cribbing with Rudy.
  19. Are you sure that's not a file photo from A&M?
  20. Due to multiple bouts with pneumonia, the doctors usually run an x-ray on me to rule that out, but I will say that I've also had a couple of battles with pleurisy which sounds like an old person disease (it usually is) but can affect younger patients esp following a viral illness. It can make one fatigued, coughing is also a symptom, and if it gets bad enough it will feel like there is an elephant sitting on your chest. Anecdotal, but my experience was usually similar, docs would suggest bronchitis and to wait and in my case it was 50-50 that it would resolve or I'd have to go back because it was one or the other of those two I mentioned earlier. Antibiotics (for pneumonia) and steroids (for pleurisy) were the usual treatments. Hope she feels better soon.
  21. Lat year had a lot of lows and only a few highs for us so I didn't engage on here much; I tend to step away from the non face-to-face social activities when mental health needs a boost. This year isn't off to a great start, but taking each day as it comes has helped, so has getting outdoors, reading, other projects. I agree with the small acts of kindness, an interaction wherein you reach out and take that risk can go a long way in helping us help ourselves.
  22. Not surprised. Elon's a Donor not a Dad.
  23. Migrants are offered routine vaccinations by USBP if they don't already have them. For the MMR, I don't think they have to receive it, but apparently many do. Given there have been outbreaks such as the one in Chicago that was linked to *child refugees from Venezuela spreading measles at a shelter, it would certainly be a good idea for some outreach in the county, but it sounds like that isn't going to easily happen if they are understaffed. *one of the issues with children on the move, so to speak, is that the age at which the child should be receiving vaccinations has placed them in a transient environment, crowded places, and lots of virus opportunities. Plenty of people 'blame' the parents for this, but that is being incapable of seeing the big picture, nuance, and incredibly ignorant.
  24. When you say "deliberately planned," in terms of capacity limits, do you mean reducing numbers of visitors to NPs so those in the administration can say, "see no one visits the parks?" or to reduce revenue received by parks, or what? These parks are such treasures that I would really like to take Elon on a tour of one this spring, especially when the bears and their cubs come out of hibernation. I think he would be dumbstruck at the beauty of one of nature's creatures...and I am pretty sure I can outrun him.
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