It’s a good idea to choose medical advice as carefully as you would buy a car. This is ought to go without saying. But don’t underestimate the power of human nature; people listen to what they want to hear, and shut out what they don’t want to hear. Dan Stock, M.D. (photo, left), s[...]
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August 11th, 2021 - 6:25 pm § in Health, Schools & Colleges
Choose Covid-19 advice carefully, and pray school officials do the same
August 10th, 2021 - 12:14 am § in Health
What we know about infections among vaccinated people
The Covid-19 pandemic is a dynamic challenge to our society. As new information keeps coming in, specialists improve their understanding, and as threats evolve in terms of new and more transmissible variants coupled with waning vaccine effectiveness, and rising “breakthrough” cases in va[...]
Florida governor doubles down on pushing mask choice
“In a move that escalated Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fight over mask mandates,” the governor threatened Monday “to withhold the salaries of superintendents and school board members who disregard the governor’s executive order prohibiting mask mandates for school districts,R[...]
A GOP congressman’s vaccine advice
From Huffington Post, Monday, August 9, 2021 (story here): “Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) is refusing to say whether he has received the COVID-19 vaccine, because he doesn’t want to be ‘taking sides on it.’ “The conservative congressman made his comments to a reporter from WKOW-TV in Ma[...]
August 8th, 2021 - 10:53 pm § in Health, Law and Courts
Can a judge condition probation on vaccination?
An Ohio judge gave a drug defendant 60 days to get vaccinated as a probation condition (read story here). The man apparently would rather go to jail, or at least his lawyers are waiting to see what the judge does after the 60 days are up, with no vaccination. So, how about that? Is this […][...]
August 8th, 2021 - 10:08 pm § in Health
8/8/21 Covid-19 status report
A gusher of bad news … 107,000 daily new cases, 66,000 in hospitals Ambitious GOP governors “gamble with children’s lives” (story here) Scientists warn a “doomsday” variant may be coming (story here) Florida children’s hospitals are “overwhelmed” (story here) Unvaccinated 2x[...]
Why Libertarians support vaccine mandates
Republican flag-waving and hooting about “freedom” notwithstanding, vaccine mandates “have been around since the very first days of the republic, claiming broad support and withstanding legal challenges,” a story on Huffington Post notes (read it here), adding, “This is[...]
Anti-vaxxer dies from Covid-19
He went fast, too. From Daily Beast (story here): “A GOP official from Texas who regularly espoused anti-vaccine and anti-mask views online has died from COVID-19, five days after posting a meme on Facebook questioning the wisdom of getting inoculated against COVID.” H. Scott Apley, 45,[...]
Beware this toxic plant
Poison hemlock spreads quickly, causes skin blisters if touched, and can be deadly if ingested — with no known antidote. Its leaves resemble those of ferns, its stems have purple spots, and it sprouts white flowers. This article explains how to recognize it, and what to do if it’s growin[...]
Personal freedom or the common good?
Even in America, “freedom” isn’t an absolute, but is complex and nuanced. We have to obey laws. We can’t drive as fast as we want to. Childhood immunizations are mandatory. You can be drafted into the military, and ordered to kill and be killed. And in 1905, in a case involvi[...]