When Republicans are in charge, you’re expendable. The GOP’s pandemic policy was to keep businesses open at all costs. Faced with the Covid-19 crisis, Republicans were willing to sacrifice Americans’ lives for business profits. They opposed workplace safety measures, such as closin[...]
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April 20th, 2022 - 2:23 am § in Health, Law and Courts
Does the judge who struck down airline mask mandates know what she’s doing?
“You’ve probably heard by now that Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, a Trump-appointed judge in Florida, issued a sweeping opinion striking down the Biden administration’s requirement that passengers wear masks on airplanes, trains, and similar methods of transportation,” Vox said here [...]
Why is a GOP legislator shocked her party’s candidate for governor stuck his hand up her dress?
That’s what Republicans are like now, and you have to expect it, ever since Trump gave them permission to do it. What am I talking about? Well, a lot of incidents, but the latest one is this: “Nebraska Republican state Sen. Julie Slama said she was ‘in shock’ when Donald Tru[...]
April 10th, 2022 - 1:55 pm § in Health
Covid-19 is still here, and not to be trifled with
Jarrett Banwart (photo), 59, of Seattle, got Covid-19 in March 2020 before vaccines were available. He survived, but two years later, still suffers from fatigue and other “long Covid” symptoms that keep him from going for bicycle rides or working regularly. He wonders if his Covid-19 ord[...]
Fox personality quietly sacked for “Dr. Mengele” remark
Rightwing firebrand Lara Logan (profile here, photo below) apparently has been pushed off Fox News after her infamous November 2021 remark comparing Dr. Fauci to Nazi doctor Joseph Mengele, who (among his other crimes) conducted cruel medical experiments on Jewish children (photo, right). This week,[...]
We’re not ready for the next pandemic, and don’t want to be
We humans aren’t exactly a suicidal species, but we come close. We’ve invented weapons to destroy ourselves. We regularly wage large wars that kill many of our own species. We refuse to stop destroying our own habitat. Climate change will end our way of life, but we’re not going t[...]
April 3rd, 2022 - 2:50 pm § in Health
Beware telemedicine fraud (video)
A phone call could cost you thousands of dollars. Watch this segment from the April 1, 2022, NBC Nightly News broadcast to learn how crooks exploit telemedicine to steal your money. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
April 3rd, 2022 - 2:36 pm § in Health
He’s protected against Covid-19 now
An unidentified German man got 90 shots of COVID-19 vaccine to sell vaccination cards, ABC News reported (read story here). “It was not immediately clear what … impact” this has had on his “personal health,” ABC News said. Presumably he either hasn’t gotten Covid-[...]
GOP candidate threatens doctors who refuse to prescribe ivermectin
A GOP candidate for Wisconsin attorney general says she’ll prosecute doctors for murder if they refuse to prescribe ivermectin to dying Covid-19 patients (read story here). Karen Mueller (photo, left), who runs a solo practice in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, also has brought lawsuits against mas[...]
Why America has an incurable doctor shortage
America has a doctor shortage that even qualified medical school graduates can’t fill. That’s partly because of a residency bottleneck. Residency is an essential part of a practicing physician’s training. But in 2021 there only 35,194 first-year residencies available for 42,508 new[...]