The worst states for children are those with the most restrictive abortion laws, CNN says (story here). Most of the 21 states with anti-abortion laws waiting for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade “fall into the bottom half of state rankings on a wide array of measures tracking the well[...]
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November 4th, 2021 - 11:00 pm § in Health, Schools & Colleges
Fired anti-vax coach questions WSU’s process
Ex-WSU football coach Nick Rolovich, who is appealing his firing through university channels, says the human resources department’s approval of his request for a religious exemption was arbitrarily overturned by the athletic director. Seattle’s KING 5 News reported (here), “It is u[...]
Should this U.S. Senator be tried for murder?
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), already infamous for his anti-vax antics, was torched Sunday, October 17, 2021, on MSNBC for telling Fox News host Maria Bartiromo, herself a piece of work, “that coronavirus vaccines are ‘experimental’ and ivermectin … is not being promoted as a COVI[...]
September 28th, 2021 - 3:46 pm § in Law and Courts, Schools & Colleges
Stop coddling fratboy killers
A WSU fraternity drinking initiation rite in November 2019 killed a 19-year-old pledge. A lawsuit filed by the wrongful death lawyer hired by his parents alleges the victim and another pledge “were given half-gallon bottle of hard alcohol and … instructed to consume it before the end of [...]
September 23rd, 2021 - 3:43 pm § in Health
Covid-19 topics and links for September 2021
* * * Putting People At Risk WORKING FOR AN AIRLINE IS RISKY AND EXHAUSTING Read story here VIRUS HAS KILLED 1 OF EVERY 500 AMERICANS Read story here UNVACCINATED PEOPLE PUT OTHERS AT RISK Read story here * * * No Room in the Hospital HOSPITAL BED SHORTAGES ARE COSTING LIVES THAT C[...]
August 26th, 2021 - 1:37 pm § in Foreign Affairs, Politics
Lindsey Graham’s stupid idea
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) isn’t the dumbest Republican senator. That would be a contest between Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL). But Graham is no military strategist. He did serve in the military. After graduating from law school, Graham joined the Air Force and was commissione[...]
August 25th, 2021 - 6:52 pm § in Health
Arkansas doc accused of prescribing cow pills for Covid-19 to jail inmates
“An Arkansas jail has been found to be prescribing an animal parasite medicine to inmates to treat COVID-19,” The Hill reported on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 (read story here; for a local TV station’s report with more detail, go here). Rightwing social media promotion of the drug, [...]
August 24th, 2021 - 12:46 pm § in Health
AMA calls for vaccine mandates
The American Medical Association (AMA) is calling on the “public and private sectors” to require people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, arguing making vaccination mandatory is “key to getting control of the pandemic,” The Hill reported on Tuesday, August 24, 2021 (read st[...]
August 18th, 2021 - 9:55 pm § in Health, Israel/Palestine
Where the push for booster shots is coming from
Israel has high vaccination (78% of population over 12) and infection rates. “More than half are in fully vaccinated people, underscoring the extraordinary transmissibility of the Delta variant and stoking concerns that the benefits of vaccination ebb over time,” Science magazine says (a[...]
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[...]