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Delayed Arizona Covid Booster Shots Endanger Citizens

AB: Yesterday. Both Jan and I decided we would go to Walgreens (Arizona) to get our Covid inoculation. We are both over 65 and supposedly were eligible. Jan called one Walgreens to find out if they had the Pfizer vaccine. She was told we can not get inoculated without a prescription. So, we called and […]

Trump Taking Much of Medicaid and some of Medicare Away . . .

Trump has no fear of US Citizens. Republicans have reason to be fearful in the next election, if this bill is passed. But Repubs are not showing much fear. A lot of detail in this commentary. To make things from bad to really bad? The new law restricts a states’ ability to raise revenue for […]

RFK Jr is America’s Lysenko

In the early years of the USSR, Soviet genetics was internationally recognized. Then along came Trofim Lysenko, an agronomist who convinced Stalin that he could bypass the laborious genetics of plant breeding to develop strains of wheat through the transmission of acquired traits. This fit well with the Soviet philosophy that humanity could be transformed […]

Political Appointees will Review Scientific Grants

A first level of review is carried out by a scientific review group (SRG). It is composed (primarily) of non-federal scientists who have expertise in relevant scientific disciplines and current research areas. Their role is to assess the overall impact a proposed project (or resource, or training, or center, etc.) will likely have on the […]

EPA is Turning a Blind Eye to Some of the Most Toxic Chemicals it Produces

“Advanced recycling” is a toxic scam — now the EPA is turning a blind eye to some of the most toxic chemicals it produces – Environment Defense Fund, EDF Health What’s new: Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdrew a proposed rule covering 18 new chemicals, which would have paused industry efforts to turn toxic […]

Fifth Largest Government Spender

Hmmm. I read this and wonder what should veterans do if the Government is spending more money? Since the sixties, many of us were exposed to chemical warfare in Vietnam. drank the polluted water at Camp Lejeune, were wounded in action or lost limbs, suffered mentally, and had a difficult time adjusting to society. The […]

Measles in the US

Quite a few people are ignoring or are refusing to get shots to prevent things such as measles, covid, etc. They have identified this as vaccine hesitancy. The term describes anyone who is doubtful about vaccinations or who chooses to delay or refuse immunizations even when they are readily available. The reasoning can be Religion, […]

RFK Jr bafflegab

RFK Jr is testifying today at a Senate panel on HHS policies. Sen. Wyden said the secretary “stacked the deck” of a vaccines committee, replacing scientists with “vaccine skeptics and conspiracy theorists.” Kennedy said his actions “got rid of the conflicts of interests” he said had pervaded such panels. So according to RFK Jr, scientific […]

Florida bids to be the next Wuhan

Florida is set to drop all state vaccine mandates. Look for Florida EDs to fill up with children suffering from preventable diseases. Of course, the civilized states can maintain theirs, but there’s no way to prevent Florida children and their families from traveling to other states. Other civilized countries are another matter. Look for some […]

Why should you get the COVID vaccine?

1. A recent study showed that even people with mild COVID infections have a loss of blood vessel elasticity comparable to someone five years older. 2. A recent study showed that fragments of Sars-CoV-2 viral proteins—particularly the RNA replicase protein—can be found in circulating vesicles months after a COVID infection and could contribute to the […]