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@byterofbits

Retired medical and science guy. Cooking, travel, and gaming. Two cats and an SO. #Veteran

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As a student nurse I cared for one of the last patients in an iron lung, he was in his 50's, and had missed the availability of the polio vaccine by only a few months. He'd been in an iron lung since then. There is no cure for polio.

23.02.2026 23:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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⚠️ PSA - don’t take health advice from people who snort cocaine off toilet seats.

We are truly living in Idiocracy, and you can thank RFK Jr. for this outbreak.

15.02.2026 03:46 πŸ‘ 5203 πŸ” 1904 πŸ’¬ 248 πŸ“Œ 104
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This Is How a Child Dies of Measles When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak

A cautionary tale for those parents who believe that not taking advantage of the measles vaccine is an expression of their own freedom and not one of protecting their own children and those of others.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

13.02.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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F.D.A. Refuses to Review Moderna Flu Vaccine

It looks like we're back to deworming medication and bleach.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...

11.02.2026 01:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional

What ever happened to "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one"?

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...

24.01.2026 13:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kennedy Plan to Test a Vaccine in West African Babies Is Blocked

This is tantamount to the Tuskegee study and just as unethical. So much for 'gold-plated' science.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/h...

24.01.2026 03:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Measles Cases Spike in South Carolina

It's not easy to admit that one was in error. I really believed North Carolina would spike before South Carolina. If you are pregnant, you can pass measles to your unborn child. This may cause serious heart isses, deafness, and developmental problems. Vaccinate!

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...

10.01.2026 04:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yep, there's a vaccine for that. And for a bunch of other diseases as well.

09.01.2026 03:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It seems I'm now reposting the obvious, not just the merely obvious. Safety is just a vaccine away.

31.12.2025 04:33 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Vaccination would have prevented about 100% of these cases. Just sayin'.

22.12.2025 03:17 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Feverishly working on this

15.12.2025 16:28 πŸ‘ 34227 πŸ” 6550 πŸ’¬ 686 πŸ“Œ 267
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Hundreds Quarantined In South Carolina Measles Outbreakβ€”What To Know About Current Cases And Its Spread More than 126 cases have been declared in the latest outbreak and 303 people have been quarantined.

More than 126 cases have been declared in the latest outbreak and 303 people have been quarantined.

13.12.2025 18:50 πŸ‘ 1529 πŸ” 686 πŸ’¬ 244 πŸ“Œ 101
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A Measles Outbreak Brings With It Echoes of the Pandemic

This is one of those times when there is no pleasure in saying,"I told you so!". Next up, Tennessee, Utah, Arizona, or North Carolina.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...

13.12.2025 18:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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America Is Finally Starting to See Trump for the Bullsh*t Artist He Is He came to power through a relentless assault of lies. But the debt owed to the truth is coming due.

He only looks smart because his lies have overwhelmed a political culture that didn’t know how to respond to them. If I were a Trump fan, I’d start worrying about what happens when that stops. trib.al/u7DyIPK

24.11.2025 23:56 πŸ‘ 157 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 8
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Every single GOP senator voted to make your health care more expensive Senate Republicans on Monday night blocked a Democratic attempt to extend Affordable Care Act subsidiesβ€”a move that would have made health care more affordable for tens of millions of Americans. ...

Every single GOP senator voted to make your health care more expensive

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

11.11.2025 16:02 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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How sad is it that the richest country on Earth has a government that has to be forced to feed families with hungry children?

SNAP benefits shouldn’t be a courtroom battle. People shouldn’t have to beg for basic humanity. But here we are.

07.11.2025 23:16 πŸ‘ 8169 πŸ” 2657 πŸ’¬ 304 πŸ“Œ 115
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02.11.2025 16:08 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
Drawing of a small child with no hair, holding an IV pole. They are looking at a ballroom with lots of people dressed up, eating at large round tables. (Trump's Ballroom") .Above the pictures it reads:
NO WORDS.
IF YOU THINK A GOLDEN BALLROOM IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH ... I HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO SAY TO YOU.

Drawing of a small child with no hair, holding an IV pole. They are looking at a ballroom with lots of people dressed up, eating at large round tables. (Trump's Ballroom") .Above the pictures it reads: NO WORDS. IF YOU THINK A GOLDEN BALLROOM IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH ... I HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO SAY TO YOU.

Or #SNAP #Medicaid #TelehealthVisits on Medicare for #immunocompromised . Research on sexually transmitted diseases such as antibiotic resistant #superGonnarhea ,
100 #ClimateChange, #LGBTHealth #InfectiousDiseases #MaternalMortality #VaccineHesitancy #HIV research & more but yeah build a ballroom.

02.11.2025 16:11 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

How would George frame how the US is randomly killing Venezuelan folks as they are alleged dope runners??
We need a George Carlin II...
Prolife my ass, think of the impact of millions losing their healthcare next year..

29.10.2025 18:39 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

welcome to America, where the idea that kids should have food gets you labeled some kind of communist

28.10.2025 00:24 πŸ‘ 13368 πŸ” 3486 πŸ’¬ 317 πŸ“Œ 114
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Don't fall for RFK Jr. quote about babies absorbing 'Tylenol residue from the esophagus' The fake statement played on various claims about autism, Tylenol, vaccines and radiation that Kennedy has made in the past.

Sorry, as much as I dislike this guy, he didn't say this.

www.snopes.com/fact-check/k...

19.10.2025 01:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Release the Epstein Files.

11.10.2025 00:15 πŸ‘ 18851 πŸ” 4523 πŸ’¬ 260 πŸ“Œ 151
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Good morning β˜€οΈ

06.10.2025 09:56 πŸ‘ 227 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 1

The question here is not one of fault, but rather, compedency.

29.09.2025 02:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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HOW TO AVOID VACCINES & FIND DEATH THROUGH BEING STUPID!

27.09.2025 21:47 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Show me the 'gold standard science'.

24.09.2025 00:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, this is known as 'irony'. It is a common occurrence these days. Do not be alarmed if those around you do not see the 'irony' of your observation. Just take a deep breath and close your eyes for a moment of mindfulness.

16.09.2025 03:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rubio, in Israel, Says a Diplomatic Solution to Gaza War May Not be Possible

Again, irony. Can we please get a diplomat who can literally diplomat?

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

15.09.2025 13:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I've always been big on irony, but hypocrisy is running a close second.

14.09.2025 03:17 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

You know, when Spiro Agnew was caught selling government positions, he was ousted β€œtoot sweet”.

But Trump, seeking pardons like the priests of old sold β€˜indulgences’, is treated as if this profiteering from his position is normal.

12.09.2025 13:22 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0