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I am absolutely adamant about never, ever wearing a mask again, in public or otherwise.  It makes me very angry that our local medical establishment has again decreed that masks will be required to enter the clinic where I see my specialist, and go to the walk-in clinic if needed.  These are the people who […]

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Just moments ago I found this quote from Martin Luther:  Correct or not? What do you think? I shall ask God mercifully to protect us. Then I shall fumigate, help purify the air, administer medicine and take it. I shall avoid places and persons where my presence is not needed in order not to become […]

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Joe Selvaggi discusses the consequences of record structural deficits and debt with budget expert Brian Riedl, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. They delve into how these factors could impact the financial stability of Medicare and Social Security and examine the limited time available to avert a potential crisis.

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Eugenics in Canada

 

Most of the discussion around eugenics has been about the planned evolution of humanity. Designer babies and the elimination of genetic defects and diseases. But there is also the other end of eugenics, thinning the herd, eliminating defective and undesirables from society.

This week, the Canadian government released its fourth annual report on medically assisted dying in Canada, finding that 13,241 people were killed by the medical systems, making it #5 on the hit parade’s top ways to die in 2022.

Reading the Fine Print on Medications

 

After many months, I’m feeling much less pain and more in control of my life. Recently I met with a new doctor, a rheumatologist. He had me go for x-rays in my shoulders and hands, ordered blood tests to get up-to-date information, and after much questioning about my pain and health history, ordered a new drug.

Let me say, I hate taking pills—what a pain (pun intended). But I’m only getting partial relief from OTC medications. Yesterday I received the new medication by mail order, and wanted to be a responsible patient. Ordinarily, I do a lousy job of reading the side effect information; I rarely experience side effects. I figure if I break out in a rash, get dizzy, or it doesn’t help my symptoms, I need to try something else. But this time, I was going to be taking a pain medication that lists multiple ways that I could die or become debilitated. Just about every organ was listed. That might not be much different from many medications and their detriments, but I felt uneasy. Was I really in all that much pain? I’ve only taken one pill, and am hoping that taking it at night will help me sleep better with less pain.

Joe Selvaggi discusses the challenges posed by homeless encampments, like Boston’s Mass and Cass, with Dr. Judge Glock, the director of research at the Manhattan Institute. They also explore policy alternatives aimed at addressing the needs of both the community and the unsheltered individuals.

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Joe Selvaggi talks with Pioneer Institute Senior Fellow Dr. Bill Smith about the benefit of the Bayh-Dole Act’s protection of intellectual property rights for university research patents and the risk posed to the nation and the local economy from recent efforts to consider price controls on products developed from patented discoveries

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This is a story about potential COVID vaccine damage with a difference: It shows evidence for a mechanism by which such harm could occur, and that elevates it above stories which might simply be narratives based on coincidence and the law of large numbers. In particular, it’s been demonstrated that at least two batches of […]

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CDC and FDA Blast DeSantis and Ladapo—Again

 

If anyone disagrees with the FDA or the CDC, those agencies will punish those who speak out and do their best to discredit them. Both of these agencies already condemned Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and Governor DeSantis, and they are having to take their licks again, but given the increased pushback that the federal government is getting, Florida is even more adamant about its condemnations of the feds. This was the reaction, in spite of the even-handed comments  of SG Ladapo:

‘With the amount of immunity that’s in the community — with virtually every walking human being having some degree of immunity, and with the questions we have about safety and about effectiveness, especially about safety, my judgment is that it’s not a good decision for young people and for people who are not at high risk at this point in the pandemic,’ he said.

Two medical doctors have challenged Ladapo about his credibility:

Joe Selvaggi talks with Johan Norberg, author and senior fellow at CATO Institute, about his analysis of Sweden’s resistance to government-mandated COVID-19 control measures, as well as Sweden’s public health outcomes relative to the U.S and peer nations.

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I didn’t want to hijack the reparations thread. But I always wondered if people one hundred years from now will be more disgusted that we had segregated public drinking fountains or that people actually drank from public drinking fountains. To our modern germaphobic sensibilities they seem gross. I hardly see any drinking fountains anymore.  On […]

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