Politics Thread

[bobbiemcgee]

You have to be Proactive in your health care.Question everything.

[Lloyd Braun]

Honestly, as I have gotten older, I’ve realized that medical professionals aren’t all that great. They were just really good at school. In the end, most are just bought and paid for actors that push whatever pharma sales rep tells them to. So, no I really don’t care.

I’d much rather have someone who has experience in sniffing out corruption, and he has a ton of experience in that.

Shots fired. Ouch. I think you’re mostly wrong though there are some that fall in this category, like any profession.

Haven’t been to this thread in what feels like decades but glad it’s still around lol (that’s a lie)

Real quick on vaccines- just because you get a vaccine doesn’t mean you generate immune response and are immune (this was in response to Smails comment that “if my kids are protected” - you don’t know unless you draw titers on everyone, which is costly and impractical). Thats why we have herd immunity to protect us from polio, etc… the rate of vaccine refusal is increasing the last couple years, as hesitancy is increasing with so much anti-vax propaganda circulating. The less people that vaccinate, the more likely it is that vaccinated individuals also contract a disease they were vaccinated against. The safety and efficacy of most vaccines is well studied for decades. It’s good to ask questions but if there is a baseline distrust in medical professionals your source of information to make a decision is already skewed. We shouldn’t have to go through kids getting polio again for everyone to realize that polio is really more terrible than the risk of a vaccine reaction.

Also of note is that many states (Ohio is one) that allow exemptions for vaccines based on philosophical reasons (along with medical and religious). It’s already a decision left to the states. Just like many other triggering healthcare topics. I think most would agree that our government is responsible for protecting us and promoting welfare whether you trust the government or not to execute that duty there are reasonable laws in place to make that process easier.

Carry on, may check back in 4 years again!

[GoMuskies]

Never too early to start with the election odds! 2028 election:

Vance +320
Shapiro +450
Newsom +700
Whitmer +800
Warnock +1200
Haley +1600
Beshear +1800
Trump (!) +2000
Buttigieg +2000
Cuban +2000
DeSantis +2200
Ramaswamy +2500

Think there might be some value with DeSantis or Vivek. Trump at 20-1 is just trolling by the bookmaker.

[XU 23]

Never too early to start with the election odds! 2028 election:

Vance +320
Shapiro +450
Newsom +700
Whitmer +800
Warnock +1200
Haley +1600
Beshear +1800
Trump (!) +2000
Buttigieg +2000
Cuban +2000
DeSantis +2200
Ramaswamy +2500

Think there might be some value with DeSantis or Vivek. Trump at 20-1 is just trolling by the bookmaker.

What about 2032?

[Xuperman]

Isn’t RFK an odd choice for that job since he has no real medical background or experience??

Here is some of where RFK will focus.

In a recent interview, he brought up 2 critical issues.

"Why does Fruit Loops in the US have 17 ingredients and only 4 in Canada?" "Why does the US have 16% of global Covid deaths with only 4% of global population?"

'Ville is correct. He has decades of experience sniffing out, and suing, bad actors in health related industries. He is going to go after the Federal Agencies hard!

[Xuperman]

It is not clear what Trump has planned for Kennedy. It may be some sort of unofficial "Health Czar" position. However, if Trump can get him confirmed as HHS Secretary.....some heads are gonna roll.

[paulxu]

"Why does the US have 16% of global Covid deaths with only 4% of global population?"

Thanks for the morning chuckle. How about shining a light inside, or injecting with disinfectants, or sending equipment to Putin, or....never mind.

[Xville]

Trump hires the first ever Female White House Chief of Staff. But wait, I thought he hated women?

I have a buddy who is very high up in legal at the DHS in D.C., the stories he told me last night about some of these people in his department...Wow. There are some really really stupid indoctrinated people in government.

[Smails]

I have a buddy who is very high up in legal at the DHS in D.C., the stories he told me last night about some of these people in his department...Wow. There are some really really stupid indoctrinated people in government.

Color me shocked

[GoMuskies]

There's never been a female Chief of Staff? That's pretty crazy.