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Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is America's largest recorded since the 1950s

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Re: Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is America's largest recorded since the 1950s

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Post by giantg2 »

llamaimperative wrote: post #4

This is the type of thing that'd normally show up on CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report which has been published weekly since 1960 (my understanding is this is without fail). But unfortunately the current administration has decided an ideological purification is more important than keeping the American public apprised of threats to their health. So it wasn't published last week, and probably won't be this we…

Wouldn't this have showed up in the reports last year when the numbers were actively happening? There's been 1 case this year it says.

If the ideology was what you're saying, then wouldn't they want to spread the info and blame it on the "dirty illegals" or whatever?

Re: Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is America's largest recorded since the 1950s

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Post by 3eb7988a1663 »

I had a TB scare last year. Coworker was exposed to a confirmed case. Got tested, and we all turned up negative. I then asked if I could get a TB vaccine, but was told no, because it makes the TB visual assessment test useless. So, to aid future potential diagnoses, I need to be able to be infected by the genuine article.

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Post by cratermoon »

philosopher1234 wrote: post #107
thinkingtoilet wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or you can be an adult and vote for the best option. Harris and the Democratic establishment are certainly not saints and I could rant for hours at how bad they are, but she was a competent woman and at least tried to float solutions to our problems as opposed to being a party of billionaires who is happy to burn it all down.

True, she was a party of billionaires that want to burn it all down more slowly. GOP-lite, as they say.

burn it all down nicely

Re: Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is America's largest recorded since the 1950s

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Post by khazhoux »

SkyPuncher wrote: post #65
laidoffamazon wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Worth noting, 49.8% of the voting population wanted this. Voter turn out was 63.9% of the adult population. Which means the numbers are closer to * 1/3 of adults voted for Trump * 1/4 of the entire population voted for Trump (though, that's a bit of weird example since kids can't vote)

The people that didn't vote don't count, figuratively or literally. You may as well have pointed out that only .1% of all mammals supported this, after accounting for dogs, cows, raccoons, mice...

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Post by liontwist »

ceejayoz wrote: post #97
liontwist wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The action would be reducing the dangers of medical procedures and individuals feeling empowered to advocate for their safety and treatment.

> individuals feeling empowered to advocate for their safety and treatment To butcher a Rick & Morty quote, "that just sounds like malpractice with extra steps".

Malpractice is when a sophisticated person navigates the legal system and receives a settlement.

What im wondering is why the general public doesn’t know that surgery isn’t an absolute good.

Re: Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is America's largest recorded since the 1950s

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Post by malfist »

api wrote: post #63
malfist wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They were ordered to halt all publications, cancel trainings and not communicate with state health departments

What is the supposed rationale for this? Or is this just a general ideological purge of the government? This is going to be a crazy four years, if it’s only four.

Rationale is probably the same that the current president used to claim there'd be no covid 19 if we didn't test for it

Re: Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is America's largest recorded since the 1950s

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Post by shanedrgn »

williadc wrote: post #87

John Green, author of "The Fault in Our Stars", "Turtles All the Way Down", "The Anthropocene Reviewed", and other fine books is releasing a book called "Everything is Tuberculosis." If you are interested in the topic or just like to read well-written prose, I recommend joining me in pre-ordering it.

On that train with you, counting down the days until March!

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Post by ceejayoz »

ropetin wrote: post #103
thinkingtoilet wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or you can be an adult and vote for the best option. Harris and the Democratic establishment are certainly not saints and I could rant for hours at how bad they are, but she was a competent woman and at least tried to float solutions to our problems as opposed to being a party of billionaires who is happy to burn it all down.

Exactly this! I just don't understand how this is hard for otherwise competent people to grasp. The explanation I've used in the past is the choices are either being stabbed in the face or kicked in the balls. Ideally I'd not have either, but forced between one or the other I know which one I'd pick.

David Sedaris: “I look at these people and can't quite believe that they exist. Are they professional actors? I wonder. Or are they simply laymen who want a lot of attention? To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. "Can I interest you in the chicken?" she asks. "Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it? To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked.”
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