"Although immunization coverage for measles is superior in the U.S. compared to peer countries..."
So, 'superior' is what we call a comparative adjective. Therefore, one does not need to use the actual word 'compared' with it. Let's rewrite:
"Although immunization coverage for measles in the U.S. is superior to peer countries, we can’t rely exclusively on vaccination."
Ah, better. Now we may continue.
"...four of nine secondary measles transmissions occurred among fully vaccinated travel-related contacts."
That is four people out of HOW MANY vaccinated people in the contact list, and 5 out of HOW MANY UNvaccinated people in the contact list? Because I lay you 20 to 1 that the unvaccinated people were infected at a far higher rate and with worse outcomes than the vaccinated cohort.
The thing is, if Patient Zero had been vaccinated, he would have been less likely to have been patient zero in the first place, and those 9 would have been spared.
The right vastly overvalues personal freedom--their own, that is, and often specifically their own freedom to curtail everyone else's.
I will respect your "personal freedom" until it infringes on my life, health, and ability to drive legally without fear of you rear-ending me because you're on your damn phone tailgating. Past that point? You can fuck off.
Mitch McConnell is "grateful" for the "excellent care" he has received while in hospital with flu-like symptoms. Also grateful for the Medicaid $$$ transferred to his 1% donor$' pockets. Guess maybe he didn't want to take a chance on horse paste. He looks forward to returning to "Senate business" of funding roving terror gangs of 4th amendment deniers.
I always find it amusing that Trumpers think it's "their right" not to vaccinate their children to prevent painful illness and death, but on the other hand, don't think women should have the right to abortions. Because "reasons" I guess.
The slightest inconvenience to help someone else is a bridge too far. Besides it might mean a Black person gets their lifespan extended by a couple years.
So Bezos installs two former WSJ people as the editors, Matt Murray and Jason Anders. They perpetuate the RWNJ "news" of Murdoch. Circulation tanks. Bezos takes a loss. This is the same trajectory for CBS News.
That's the point. What these dipshits have missed is the incredibly rapid rise of independent media in the last 18-24 months. Bezos and Ellison have bought dying husks of news media. Same for the social media ... they buy it, wreck it, and the people move to something else.
I'll say. I've been a holdout with the Post, but this may finally be the last nail in the coffin. And I only last month shared a free subscription with a friend.
"Although immunization coverage for measles is superior in the U.S. compared to peer countries..."
So, 'superior' is what we call a comparative adjective. Therefore, one does not need to use the actual word 'compared' with it. Let's rewrite:
"Although immunization coverage for measles in the U.S. is superior to peer countries, we can’t rely exclusively on vaccination."
Ah, better. Now we may continue.
"...four of nine secondary measles transmissions occurred among fully vaccinated travel-related contacts."
That is four people out of HOW MANY vaccinated people in the contact list, and 5 out of HOW MANY UNvaccinated people in the contact list? Because I lay you 20 to 1 that the unvaccinated people were infected at a far higher rate and with worse outcomes than the vaccinated cohort.
The thing is, if Patient Zero had been vaccinated, he would have been less likely to have been patient zero in the first place, and those 9 would have been spared.
The right vastly overvalues personal freedom--their own, that is, and often specifically their own freedom to curtail everyone else's.
I will respect your "personal freedom" until it infringes on my life, health, and ability to drive legally without fear of you rear-ending me because you're on your damn phone tailgating. Past that point? You can fuck off.
Once these outbreaks get big enough, the health insurance companies and the reinsurance companies behind them are going to have their say.
Insurance is Finance. Finance is now about half the US economy.
The insurance companies, for better or worse, always get to be the last word on risk.
This guy is not board certified and practices family medicine.
https://lailluminator.com/2025/02/18/abraham-board/
Miasma, Pestilence, Calamity and Famine
The Republican Way!
Back in 2016, I attended the anti-Trump Women's March in Sacramento, CA (at least 10,000 of us).
The lady next to me kept shouting "Murderer!!" at one of the speakers.
Her (I'm sure unvaxxed) adult daughter yelled, "Shut-up, mom!!"
The delusional twit finally stopped.
She was too righteous to see how inappropriate her behavior was.
I want to see drawings of New and Emergent Diseases!
300 CHILDREN? WHAT THE EVER LIVIN FUCK!
Gilded Age 2.0 really sucks doesn't it?
Gang members. Drug dealers. Murderers. Obvs.
imagine a world where none of this anti-expertise-ism ever took hold in the brains of the political class....
it may help you to do so if you note that yrrrrrr
smoking lamp
is lit!
Mitch McConnell is "grateful" for the "excellent care" he has received while in hospital with flu-like symptoms. Also grateful for the Medicaid $$$ transferred to his 1% donor$' pockets. Guess maybe he didn't want to take a chance on horse paste. He looks forward to returning to "Senate business" of funding roving terror gangs of 4th amendment deniers.
Basically for McTurtle, "I got mine, fuck you!"
“Let me tell you something. This fuckin’ guy is INCOMPETENT”
-Michael Brown
Again:
https://quackwatch.org/
I always find it amusing that Trumpers think it's "their right" not to vaccinate their children to prevent painful illness and death, but on the other hand, don't think women should have the right to abortions. Because "reasons" I guess.
The slightest inconvenience to help someone else is a bridge too far. Besides it might mean a Black person gets their lifespan extended by a couple years.
Embryos are babbies are human people!
yeah, but once they're born they are on their own.
We learned during the pandemic that MAGA is a death cult. Nothing has changed.
Well, to be fair, it's gotten even more deathy since then.
So Bezos installs two former WSJ people as the editors, Matt Murray and Jason Anders. They perpetuate the RWNJ "news" of Murdoch. Circulation tanks. Bezos takes a loss. This is the same trajectory for CBS News.
𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗼𝗳𝗳𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿
Spokesperson says that cuts apply to about one-third of newsroom, with sport and international coverage largely gutted.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/4/washington-post-announces-massive-layoffs-in-blow-to-storied-paper?traffic_source=rss
Coming soon: Amazon Newslike Content Presented by Amazon Health
There is no "news" anymore.
Just "entertainment"
Going full Lewis.
Jerry or Shari?
Well, Bezos 𝘪𝘴 a sock puppet...
I doubt that anyone knows Bezos as well as MacKenzie Scott does. I bow in response to her judgement of him.
Lewis of the Low
(oh, and it's Shari)
[ duckduckgo fails me yet again ]
Lizzie Johnson
"I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated."
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝟭.𝟰 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/business/media/new-york-times-earnings.html?searchResultPosition=14
They have better recipes
No cartoons though, damn it.
Dang, what else are they shutting down besides the Sports Dept?
All foreign correspondents and news desks.
So, basically, all they'll be left with is a big staff of conservative op-ed writers and a half-dozen "reporters" to suck on Trump's nuts?
why pay writers when you can use AI?
Yep. Propaganda machine.
WHAT? What's even the point of having a paper? That's bullshit.
That's the point. What these dipshits have missed is the incredibly rapid rise of independent media in the last 18-24 months. Bezos and Ellison have bought dying husks of news media. Same for the social media ... they buy it, wreck it, and the people move to something else.
It's sad to see WaPo die, though.
This is exactly why Wonkette is so vital.
I'll say. I've been a holdout with the Post, but this may finally be the last nail in the coffin. And I only last month shared a free subscription with a friend.
They are trying to seal the country off.
That whole inna'net thing ... I hear that gets around that problem.
(see: "Arab Spring")