Working on getting the jab (indeed, jabs plural - that's plural like attorneys general, right?) this weekend and then chilling in a place where we can sit on a porch and read while the vaxen* do their thing.
*not *that* Vaxen - those are capitalized and not too many people run VMS any more /s
" vaccines will kill you or, at a minimum, turn you into a houseplant or Ethel Merman." So, that's what happened to Lt. Hurwitz -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2lqqWIYxaQ
Had our covid jabs this week in NH. No questions, no debate, just show up for our appointment and get stuck. Reinforces my guess that insurance companies aren’t going to follow the “guidance” because it’s a lot cheaper to give a shot than to pay for someone in the ICU.
".... or cause you to grow a second head out of your shoulder like some sort of HG Wells creature...."
I know nothing about HG Well's two-headed beings, but I remember very well Mrs. Grales' Rachel, who slept till nearly the end of the story in "A Canticle for Leibowitz."
I should read that one again. It was an assigned reading in high school (at the time, quite the eye opener for both content and story structure), and I've read it at least 3 times as an adult.
Four arms always seems like a good count to me, esp as someone who occasionally plays music in bars. The ability to play a doubleneck guitar all at once with one set of arms playing rhythm and the other doing the flashy bits has a lot of appeal....
2. Juergen Hahn, an RPI professor of biomedical engineering, would be the principal investigator if the contract is awarded, the spokesperson said.
He is the author of a 2017 paper that found statistical associations between heavy metals and autism.
His papers have also linked autism to having a biological sibling with Autism Spectrum Disorder; maternal use of antidepressant medication and psychiatry services; a mother's surgical procedures and radiology exposure while pregnant; urinary tract infections during the first trimester; and preterm delivery during the second trimester.
So, pretty much everything causes autism according to this guy. The only link he mentions that has any possible basis in fact is people with a sibling with ASD are more likely to be diagnosed with ASD themselves.
As I've said before, Mr Demi and I are both permanently disabled from once-common diseases (mine's mild) We grew up in middle-class areas of Connecticut. But his mom still contracted rubella while she was pregnant with him and I somehow caught scarlet flipping fever like it was the flipping 1880s rather than the 1980s
So Bob Jr and his worm eaten fellows can piss all the way off
"we mean the weirdos now in charge of the nation’s public health continue grasping for something, anything that would validate their decades of fearmongering that vaccines will kill you or disable you"
"Facts stand no chance in the face of a lifetime of believing in the same theory." Rand Flem-Ath
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"The findings appear to be based on information submitted to the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System"
"This website is being modified to comply with President Trump’s Executive Orders." from the link
For fuck's sake, even a gubmint website that specializes in hearsay and innuendo ***still*** needs to be "corrected" to meet the Fulvous Fuckwad's agenda.
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"scientific evidence that vaccines will kill you or, at a minimum, turn you into a houseplant"
Or worse still, you might become Audry II, Seymour Krelborn's blood loving plant in "Little Shop of Horrors."
(FWIW, I much prefer the original released in 1960 over the remake. One reason is that one of my favorite actors, Jack Nicholson, has one of his first acting credits in it. He played the patient in the Dentist's office where his is reading "Pain Magazine" and waxing poetic on the joys of a root canal with no anesthesia.)
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"Also, remember when Kennedy promised to find the cause of autism by September? Well, it’s September and hope springs eternal"
Put your anxieties to ease, Bobbie Brainworm has found another scapegoat to pin Autism on: acetaminophen
They’re probably deleting all the disclaimers that VAERS is unvetted and shouldn’t be used as proof of correlation between vaccines and any condition. You know, the disclaimers anti-vaxxers routinely ignore.
I am 73 years old, have diabetes, and cancer. After over 20 chemo sessions I have developed fibrosis in my lungs and can barely walk up a flight of stairs. Yet RFK jr. seems intent on throwing up roadblocks to the vcaccine. If I catch Covid it will kill me.
Working on getting the jab (indeed, jabs plural - that's plural like attorneys general, right?) this weekend and then chilling in a place where we can sit on a porch and read while the vaxen* do their thing.
*not *that* Vaxen - those are capitalized and not too many people run VMS any more /s
No, Kennedy you are trying to kill our kids and us!
Do the opposite of what RFK Jr. suggests and you'll be fine.
" vaccines will kill you or, at a minimum, turn you into a houseplant or Ethel Merman." So, that's what happened to Lt. Hurwitz -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2lqqWIYxaQ
Had our covid jabs this week in NH. No questions, no debate, just show up for our appointment and get stuck. Reinforces my guess that insurance companies aren’t going to follow the “guidance” because it’s a lot cheaper to give a shot than to pay for someone in the ICU.
So…fuck RFKJR?
Ta, Gary. The leading causes of death in children are drowning and guns, not vaccines or any other segment of modern medicine.
".... or cause you to grow a second head out of your shoulder like some sort of HG Wells creature...."
I know nothing about HG Well's two-headed beings, but I remember very well Mrs. Grales' Rachel, who slept till nearly the end of the story in "A Canticle for Leibowitz."
I should read that one again. It was an assigned reading in high school (at the time, quite the eye opener for both content and story structure), and I've read it at least 3 times as an adult.
Can I have a third arm too?
That’s between you and your gene mutations
Four arms always seems like a good count to me, esp as someone who occasionally plays music in bars. The ability to play a doubleneck guitar all at once with one set of arms playing rhythm and the other doing the flashy bits has a lot of appeal....
Finding shirts would be problematic, though. :p
I bought a copy of "A Canticle for Leibowitz" from a used bookstore on a trip to LA, having never read it previously. I remember enjoying it.
I guess all the millions of people that survived THANKS TO THE COVID VACCINE are actually dead now?
I myself have died (checks vax card) 8 times now!
Thought you looked familiar.
"What mostly pisses off other researchers, though, is that this link has been studied and studied and studied some more, and found to not exist:"
Yes, but there have been no studies based upon Trumpian logic where your silly facts and science have no meaning.
Regarding the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute:
1. It is not a top-shelf school.
2. Juergen Hahn, an RPI professor of biomedical engineering, would be the principal investigator if the contract is awarded, the spokesperson said.
He is the author of a 2017 paper that found statistical associations between heavy metals and autism.
His papers have also linked autism to having a biological sibling with Autism Spectrum Disorder; maternal use of antidepressant medication and psychiatry services; a mother's surgical procedures and radiology exposure while pregnant; urinary tract infections during the first trimester; and preterm delivery during the second trimester.
So, pretty much everything causes autism according to this guy. The only link he mentions that has any possible basis in fact is people with a sibling with ASD are more likely to be diagnosed with ASD themselves.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-cdc-award-research-contract-vaccines-autism-2025-09-12/
Is he the Brian Cox villain from X2, this guy ...?
No, he's the villain from one of the Die Hard movies. I can never remember which one.
Jeremy Irons as Simon Gruber?
Timothy Olyphant?
Jeremy Irons whenever possible!
As I've said before, Mr Demi and I are both permanently disabled from once-common diseases (mine's mild) We grew up in middle-class areas of Connecticut. But his mom still contracted rubella while she was pregnant with him and I somehow caught scarlet flipping fever like it was the flipping 1880s rather than the 1980s
So Bob Jr and his worm eaten fellows can piss all the way off
As a loser who was picked last for kickball, I resent being associated with these fools.
I could see being a houseplant for a couple of days.
If you looked at my lifestyle, I'd say I'm already a houseplant. A houseplant that thrives on alcohol instead of Brawndo.
"we mean the weirdos now in charge of the nation’s public health continue grasping for something, anything that would validate their decades of fearmongering that vaccines will kill you or disable you"
"Facts stand no chance in the face of a lifetime of believing in the same theory." Rand Flem-Ath
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"The findings appear to be based on information submitted to the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System"
"This website is being modified to comply with President Trump’s Executive Orders." from the link
For fuck's sake, even a gubmint website that specializes in hearsay and innuendo ***still*** needs to be "corrected" to meet the Fulvous Fuckwad's agenda.
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"scientific evidence that vaccines will kill you or, at a minimum, turn you into a houseplant"
Or worse still, you might become Audry II, Seymour Krelborn's blood loving plant in "Little Shop of Horrors."
(FWIW, I much prefer the original released in 1960 over the remake. One reason is that one of my favorite actors, Jack Nicholson, has one of his first acting credits in it. He played the patient in the Dentist's office where his is reading "Pain Magazine" and waxing poetic on the joys of a root canal with no anesthesia.)
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"Also, remember when Kennedy promised to find the cause of autism by September? Well, it’s September and hope springs eternal"
Put your anxieties to ease, Bobbie Brainworm has found another scapegoat to pin Autism on: acetaminophen
> "recent reports suggest that HHS will issue an analysis that links the development of autism to the mother’s use of Tylenol during pregnancy, among other potential causes" https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/12/health/tylenol-autism-rfk-private-meeting-wsj [WSJ article behind paywall]
fnord
They’re probably deleting all the disclaimers that VAERS is unvetted and shouldn’t be used as proof of correlation between vaccines and any condition. You know, the disclaimers anti-vaxxers routinely ignore.
I am 73 years old, have diabetes, and cancer. After over 20 chemo sessions I have developed fibrosis in my lungs and can barely walk up a flight of stairs. Yet RFK jr. seems intent on throwing up roadblocks to the vcaccine. If I catch Covid it will kill me.
At least tell your kids to sue the fuck out of RFK.
You're over 65. Medicare will pay for your vaccination.
(screams in AuDHD and Long Covid) No words. Just rage.