It's like Susie Wiles or whomever went through a list of the MOST incompetent, most unqualified, most obnoxious people to be part of President Orange Snake's (POS's) administration.
The rest of those bums deserve whatever happens to them. It would be great if RFK Jr decided spreading measles was cool and gave it to the whole worthless gang.
It comes as no surprise that the NIH director, known for his critical views on lockdowns and COVID-19 restrictions, will now be taking on the role of acting director of the CDC. Because, why not?!
No doubt he’ll fit right in with the rest of the crazies!
and the recent study and report noting that a very serious warm area disease and the mosquitos which carry it are expanding territory:
“ … CHIKV is transmissible at lower temperatures than previously recognized … ”
with yesterday’s largely missed announcement that rfk jr and crew have decided to have U.S. federal health agencies de-emphasize defense against emerging illnesses of humans and animals:
[Hogvet is a noted influenza expert who retired just a few years ago.]
“ Staff members at the United States’s premier infectious-disease research institute have been instructed to remove the words “biodefense” and “pandemic preparedness” from the institute’s web pages, according to e-mails Nature has obtained.
The directive comes amid a broader shake-up at the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of 27 institutes and centres at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIAID is expected to deprioritize the two topics in an overhaul of its funded research projects, according to four NIAID employees who spoke to Nature on the condition of anonymity, because they are not authorized to speak to the press.
NIH director Jay Bhattacharya explained the restructure at an event with other top agency officials on 30 January. “It’s a complete transformation of [the NIAID] away from this old model” that has historically prioritized research on HIV, biodefence and pandemic preparedness, he said. The institute will focus more on basic immunology and other infectious diseases currently affecting people in the United States, he added, rather than on predicting future diseases.”
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On the good side, there has been enough noise that the new Moderna influenza vaccine is being reconsidered after it proposed adding more testing. (Expect the decision to be political so make constructive noise.)
I don't watch a lot of speed skating but I loved the race where one racer blasted away at the beginning of the race, the pack decided to maintain their strategy and normal speed, while the single racer passed them once and then got behind the pack for the rest of the race.
The pack sped up at the end and almost caught up to the single racer who just maintained their position and won the race because they were still in the lead! Hiding behind them.
Hey! That's defamatory, malicious, disparaging, and inflammatory. My lawyer will be filing a lawsuit demanding $1 billion soon. You wealthy media types can afford it.
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Glad you're liking the women's Olympic performances. The XC skiing sprint relay races for both the men and women were great today.
RFK is one of the most despicable humans out there. It is hard for me to look at his leathery face and bare torso and wonder if he has skin cancer lurking somewhere. But no matter, defying medical science is his gameplan which may work for him but screw everyone else.
Medical care in Europe is head and shoulders better than what one receives in the US. By chance, I had an infarction in Spain about 13 years ago. After being stabilized at a local hospital, I was taken by ambulance approximately 60 miles. I got a stent. I spent five days in the Cardiac ICU. The staff were universally competent, positive and friendly. If you are anticipating such an event I can highly recommend the hospital and staff of Cantabria's public health system. Out of pocket cost to me: nada. Zip. Nothing. I go for a check-up once a year, take my meds (2 statins, beta blocker and aspirin) at a cost of less than €20 per month. One of the statins, alone, costs about $100 a month in the US. While I am not as impressed with primary care as their US counterparts (mostly because I live at significant distance from the nearest health care provider who only visits for a couple of hours weekly), they function as conduits to specialists. Depending on the urgency of the problem the waiting time for an appointment can be either hours or months. Out of pocket cost. Zero, bupkis. I am not anxious about going into bankruptcy as I was when I had surgeries in the US and that in itself is a boon. Even during the time of the last austerity conservative government and that government's attempts to privatize the system through cut-backs in specialist care, the system still functioned smoothly and patients barely noticed (although waiting times for non-emergency treatments increased and Spaniards are vocal in their criticisms.) Spain suffered mightily during the economic crisis brought about by Bush policies with unemployment reaching about 30%, but hospitals and health centers continued and continue to function. (I'm not sure about stroke treatment, Clay, but I know it's very good during the critical onset period.) Another of the hidden costs to the American consumer is that physicians here are rarely, if ever sued for malpractice and don't, as a consequence, carry malpractice insurance, an expense borne by the consumer. Nor do they need the 15-20% of collateral costs of administering a plethora of different health care insurance programs. Autonomous regions (think states) manage their individual programs, so the system is not overly centralized. Really, the benefits are so well and smoothly managed that people have become oblivious to the whole thing. People do NOT travel to the US for health care (unlike the elites of the middle east.) VACCINATION is free to the consumer (at the point of delivery) and most people are vaccinated for most illnesses. Anti-vax sentiment is not a powerful political issue here. And because the price is negotiated for the entire population the cost is low.
It's like Susie Wiles or whomever went through a list of the MOST incompetent, most unqualified, most obnoxious people to be part of President Orange Snake's (POS's) administration.
In a lot of ways, she seems like the scariest of the bunch.
Only the incompetent will sell their souls for power.
Even the pizza has measles! Or does it have cheezles?
"what's next?" you ask.....how about whooping cough?
Whoop! There it is!
Mumps was in a headline I saw but I think Whooping cough is more likely as there have been cases that have made the news this year
Yes to both. It’d been at least 60 years so I got the MMR with flu & covid. It hurts.Long covid is far worse.
Bacterial meningitis.
Poor Peesy. He didn't deserve measles.
The rest of those bums deserve whatever happens to them. It would be great if RFK Jr decided spreading measles was cool and gave it to the whole worthless gang.
Let's hope he doesn't come down with Black Death Plague!
Thank you! I was so upset that he gave Peezy the measles I didn’t watch the speed drawing.
It comes as no surprise that the NIH director, known for his critical views on lockdowns and COVID-19 restrictions, will now be taking on the role of acting director of the CDC. Because, why not?!
No doubt he’ll fit right in with the rest of the crazies!
P. S. Poor Peezy!
Juxtapose the information about pathogens in melting glaciers in this
https://scienceblog.com/bacteria-frozen-in-ancient-ice-resistant-against-10-modern-antibiotics/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email#google_vignette
and the recent study and report noting that a very serious warm area disease and the mosquitos which carry it are expanding territory:
“ … CHIKV is transmissible at lower temperatures than previously recognized … ”
with yesterday’s largely missed announcement that rfk jr and crew have decided to have U.S. federal health agencies de-emphasize defense against emerging illnesses of humans and animals:
[Hogvet is a noted influenza expert who retired just a few years ago.]
https://hogvet51.substack.com/p/an-ongoing-erosion-in-expectations?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2578829&post_id=186013153&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=b7nw7&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
“ Staff members at the United States’s premier infectious-disease research institute have been instructed to remove the words “biodefense” and “pandemic preparedness” from the institute’s web pages, according to e-mails Nature has obtained.
The directive comes amid a broader shake-up at the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of 27 institutes and centres at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIAID is expected to deprioritize the two topics in an overhaul of its funded research projects, according to four NIAID employees who spoke to Nature on the condition of anonymity, because they are not authorized to speak to the press.
NIH director Jay Bhattacharya explained the restructure at an event with other top agency officials on 30 January. “It’s a complete transformation of [the NIAID] away from this old model” that has historically prioritized research on HIV, biodefence and pandemic preparedness, he said. The institute will focus more on basic immunology and other infectious diseases currently affecting people in the United States, he added, rather than on predicting future diseases.”
———
On the good side, there has been enough noise that the new Moderna influenza vaccine is being reconsidered after it proposed adding more testing. (Expect the decision to be political so make constructive noise.)
"Tomorrow, the USA women face off against the Canadians for the gold."
Yeah, I'mma root for the Canadiannes!
Here too. 🥳🎉🇨🇦
Seems like sensible advice.
Got a good laugh out of this one, discovering everybody and everything has measles. It would have made me crazy making all the red dots.
I don't watch a lot of speed skating but I loved the race where one racer blasted away at the beginning of the race, the pack decided to maintain their strategy and normal speed, while the single racer passed them once and then got behind the pack for the rest of the race.
The pack sped up at the end and almost caught up to the single racer who just maintained their position and won the race because they were still in the lead! Hiding behind them.
"There is a comment on yesterday's cartoon,"
Hey! That's defamatory, malicious, disparaging, and inflammatory. My lawyer will be filing a lawsuit demanding $1 billion soon. You wealthy media types can afford it.
~~~
Glad you're liking the women's Olympic performances. The XC skiing sprint relay races for both the men and women were great today.
I wish I had seen all of it, but I was too busy drawing red dots.
Can't get AI to do that for you? Command line prompt: Washington Monument , Peasy with measles.
RFK is one of the most despicable humans out there. It is hard for me to look at his leathery face and bare torso and wonder if he has skin cancer lurking somewhere. But no matter, defying medical science is his gameplan which may work for him but screw everyone else.
Totally cringeworthy.
Medical care in Europe is head and shoulders better than what one receives in the US. By chance, I had an infarction in Spain about 13 years ago. After being stabilized at a local hospital, I was taken by ambulance approximately 60 miles. I got a stent. I spent five days in the Cardiac ICU. The staff were universally competent, positive and friendly. If you are anticipating such an event I can highly recommend the hospital and staff of Cantabria's public health system. Out of pocket cost to me: nada. Zip. Nothing. I go for a check-up once a year, take my meds (2 statins, beta blocker and aspirin) at a cost of less than €20 per month. One of the statins, alone, costs about $100 a month in the US. While I am not as impressed with primary care as their US counterparts (mostly because I live at significant distance from the nearest health care provider who only visits for a couple of hours weekly), they function as conduits to specialists. Depending on the urgency of the problem the waiting time for an appointment can be either hours or months. Out of pocket cost. Zero, bupkis. I am not anxious about going into bankruptcy as I was when I had surgeries in the US and that in itself is a boon. Even during the time of the last austerity conservative government and that government's attempts to privatize the system through cut-backs in specialist care, the system still functioned smoothly and patients barely noticed (although waiting times for non-emergency treatments increased and Spaniards are vocal in their criticisms.) Spain suffered mightily during the economic crisis brought about by Bush policies with unemployment reaching about 30%, but hospitals and health centers continued and continue to function. (I'm not sure about stroke treatment, Clay, but I know it's very good during the critical onset period.) Another of the hidden costs to the American consumer is that physicians here are rarely, if ever sued for malpractice and don't, as a consequence, carry malpractice insurance, an expense borne by the consumer. Nor do they need the 15-20% of collateral costs of administering a plethora of different health care insurance programs. Autonomous regions (think states) manage their individual programs, so the system is not overly centralized. Really, the benefits are so well and smoothly managed that people have become oblivious to the whole thing. People do NOT travel to the US for health care (unlike the elites of the middle east.) VACCINATION is free to the consumer (at the point of delivery) and most people are vaccinated for most illnesses. Anti-vax sentiment is not a powerful political issue here. And because the price is negotiated for the entire population the cost is low.
Good one again, Clay!! Thank you. Glad you are keeping on. All those spots had to be challenging!❤️
OMG...fabulous toon and blog.