listener--I don't remember my original smallpox vaccination either--it was among the childhood vaccinations, and after the time when they gave it by scarification, so no scar. I remember seeing people with the old- fashioned five-scar scarification pattern, although that was rare. When I had it a second time (in college) it was a simple subcutaneous injection, easy as pie, no scar. There was one boy in my grade school whose face was as badly scarred as a smallpox survivor, but I suspect (how could one ask?) that it was from chicken pox.
{listener} I know I got the polio vaccine. We all lined up for it at school. But how were the other vaccines administered? My family had no funds for doctor visits.
Yes, when our kids went to school (the youngest is 53), a certificate of immunization was required and public health centers provided vaccinations for free. Also true when we accessed a new school system in Florida. Whenyou come right down to it, most health care is designed to protect the healthy from being infected by the sick. Ditto for fire protective services that are designed to prevent one house fire from burning down the neighborhood. Somehow, the principle of indirect benefit is not understood by some people. Of course, they do not understand ancillary cost, either. Binary thinking. It's a processing function.
I had Measles and Chicken Pox concurrently when I was 2 1/2 years old. It could be that I was required to have immunizations before attending school. OTOH, we moved every year (sometimes mid-year), so I was the kid who could have fallen through the cracks.
Measles? Not just German measles? And together with chicken pox? You must have been in agony. The itching of chicken pox is one of my most vivid early childhood memories. I remember thinking "Mommy said not to scratch." I only scratched once, leaving a scar underneath one eyebrow. [The "chicken" in "chicken pox" has nothing to do with our avian companions, but is a mispronunciation of the Anglo-Saxon word for "itching."]
Ennyhoo, if you don't know, it is probably a good idea to get the smallpox vaccine if the monkeypox becomes a big enough problem to require a public health response. It sounds like a pretty damned nasty disease.
"It's up to the Justice Department to decide if this is a crime," the Post said. "But as a matter of principle, as a matter of character, Trump has proven himself unworthy to be this country's chief executive again."
"Both newspapers have been noticeably more critical of Trump than Murdoch's biggest megaphone of all, the Fox News Channel, though close viewers have also picked up on some signs that Fox might be souring on Trump.
"The right-wing network does not show his rallies any longer, for example. Potential 2024 presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor, was a featured guest on Fox while Trump held a rally on Friday night."
“…it's very important for us to speak with her and as I said, I hope she will agree to do so voluntarily but I'm sure we will contemplate a subpoena if she won't."
The branches are supposed to "check" each other, not the citizens, who govern. Congress has been lax in its supervision of the judiciary. For example, prosecutors have extended their influence into the judicial process without any significant revue. This accounts for the significant number of convictions and life sentences for people who did not do that of which they were accused. We had a white man released just recently in Georgia. He was convicted of a double murder in a place where could not actually have been on the testimony of a person who was paid for her lie. Yes, our local prosecutor has now been charged with malfeasance, but that does not help the people who were wrongly put away. As the Obama DoJ argued to the SCOTUS in 2011, "there is no Constitutional right not to be framed by a prosecutor." The rule of law is, like currency, a convenient cover to disguise malfeasance. Was the legalization of owning humans like cattle the beginning? I do not know.
Fast-moving Oak Fire near Yosemite is belching smoke. Will it choke Fresno area? [Click] In short, we may get some smoke today, which will blow away tomorrow. The slightly odd-looking cumulus cloud we had noticed to the north, over the mountains, turns out to be a pyrocumulus cloud. Current air quality index still moderate, but it has increased from 60 yesterday to 98 now.
Oh yes, it is a day trip from here. And the fire is not afflicting the most visited parts. After the indigenous inhabitants were evicted, the floor of Yosemite Valley changed dramatically. The previous low-density oak forest was replaced by thick growths of pine trees. The oak trees were a source of food, and low-level grass fires suppressed the growth of pine trees. Just sayin'.
The Real Map of Oil - Peter Zeihan Oil Update [Click] This certainly isn't the whole story of energy sources, but pulls together a lot of information on petroleum. Incidentally, BYD, which already manufactures electric buses and trucks in the US, seems to be preparing to assemble and sell autos in the US starting next year.
I am not able to turn up the sound just now, but will try later today. Over the years, I have heard a number of views. Of course, if you think of the Eye of the Needle gate view, you realise one has to get off the camel to walk through. "You can't take it with you." LOL.
Christianity seems to have been spread from ths Middle East by the merchants. Perhaps it was part of their patter to suggest to the buyer that he was getting more than he was paying for--the same pattern being employed by Hobby Lobby or charities selling shirts and coffee mugs. Is there a difference between merchandizing goods and proselytizing ideas?
They can certainly go hand in hand. Yesterday following the Disability Pride Parade I was offering parade T-shirts in response to a $20 donation to the sponsoring organization. And spreading the idea of disability pride was definitely parat of what was going on. Otherwiise the amount of money raised wouldn't really have been worth the effort.
I noticed that Adam Schiff has his shorts in a knot about the supposed lack of a monkeypox vaccine, so I sent him a letter pointing out that the smallpox vaccine works for monkeypox too, and the US maintains a stock of 200 million doses of smallpox vaccine. That should be enough to vaccinate everyone who has not been vaccinated.
I sent an e-letter, with a fake address in his district so that it has a chance of getting through the computerized deleter. I also identified myself as Dr.; I figured that might be helpful.
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listener--I don't remember my original smallpox vaccination either--it was among the childhood vaccinations, and after the time when they gave it by scarification, so no scar. I remember seeing people with the old- fashioned five-scar scarification pattern, although that was rare. When I had it a second time (in college) it was a simple subcutaneous injection, easy as pie, no scar. There was one boy in my grade school whose face was as badly scarred as a smallpox survivor, but I suspect (how could one ask?) that it was from chicken pox.
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DeleteI know I got the polio vaccine. We all lined up for it at school. But how were the other vaccines administered? My family had no funds for doctor visits.
Wouldn't it have been required for school registration? And thus available through the public health department?
DeleteI caught German measles (rubella) as a kid; it wasn't realized at that time how dangerous it was to the unborn.
DeleteYes, when our kids went to school (the youngest is 53), a certificate of immunization was required and public health centers provided vaccinations for free.
DeleteAlso true when we accessed a new school system in Florida.
Whenyou come right down to it, most health care is designed to protect the healthy from being infected by the sick. Ditto for fire protective services that are designed to prevent one house fire from burning down the neighborhood. Somehow, the principle of indirect benefit is not understood by some people. Of course, they do not understand ancillary cost, either.
Binary thinking. It's a processing function.
I had Measles and Chicken Pox concurrently when I was 2 1/2 years old. It could be that I was required to have immunizations before attending school. OTOH, we moved every year (sometimes mid-year), so I was the kid who could have fallen through the cracks.
DeleteMeasles? Not just German measles? And together with chicken pox? You must have been in agony. The itching of chicken pox is one of my most vivid early childhood memories. I remember thinking "Mommy said not to scratch." I only scratched once, leaving a scar underneath one eyebrow. [The "chicken" in "chicken pox" has nothing to do with our avian companions, but is a mispronunciation of the Anglo-Saxon word for "itching."]
DeleteEnnyhoo, if you don't know, it is probably a good idea to get the smallpox vaccine if the monkeypox becomes a big enough problem to require a public health response. It sounds like a pretty damned nasty disease.
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ReplyDeleteMurdoch dumps DT
"It's up to the Justice Department to decide if this is a crime," the Post said. "But as a matter of principle, as a matter of character, Trump has proven himself unworthy to be this country's chief executive again."
In his newspapers, yes; but what about Fox News? I think he handed control of Fox News over to his son.
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Delete"Both newspapers have been noticeably more critical of Trump than Murdoch's biggest megaphone of all, the Fox News Channel, though close viewers have also picked up on some signs that Fox might be souring on Trump.
"The right-wing network does not show his rallies any longer, for example. Potential 2024 presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor, was a featured guest on Fox while Trump held a rally on Friday night."
Well, that might be a little sign of progress, certainly.
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ReplyDeleteLiz Cheney says January 6 Committee could subpoena Ginni Thomas
“…it's very important for us to speak with her and as I said, I hope she will agree to do so voluntarily but I'm sure we will contemplate a subpoena if she won't."
Hmmmm....that's interesting. Coequal branch of government, eh?
DeleteThe branches are supposed to "check" each other, not the citizens, who govern. Congress has been lax in its supervision of the judiciary. For example, prosecutors have extended their influence into the judicial process without any significant revue. This accounts for the significant number of convictions and life sentences for people who did not do that of which they were accused. We had a white man released just recently in Georgia. He was convicted of a double murder in a place where could not actually have been on the testimony of a person who was paid for her lie.
DeleteYes, our local prosecutor has now been charged with malfeasance, but that does not help the people who were wrongly put away.
As the Obama DoJ argued to the SCOTUS in 2011, "there is no Constitutional right not to be framed by a prosecutor."
The rule of law is, like currency, a convenient cover to disguise malfeasance. Was the legalization of owning humans like cattle the beginning? I do not know.
Fast-moving Oak Fire near Yosemite is belching smoke. Will it choke Fresno area? [Click] In short, we may get some smoke today, which will blow away tomorrow. The slightly odd-looking cumulus cloud we had noticed to the north, over the mountains, turns out to be a pyrocumulus cloud. Current air quality index still moderate, but it has increased from 60 yesterday to 98 now.
ReplyDeleteYikes!
DeleteHave you visited Yosemite before? It seems it will never be the same.
Oh yes, it is a day trip from here. And the fire is not afflicting the most visited parts. After the indigenous inhabitants were evicted, the floor of Yosemite Valley changed dramatically. The previous low-density oak forest was replaced by thick growths of pine trees. The oak trees were a source of food, and low-level grass fires suppressed the growth of pine trees. Just sayin'.
DeleteAnd remember that the giant sequoias cannot reproduce without fire.
DeleteThe Real Map of Oil - Peter Zeihan Oil Update [Click] This certainly isn't the whole story of energy sources, but pulls together a lot of information on petroleum. Incidentally, BYD, which already manufactures electric buses and trucks in the US, seems to be preparing to assemble and sell autos in the US starting next year.
ReplyDeleteBYD entering Japanese [Click]
Deleteand US [Click] auto markets shortly.
The Camel and Needle: Did Scholars Mistranslate Jesus's Famous Saying? [Click] Interesting.
ReplyDeleteI am not able to turn up the sound just now, but will try later today. Over the years, I have heard a number of views. Of course, if you think of the Eye of the Needle gate view, you realise one has to get off the camel to walk through. "You can't take it with you." LOL.
DeleteI'm not rooting for any particular theory, but hadn't heard any of them before. Errors by scribes sounds credible.
DeleteAn "imposter Christianity" is threatening American democracy"
ReplyDelete"they follow a different Jesus than the one depicted in the Gospels"
Theirs is an idol-god, not the God of real Christianity.
Christianity seems to have been spread from ths Middle East by the merchants. Perhaps it was part of their patter to suggest to the buyer that he was getting more than he was paying for--the same pattern being employed by Hobby Lobby or charities selling shirts and coffee mugs. Is there a difference between merchandizing goods and proselytizing ideas?
ReplyDeleteThey can certainly go hand in hand. Yesterday following the Disability Pride Parade I was offering parade T-shirts in response to a $20 donation to the sponsoring organization. And spreading the idea of disability pride was definitely parat of what was going on. Otherwiise the amount of money raised wouldn't really have been worth the effort.
DeleteI noticed that Adam Schiff has his shorts in a knot about the supposed lack of a monkeypox vaccine, so I sent him a letter pointing out that the smallpox vaccine works for monkeypox too, and the US maintains a stock of 200 million doses of smallpox vaccine. That should be enough to vaccinate everyone who has not been vaccinated.
ReplyDeleteI sent an e-letter, with a fake address in his district so that it has a chance of getting through the computerized deleter. I also identified myself as Dr.; I figured that might be helpful.
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