Political Discussion

[yukbon]

2. Also not making people feel stupid when telling them this.

I fear I am not strong enough for that mission, captain.

I am so petty I have taken screenshots of friend's pro-trump "gas will be cheaper", "groceries will be cheaper" and "trump is the anti-war propeace candidate" posts and will be making a point of returning to them like a shitty ex.

 

[Jan]

The appointment of Robert F Kennedy has horrified public health experts. Here are his three most dangerous ideas | Devi Sridhar

He says his goal is to “Make America healthy again”. But behind the laudable slogan there’s a morass of conspiracy theories, says Devi Sridhar of Edinburgh University

www.theguardian.com

 

[RenegadeMonster]

The appointment of Robert F Kennedy has horrified public health experts. Here are his three most dangerous ideas | Devi Sridhar

He says his goal is to “Make America healthy again”. But behind the laudable slogan there’s a morass of conspiracy theories, says Devi Sridhar of Edinburgh University

www.theguardian.com

Yet, a lot of Americans who work in Healthcare are happy about this appointment. They can look passed the conspiracy theories and just focus on "Make American healthy again" and say a guy like Robert F Kennedy Jr is needed to shake things up and bring about change. They keep citing obesity as an epidemic and that RFK Jr will take care of it.

 

[ayayrawn]

Yet, a lot of Americans who work in Healthcare are happy about this appointment. They can look passed the conspiracy theories and just focus on "Make American healthy again" and say a guy like Robert F Kennedy Jr is needed to shake things up and bring about change. They keep citing obesity as an epidemic and that RFK Jr will take care of it.

A substantial number of people in American healthcare ARE conspiracy theorists.

 

[folsom_lives]

A substantial number of people in American healthcare ARE conspiracy theorists.

My wife is a nurse and can attest to this. Half her co-workers are nuttier than squirrel shit.

 

[yukbon]

They keep citing obesity as an epidemic and that RFK Jr will take care of it.

I've seen two flavors of this on my friendslist: he's going to get rid of all the additives they put in food here and he's going to get companies to make healthier food.

Which, hey, I guess that's a thing that could happen. It's not gonna but it could. You'd need to enact some hard regulations to get US foods and sodas to start using sugar instead of corn syrup -- it would be super cool to have american coke taste like mexican coke -- but it's not gonna happen on RFK's whim, so good fucking luck changing the business practices of every food and drink manufacturer in the US.

 

[yukbon]

My wife is a nurse and can attest to this. Half her co-workers are nuttier than squirrel shit.

Presumably Mrs folsom_lives is an exception, but every nurse I have personally known is some flavor of crazy. I don't date nurses anymore. (...or any less....)

 

[RenegadeMonster]

A substantial number of people in American healthcare ARE conspiracy theorists.

Try. One of my step father's friend's wife was a career nurse and made very good money. She was fired because she refused to get the covid vaccine which was mandatory for all healthcare workers. She went off about it being a violation of her rights and that the vaccine was microchipping her. She know longer works in healthcare and in is a shift manager at a restaurant.

She is also currently suing her former employer over wrongful termination. Something I would have once laughed at and said "good luck with that", yet in this day an age I don't know any more.

Woman Fired For Refusing Covid Vaccine Wins Record $12 Million

A former Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan employee was terminated after declining to get a vaccination in 2021 wins big.

www.newsweek.com

And here are some other notable pending cases:

https://www.umlc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1-main.pdf
Maki v. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (0:22-cv-02887), Minnesota District Court

 

[folsom_lives]

Presumably Mrs folsom_lives is an exception, but every nurse I have personally known is some flavor of crazy. I don't date nurses anymore. (...or any less....)

She's one of the good ones. Labor and delivery.