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Nee Lewman
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Clowns.
On Apple News +, I just listened to a half hour long story titled "America is losing the propaganda war against democracy".
It's chilling.
It's pretty much about how there is a war against liberalism and democracy going on through propaganda consisting of mostly disinformation. China and Russia are obviously big players. But there are other countries like Iran, Venezuela and now several African countries joining in. But it's not just an external threat, MAGA and Q-ANON are spreading this propaganda domestically in an effort to reelect Trump in 2024. And that liberals are going to cause the end of the world, either through war or government and economic collapse.
Millions of Americans believe this disinformation to be fact. And many of these disinformation tactics are now a mater of public record in congress being spewed as fact and talking points for passing bills.
It's chilling.
It's pretty much about how there is a war against liberalism and democracy going on through propaganda consisting of mostly disinformation. China and Russia are obviously big players. But there are other countries like Iran, Venezuela and now several African countries joining in. But it's not just an external threat, MAGA and Q-ANON are spreading this propaganda domestically in an effort to reelect Trump in 2024. And that liberals are going to cause the end of the world, either through war or government and economic collapse.
Millions of Americans believe this disinformation to be fact. And many of these disinformation tactics are now a mater of public record in congress being spewed as fact and talking points for passing bills.
I have been listing to Apple News + podcasts this morning. And one of the ones I'm currently listing too is about screening for colon cancer.
The main topic is how there are now two competing blood test available that are cheaper than traditional tests, and cleaner than collecting stool samples.
It sounds like these blood tests are going to become the recommended colon cancer screenings from from both doctors and insurance companies and could replace colonoscopies due to costs.
The blood tests detect 83% of of colon cancers identified by colonoscopies. So, not as good. The misses are mostly in early stage cancers as the blood tests aren't as sensitive as colonoscopies. This is a big deal because catching and treating colon cancer in it's early stages is most effective. In addition, blood tests can't detect any pre-cancerous polyps.
This means that the rates of advanced cancers and deaths could increase if blood tests take over as the primary form of screening over colonoscopies. This is especially concerning when there is a rise of colon cancer cases in people under the age of 50.
The main topic is how there are now two competing blood test available that are cheaper than traditional tests, and cleaner than collecting stool samples.
It sounds like these blood tests are going to become the recommended colon cancer screenings from from both doctors and insurance companies and could replace colonoscopies due to costs.
The blood tests detect 83% of of colon cancers identified by colonoscopies. So, not as good. The misses are mostly in early stage cancers as the blood tests aren't as sensitive as colonoscopies. This is a big deal because catching and treating colon cancer in it's early stages is most effective. In addition, blood tests can't detect any pre-cancerous polyps.
This means that the rates of advanced cancers and deaths could increase if blood tests take over as the primary form of screening over colonoscopies. This is especially concerning when there is a rise of colon cancer cases in people under the age of 50.
Turbo
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I saw the article earlier this week on CNN. Man, I know you're not supposed to say "banana republic" anymore, but the fruit is lying so low here... and it's actually accurate.
TenderLovingKiller®
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I would imagine the one upside to a blood test would be that more people would be willing to screen for colon cancer. As it stands right now lost of people don’t screen because the don’t wanna shit in a box or have a camera shoved up there butt. I am sure those options are better if people actually do them but a blood test is better than no test at all. Hopefully, the research will continue to advance and eventually the blood test will be more effective in the long run.
TenderLovingKiller®
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I still remember the episode of Drunk History about it. Crazy stuff.
They further went in to explain the science since I posted. The blood test will not become more effective in the long run. There are limitations as to what can be detected in the blood stream, and what's going on in the colon doesn't directly entry the blood stream, especially during the early stages. They can supplement this by testing for other immune system responses, but this will only increase false positives and could result in a bunch of unnecessary follow up appointments and tests that are expensive. Not to mention the phycological effect of a false positive and thinking that you might have cancer. The experts are say the risk is not worth the reward here.
ranbalam
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I have heard/read that the colonoscopy is quite a better than the shit-in-a-box method. Especially since the doc will sometimes take care of polyps while they are in there.
The procedure itself is a breeze, but the prep is not fun. I'd still prefer that everyone I know and love get the scope...it's so important to catch any of this stuff early. I'm sick of losing people to this fucking disease.
And the shit-in-a-box method is better than the blood test.
The main driving factors for the blood test is it cheaper. And people are more likely to get one. But it comes at the cost of sensitivity with early detection.
So yes, we will get more people screened. But it could also mean that people who would have otherwise gotten a colonoscopy but had to get the blood test due to insurance coverage may have early stages of colon cancer go undiscovered. This is when colon cancer is most treatable.
Hemotep
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Dumb reasoning, but better than the alternative.
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Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion medication
The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion decision since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. The nine justices ruled that abortion...
TenderLovingKiller®
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It’s a dumb rational in that they shouldn’t be regulating a woman’s right to choose but also it’s important that cases like this where the parties sue have no legal precedent are acknowledged unanimously across the highest court.Dumb reasoning, but better than the alternative.
Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion medication
The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion decision since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. The nine justices ruled that abortion...
Hemotep
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I agree, it's just that they keep kicking the can rather than putting the issue to rest.
Myers, who is not a member of law enforcement, had decided to conduct “overwatch” at the parking lot and “immediately assumed” the three teens were about to commit a violent robbery, the prosecutor wrote. Overwatch is a military term for surveilling a location.
We seriously have people who do this? how common is it for people like Myers to act as self pointed law enforcement.
Bull Shannon
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I'm starting to think it's the guns.
TenderLovingKiller®
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Trayvon Martin happened in 2012.
In the wake of George Floyd deaths in 2020 many scared small towns whites frightened themselves into a frenzy on social media and would LARP as a military defense force of their shitty dying rural towns. Protecting confederate statues and Walmart parking lots across the country from imagined minority hordes being bussed in from the big city by George Soros to riot and destroy.
What’s the point in buying an AR-15 with an extended magazine and hundreds of bullets if you can’t get them out in the hopes of murdering some teens over some shoplifting.
Kyle Rittenhouse was found innocent after all.
ranbalam
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This still makes me angry. I remember trying to argue with people that called him a hero.
TenderLovingKiller®
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Yeah, he now tour college campuses with Turning Points USA’s backing in an attempt to own the libs.
ranbalam
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Flip flop the shooter and shootee and see how much support he'd get. It's just gross.
“Mr. Myers and his family are devastated by this tragedy and the fact that it resulted in the loss of a young man’s life,”
I dunno, maybe stay in your car and mind your fucking business. This fear for my life argument is exhausted and needs to be retired. I’m fearful of some gun-happy-half-educated nut job shooting me based on their racist beliefs, does that give me grounds to go around shooting people?!
Starting to think we have a people problem and not just the guns.