Now dealing with the alligators I had to put on hold to deal with the other alligators demanding immediate service. So, progress?
"Doctors currently advise men and women with no family history of colon cancer or other risk factors to start undergoing screening at age 50, and sooner for those deemed more at risk. But this sweeping guideline does not account for individual genetic and lifestyle differences. To calculate the ideal age for the first screening, researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle and their colleagues analyzed patient data… The results suggest that 15 percent of men with no family history of the disease should start getting scoped before age 45, whereas half of women with no family history could wait until they are at least 56—and 10 percent of those could start as late as 64." Fuck cancer (and yes, I should schedule one soon).
"A hospital in Texas has cut ties with a nurse who apparently posted about a young patient with the measles in a Facebook group dedicated to 'anti-vaxxers,' people who reject the scientific evidence of the safety and effectiveness of vaccines." HIPAA is a bitch. I have several posts that I'm waiting a sufficient amount of time before releasing them so that you won't know which patient I'm talking about (the others I've posted I've been able to change enough that you couldn't tie them to a single patient). Sometimes it's also easier to "anonymize" information after you let it sit for a while. But here's the real secret, HIPAA is often just a convenient excuse to remove troublesome employees. I have a feeling it was more about the shock of 1) having a medical employee as an anti-vaxxer and 2) the "swabbing the mouth" comment would send any infection control expert through the roof. Also, get the damn vaccinations.
"In 2010, David French and his wife traveled to Ethiopia to pick up their baby girl. He writes that he was full of hope at that time about expanding his family in this way - adopting a child from a different country, of a different race." And then reality hit. Well, the reality of America's racism hit.
"A pair of recent, high-profile news stories are highlighting the way workplace lawsuits and culture increasingly are influenced by surreptitious recordings." And here I will tell you the advice I gave my fellow councilmen back in 2005, always consider that someone is recording you at all times (we had an issue with our local cable company not being prompt to turn on our broadcast, or they may turn on the microphones 10 minutes before the broadcast, sending out our conversations before the meeting starts. Some people were embarrassed.
Ah, the debates about thinning forests and management of timberlands is coming back up because of the record fires. Didn't we do this before? "'The biggest enemy of good forest management, especially fire management, is budget cuts,' says forest management consultant Rich Armstrong." Yep.
"Pennsylvania ordered a lockdown Wednesday of its entire state prison system after a number of staff became ill from suspected exposure to tainted synthetic drugs, an incident that comes as five inmates have died from overdoses in Arkansas and dozens were sickened in Ohio under similar circumstances."
"Once the impact of inflation is included, ordinary Americans’ hourly earnings are lower than they were a year ago." This is my shocked face. But you know what, the Trumpers still having figured out they've been had and possibly never will. Even without the tax cuts, at "full-employment" wages should be rising at a good clip and if you listen to enough economy programs you'll hear how economists are so perplexed because of it and (without doing actual research) give various excuses. The reason is America is being fleeced.
"After decades of research and debate, the EPA was on the cusp of banning all use of chlorpyrifos, a poison that attacks the nervous system. But in 2017, then-EPA administrator Scott Pruitt delayed a decision by five years. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports that fight is part of a larger battle over the use of scientific studies and industry pressure." Yes, we're being killed by out "better living through chemistry" industry. It's just killing mostly poor people, and the rich and powerful haven't seen it affect their lives yet.
"In recent months, Bank of America has been accused of freezing or threatening to freeze customers’ accounts after asking about their legal status in the U.S.. In July, the Washington Post reported that multiple customers had been locked out of their accounts after Bank of America questioned whether the account holders were U.S. citizens or dual citizens." You do not need to be a citizen to open a bank account in America. The deprivations and crimes of the Nazis were enabled with the willing participation of millions and the quiet assent of millions more. Many of whom found their own ways to harass and injure Jews and the minorities without any direction from above. (Grokked from Seanan McGuire)
"The Postal Service apologized on Thursday for 'inappropriately' releasing a cache of sensitive personal and background information about a congressional candidate." Personnel files are not subject to FOIA requests. (Grokked from Xeni Jardin)
"Some Americans of Mexican heritage are finding that their passports being denied as the government questions their birth certificates." It was never about "illegal immigrants." So we're passed the "When they came for…" stage. They will come for everybody, eventually. Their politics require a scapegoat and a continuing process of "Us vs Them". So you may be on the inside at first, but eventually they'll get to you.
"President Trump appears to be blaming China for derailing a U.S.-North Korea rapprochement, implying that it's placing 'tremendous pressure' on Pyongyang as a result of ongoing trade disputes between Washington and Beijing." Other countries have their own agendas? Shocked, shocked I am…
"White House counsel Don McGahn is resigning this autumn after a tumultuous stretch as President Trump's in-house lawyer." Rumor is he was planning on resigning, but was surprised by the president's tweet.
"With vacancies abounding in the White House and more departures on the horizon, there is growing concern among Trump allies that the brain drain at the center of the administration could hardly come at a more perilous time. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s swirling probe of Russian election interference and potential obstruction of justice by Trump has reached ever closer to the Oval Office, and the upcoming midterm elections could grant his political adversaries the power of subpoena or, more worryingly, the votes to attempt impeachment." (Grokked from Xeni Jardin)
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