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H1N1 (Swine 'Flu) overhyped

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:20:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks: After an otherwise healthy 13-year-old boy died of a H1N1 infection, demand for the vaccine jump drastically after the heavy media attention what was given to a horribly tragic, but still singular death from H1N1. Clinics were forced to shut down due to lack of supplies, and people who really should have gotten the vaccine first (like young children, pregnant mothers and seniors) lost out.

H1N1 Influenza is a mere fraction of the virility of normal seasonal 'flu, and has fewer serious cases and deaths than seasonal 'flu. The normal, sensible steps you take to avoid getting the 'flu every year will work as well for H1N1. Yes, it looks serious when the media focuses on individual deaths from H1N1, but such coverage is deceptive. A few hundred deaths, Canada-side from H1N1 is tragic, but seasonal 'flu will claim several thousand, as it does every year. Just keep some perspective.

Be aware; be mindful, but don't be scared. Think sensibly.

Clip Source: news.ca.msn.com

H1N1 overplayed by media, public health: MDs

Public health officials and journalists have overstated the importance of the swine flu, a former Ontario chief medical officer of health says.

Dr. Richard Schabas, chief medical officer of health for Hastings and Prince Edward Counties in eastern Ontario, said the H1N1 influenza outbreak needs to be put into proper perspective.

About 200,000 people die in Canada every year from all causes combined, including about 4,000 from seasonal flu.

"By the time all the dust has settled on H1N1, somewhere between 200 and 300 people will have died in this country," Schabas said Thursday during a panel on media coverage of H1N1 on CBC-TV's The National.

Schabas criticized the media for not trying to put the story into perspective, and for being "a little too easy to spin sometimes" by public health officials.

"By the time all is said and done, this is not a major public health event, but you'd never know that from what some people are saying."

Tags: h1n1, hype, flu, influenza, paranoia, death, vaccine, schabas

Capitalism again proves to the the source of the problem

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:30:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This article is a must-read. The unfair capitalist healthcare system causes a glut on doctors in rich areas where they can earn more, and a sparsity in areas where they would earn less, like poor communities. Do people still think that America can get by without reforming Healthcare? Doctor's salaries need to be standardized, so a doctor working in a dirt-poor area of Arkansas is going make the same amount (by scale of skill) as a doctor in Malibu, California. 50 million uninsured Americans, and another 50 million underinsured Americans are too many people to be excluded from proper, complete healthcare. It's criminal, and amoral.

C'mon, all you right-wingers! Don't you think that women and newborn children dying from perfectly preventable causes during childbirth is more important that wondering if federal money is going to perform abortions? Don't you think that people ending up losing limbs or eyesight due to lack of care for their diabetes is more important than getting all work

Clip Source: www.reuters.com

SPECIAL REPORT: Are doctors what ails U.S. healthcare?

WHITE PLAINS, New York (Reuters) - Nowhere in the United States has more doctors at its beck and call than White Plains, one of the wealthiest cities in the nation.

Doctors have been flocking to the area and surrounding Westchester County since the 1970s, drawn in part by an upper-class clientele who demand top-notch medical care and have the means to pay for it. The county has one of the highest median household incomes in the nation (about $77,000 a year in 2007), and the figures soar above six digits in suburbs like Scarsdale and Chappaqua, which former President Bill Clinton calls home.

Nearly 3,000 miles away, scaring up a doctor in Bakersfield, situated in California's economically battered Central Valley, is a lot harder. In fact, White Plains has more than twice the number of doctors per capita as Bakersfield, where needy patients until recently had to take a 2-hour bus trip to Fresno to see a diabetes treatment specialist.

Not a comeback

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:43:14 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The Republicans are just as pathetic today, as they were a week ago. Americans are just saying that they're disgusted with both parties, and local issues mean more to them than party affiliations.

But I suppose if the GOP don't have their delusions, they've got nothing whatsoever.

Clip Source: comics.com

Obama caves to the Zionist Lobby

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:49:47 GMT

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clipper's remarks: He was doing so well, but then he backed down on his insistence that Netanyahu freeze all settlement building in occupied Palestine. It seems Obama spoke a good game, but he's had his spine removed.

Read the whole story at source.

Clip Source: www.reuters.com

Palestinians accuse U.S. of killing peace prospects

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Pointing an accusing finger at the United States, the Palestinians on Sunday said Washington's backing for Israeli refusal to halt Jewish settlement expansion had killed any hope of reviving peace negotiations soon.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, buoyed by new-found support from the Obama administration, urged the Palestinians to "get a grip" and drop their settlement freeze precondition for restarting talks suspended since December.

On a one-day Middle East visit on Saturday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton endorsed Israel's view that settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank should not be a bar to resuming negotiations -- contradicting the Palestinian position.

Seemed appropriate

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:27:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ... considering my current computer problems

Clip Source: www.sinfest.net

I agree with Grandpa

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:23:22 GMT

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Clip Source: www.gocomics.com

Maybe there's another reason

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:48:22 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Maybe it's because he doesn't care what happens to Canada or care what Canadians want — especially Central and Eastern Canadians. Of maybe because he lives in a gilded tower, separated from the country he governs with the least transparent government in Canada's history?

Or maybe he's just a jerk.

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Just Say Yes

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:44:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A healthy 13-year-old boy died today in Toronto from the H1N1 influenza virus. While H1N1 still causes severe reactions and death in significantly fewer cases than seasonal influenza, it can still kill, like any case of influenza.

There's no good reason to refuse the vaccine (just paranoia and hype), and plenty of good reasons to get it. If a family's perfectly healthy, 13-year-old can go from mild symptoms to dead within 48hs, it can happen to anyone.

Don't be scared; don't panic, but take reasonable precautions. That includes getting the vaccine as soon as it's available. Don't let the conspiracy theorists scare you away!

Clip Source: www.cagle.com

Concerning Fox's War against the White House

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:36:53 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Considering that FoxNews started attacking Obama based on fantasies and lies starting in January, it's typical right-wing victimhood for them to whine like little girls when the White House takes actions to level the playing field. The only real surprise was how much the other Corporate, Right-WIng Media Outlets were in Fox's back pocket.

Besides, why should FoxNews care if it's invited to press conferences, anyway? They just make up all their shit in the first place; creating and parroting strawmen and scarecrows over and over to drum the lies into the heads of their gullible viewers.

Clip Source: www.cagle.com

Tags: fox, lies, propaganda, corporate media, right-wing media, fantasy, vikings, blood

Healthcare Reform, Congress-Style

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:30:50 GMT

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Clip Source: www.cagle.com

How "Trickle-Down Economics" works

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:29:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ... theoretically. Some day, they'll voluntarily share the wealth... just not in any of our lifetimes... or our children's lifetimes... or our grandchildren's lifetimes...

Clip Source: www.cagle.com

Backwards, Uncivilized Countries

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:41:27 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Look at the middle of North America, and you'll see the most barbaric, uncivilized Western nation in the world.

Clip Source: comics.com

How to Pay for Healthcare Reform

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:42:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The US's corrupt commercial healthcare system wastes nearly as much money each year as it will cost to reform healthcare.

Read the whole article and decide; do you want your money going toward providing good healthcare for all, or continuing to finance the fraud and waste in the current US healthcare system?

Clip Source: www.reuters.com

Healthcare system wastes up to $800 billion a year

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. healthcare system is just as wasteful as President Barack Obama says it is, and proposed reforms could be paid for by fixing some of the most obvious inefficiencies, preventing mistakes and fighting fraud, according to a Thomson Reuters report released on Monday.

The U.S. healthcare system wastes between $505 billion and $850 billion every year, the report from Robert Kelley, vice president of healthcare analytics at Thomson Reuters, found.

"America's healthcare system is indeed hemorrhaging billions of dollars, and the opportunities to slow the fiscal bleeding are substantial," the report reads.

"The bad news is that an estimated $700 billion is wasted annually. That's one-third of the nation's healthcare bill," Kelley said in a statement.

"The good news is that by attacking waste we can reduce healthcare costs without adversely affecting the quality of care or access to care."

Hoax!

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:11:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The Baucus Bill has done plenty to rape the idea of meaningful healthcare reform.

Clip Source: www.cagle.com

Afghanistan: Vietnam Redux

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:08:47 GMT

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Clip Source: www.cagle.com