Month: March 2020

For some reason, the mumps coverage I’ve read so far omits this part of the story. This part of the story is not too controversial for our local Media. It should be included.

THE MUMPS WERE ERADICATED IN THE U.S. HOW DID THE DISEASE COME BACK? Before the vaccine was introduced in 1967, mumps was a common childhood disease. Mumps cases were down by more than 99 percent in the U.S. until the anti-vaccine movement began to grow twenty years ago. Since then, the disease has continued to pop up throughout the country. IS THE MUMPS VACCINE SAFE FOR MY CHILD? Yes, the MMR vaccine is safe and effective. There is no link between the MMR vaccine and the development of autism.

Not everyone watches Fox News, but everyone lives in an America where 24/7 bashing of Dems by Fox News invades into the cultural zeitgeist. To some extent, it really doesn't matter who wins the Dem nomination - the Dem nominee will be vilified and hated by at least 49% of Americans by the time the election gets here. (That 49% includes your nice but dumb in-laws who really have no critical thinking skills to speak of.) This should come as no big to surprise to anyone. It is what they do.

In a belated attempt to distance himself from his Azar confirmation vote, Coons has signed onto letter to Alex Azar expressing "serious concerns". This is a lame attempt to try and bury the fact that he helped the GOP install a man who: - has said that health sector profits must be protected during this crisis, - has attacked the ACA, - has defunded the CDC, and - who now admits that he makes national health policy decisions framed by fear of how Trump will react. Coons' letter is a fucking joke. Don't read his letters. Look at his votes.

Came across this in a Daily Kos diary, and it echoes what I've heard both IRL and online. There is a silent majority of American voters who are DONE with…

Alex Azar isn't reporting real case numbers for fear of angering Trump, but Johns Hopkins has an interactive map.. But even Johns Hopkins is grossly under-reporting cases as Chris Coons' buddy continues to cover up our appalling lack of testing kits. Coons has stated that if rich white men are left alone, they can solve big problems. But if this is the best Yale Law, and the Alfalfa Club can produce, maybe it is time we start looking elsewhere for leadership?

If you ever need proof that Coons has the same fucked up worldview as Trump, just wait five minutes. Coons will unleash some Trumpist sounding doozies on 'Morning Joe', at a Notre Dame Law School panel, or in this instance speaking at AIPAC.

@JessforDelaware This is @ChrisCoons at #AIPAC saying that Trump's reckless assassination of Qasem Soleimani was "a good step forward for peace." Trump and Chris Coons are pushing the exact kind of dangerous, warmongering foreign policy we are trying to replace.

Coons really is a piece of work. He doesn't talk about Soleimani until he end, but if you want to watch 12 minutes of Coons kissing the Likud Party's ass you will want to watch the entire thing.

My Lands!! Evil socialism comes to rural Delaware!! Brian Pettyjohn is a socialist, probably with communist tendencies.

DOVER, Del. – In Delaware, every resident will soon have access to high speed internet. It’s been years in the making and on Thursday a plan is officially in place to bring broadband services throughout Kent and Sussex County. “This is a significant step forward in Delaware in terms of broadband technology and getting it out there to the masses,” explains Kent County Administrator Michael Petit de Mange. Finally residents that haven’t had the access or means to pay for it, will be able to get it in their homes. ... Sen. Brian Pettyjohn explains, “We need to make sure that it wasn’t just available to the higher tier incomes of families, it was something that should be available to all families and all households.”