
High-risk North Carolina man who has benefitted significantly from health care system and has additional need for kidney transplant wants to place himself and health care workers at risk by refusing to be vaccinated…
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The health care system has kept Chad Carswell alive, at huge expense, but now he refuses to protect himself and health care workers by getting a safe and inexpensive vaccination. He may “die free” but the cost of his health care over the years has been anything but free. More information here:
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Man-caused climate change is not just about a gradually warming planet or extreme weather events, it’s also about increasing health emergences for everyone…
From The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/nov/16/from-cholera-to-kidney-disease-10-ways-the-climate-crisis-is-wrecking-peoples-lives-acc? mosquitoes, ticks, disease, illness, death
Medicare is better than nothing, though it still costs more than it should, but “privatized” Medicare is even worse, and Medicare “Advantage” plans threaten rural hospitals…
From fiercehealthcare.com: https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/tiny-rural-hospitals-feel-pinch-medicare-advantage-plans-grow Beartooth Billings Clinic, many small, rural hospitals in Montana, greed, need single payer, stop profiteering
When our local news aggregator site — the Montana Independent News — writes its own local news the articles tend to be biased and unprofessionally written, such as a recent pro-STR piece…
The Montana Independent New article let realtors repeat the nonsense that Red Lodge would suffer with restrictions on short-term rentals,...
Apologies to the anti-masker/anti-science crowd, but the Cochrane study they love was flawed and misinterpreted, and masks can help you stay healthier…
From Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-went-wrong-with-a-highly-publicized-covid-mask-analysis/ MAGA, Trump, narcissistic selfishness, unChristian to not to want to protect others
Between fracking, methane release and other environmental disasters, we’ve known for some time natural gas is terrible for the environment — a new study says possibly worse than coal!…
From The New Yorker and Bill McKibben: https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/a-smoking-gun-for-bidens-big-climate-decision