‘Died suddenly’ posts twist tragedies to push vaccine lies

There Are Still Many More Americans Dying Than There Should Be (NYT)
Where are the country’s quite large numbers of deaths actually coming from?

here's a good look at excess deaths and the causes (deep dive, but worth it)

still over 400 peeps day, but declining...

 miamizsun wrote:

Certainly philanthropic!

got 50 seconds?

Billionaires at Davos don't think COVID is a cold

 miamizsun wrote:

For me it is stirring memories of how Ron DeSantis refused to share Florida's covid data early in the pandemic

why did china open so abruptly?
omicron was overwhelming their zero covid stranglehold?

what's happening in china is really bad...
(using the search function on most social media gets some sad and sobering results)

 R_P wrote:

They don't deserve more attention.
They need to be ostracized, ignored, marginalized, shamed - in lieu of prosecution. They killed hundreds of thousands of people, much worse than any other killer making the "news" these days.

Anti-vaccine activists are using faulty data to claim cardiac arrests are increasing in athletes. They’re not.

 R_P wrote:

They don't deserve more attention.
They need to be ostracized, ignored, marginalized, shamed - in lieu of prosecution. They killed hundreds of thousands of people, much worse than any other killer making the "news" these days.

How antivaxxers laid the groundwork to blame COVID-19 vaccines for Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest

 R_P wrote:

The genes are not "rewired" but have different phenotypic expression. It's an attention getting statement on his part, but a pretty common thing. The interesting part is the increase in pro-clotting factor which is what folks have been saying recently: there may be some micro-clotting going on.

want a good information source on this sort of thing?
then you'll enjoy monica gandhi

Comment from Walgreens earnings call today:

A the study from the Commonwealth Fund showing that total industry efforts have prevented 18.5 million hospitalizations, saved 3.2 million patient lives, and prevented 120 million COVID infections. This adds up to an estimated over $1 trillion in medical cost savings through the U.S. vaccination program.