specialize in reading history, knitting and generally enjoying being weird. Retired public librarian. I'm a woman. No follow sexy pics. NO DM.
#RFKJr2024
@TrevonDLogan
When I lived in rural Missouri I was told by older folks that black residents couldn't check books out of public libraries. If they were friends with a white person they could ask that person to borrow books for them. Considering that they were tax payers that was crappy!
@ThomasChamplin
@jeffreyatucker
I think that vaccines are basic to this sense of dependency. Pediatricians sometimes complain that the families they treat call them a lot, sometimes for minor stuff. But I bet they would hate it if these same families got books on herbalism and started managing the minor stuff
@TRHLofficial
My aunt sewed clothes for her family using flour sacks. She started sewing as a child and by the time she was 10 she was making most of the clothes for the entire family.
@IanCopeland5
Forcing vaccines turns people against vaccines. Denying vaccine injuries turns people against vaccines. Not doing proper studies before licensing turns people against vaccines. And yelling at people turns people against vaccines. So please, all you you vaccine enthusiasts, keep
@GadSaad
My grandmother was almost killed by Cossacks in the 1905 pogrom in Odessa. I never observed her spending the rest of her life trying to get revenge on the Cossacks. She came to the US in 1914, raised 3 children, ran a farm, lived until she died of old age.
@DanWuori
For the first 3 years of life they imitate what they see and hear, which is how they learn the immensely complicated jobs of talking and walking. So it is very important what sort of behaviors they see around them.
@fasc1nate
Marie Curie died from her work with radioactivity. "Both Curies were constantly ill from radiation sickness, and Marie Curie’s death from aplastic anemia in 1934, at age 66, was likely caused by radiation exposure. A few of her books and papers are still so radioactive that
@AGallagherAlly
Dear Ally, what is the end game? After men are in women's prisons, women's shelters, women's sports and women's restrooms, what comes after that?
Yes. I'm unvaxed. I'm over 70. And except for a single vax as a child (given without parental consent) I've been unvaxed all my life. How is this possible?
@garonnevik
When my daughter attended a waldorf school, all the teachers met the children at the door to the classroom, looked directly at them, shook hands, greeted them and sent them on in. Same thing for my grandkids, years later at a different waldorf school.
@chadfelixg
If it is a US based company, then US should be first on the list. Duh. If it is a French company, then France should be first on the list. Treat your main customers well.
@HazelAppleyard_
Good book on spousal abuse pointed out that supposedly enraged men on a rampage never destroy their own toys. This is similar, just sneaky.
@garonnevik
This is exactly why I never married. I had a few boyfriends when I was in my 20s, but they always seemed like a distraction from my real interests. I need a lot of time by myself. And I finally got it!
@EthicalSkeptic
some of this predicted by Bernard Lievegoed in his last book, written on his deathbed. He said that some very bad times would start in 2020, that the disasters would continue for about 20 years and that pharmaceutical greed and manipulation would play a major role.
@catsscareme2021
Years ago I was lobbying against a bill to remove the philosophical exemption. Sitting next to me was the AARP representative. She argued that forcing children to vaccinate would protect the elderly. With a straight face.
@PierreKory
I've been observing that drug manufacturers are developing drugs that interfere with important body systems. Vioxx, Fosamaz, Lipitor are all examples. They really don't care that they have no idea what they are doing as long as the money rolls in.
@IanCopeland5
I'm going to point out 2 things. One is that bulbar polio (the kind that put people into iron lungs) was closely linked to tonsillectomies. If you had your tonsils out and then got polio, you were very likely to end up with bulbar polio.
@islantstudio
Since I was born in an anti-vaccine family and have made it into my 70s with only 1 vaccine, I didn't see any reason to change course. Especially after starting to study vaccines in depth in 1999. The closer you look, the worse they look.
@Rapahelz
@elonmusk
Marcus Aurelius spent many years leading armies against barbarians on the frontiers of the Roman Empire. It is an interesting quote, as a Roman would naturally feel as though he was different from the tribes outside the empire.
@TomDNaughton
@Absurd_Stoic
The system for tracking vaccine reactions nationwide was created in the 1980s. There is still no teeth in the requirement that doctors report vaccine reactions.
Ex-CNN Analyst Jeffrey Toobin on Why He's a 'Hardliner' on Vaccine Mandates
"You're allowed to have opinions about anything you want but at some point when your opinions put other people at physical risk, as vaccine deniers did, that crossed the line"
@patrickbetdavid
@stkirsch
They probably got the idea from all the other countries who are already doing that, but without overtly stating the fact. see the recent thread from Kelley K
@KelleyKga
Which raises the obvious questions: 1) are these unvaccinated children the only ones getting measles? 2) are they becoming very ill? 3) is the MMR vaccine really safe and really effective?
Not to keep beating this drum, but
#measles
is surging in unvaccinated children in the USA. Guess what will slow it? The very safe and very effective MMR
#vaccine
.
@austerrewyatt1
Currently reading this book. About half-way through 1,000 pages. Michelle's name was Michelle Robinson. She did a law degree at Harvard. Her family is described. Where she lived. What her father did. Who her brother is. Sorry, but there is no mystery. And I don't much like Obama.
@stkirsch
@TwiceCancelled
A common claim is that vaccine injuries are 1 in a million. Gets weird immediately. Is that 1 in a million people or 1 in a million doses? On the US schedule there are 5 doses of the pertussis, tetanus, diphtheria vaccine. Right there you have 15 doses. So now vaccine injury is
@HighWireTalk
The biggest problem, however, is parents who have seen a vaccine injury. Because doctors are told nothing about vaccine injuries they have no idea how to respond, other than telling the parents to leave their practice.
@IanCopeland5
The other thing worth mentioning: the year polio was eradicated in India there were 47,500 cases of acute flaccid paralysis. Children were paralyzed and dying. But it was okay. Worldwide rejoicing ensued. Because there wasn't polio virus in the poop of the children who died or
This is so silly. When it comes to medical care there is something called informed CONSENT. This means that anyone, at any time, can turn down any medical intervention. It also means that turning down one medical intervention does not mean that you cannot accept a different
@Censored4sure
In 2021 they would talk about having gotten vaxed. Haven't heard a word from any of them lately. I mean we talk, but we talk about other stuff. Like databases.
@DowdEdward
Ah. Like the pretense that millions of children have always been chronically ill and developmentally disabled. Normal. No longer the "new" normal. Just plain normal.
@DieMadTerf
I think it is important to distinguish the young and deceived from the fanatical and manipulative. Sex may not be a spectrum, but trans definitely describes a wide range of human beings and many of them are not dangerous, just confused.
@SpiritedSparr0w
Life is complicated and people vary a lot. I totally gave up on the idea of marrying by the time I was 30. Because I disliked men? No. Because I was devoted to my career? I didn't manage to have something that could be called a career until I was 54. No, it was because I finally
@toobaffled
Haven't eaten at McDonald's in many years. But if people who like their food are disgusted by these burgers they must be unbelievably awful...
@catsscareme2021
The super irritating part is that every mumps outbreak is followed by more college students getting more doses of the MMR to stop the outbreak. So Merck is actually making more profits by selling an ineffective vaccine. Although they obviously have to buy off the regulatory
@AJKayWriter
I don't remember who said it first, but I found the statement "once in a lifetime pandemic" very ironic considering that the WHO is preparing to be able to declare pandemics and enforce all the craziness every couple of years.
@glenpyle
@era1521
Yes indeed, "anti-vaxxers existed long before COVID." My father had a severe vaccine reaction as a child in the 1920s. So I grew up in an anti-vaccine family. Cheers!
@RameseSanders
I've always heard that you just wait until the cord stops pulsing. We could follow what animals do. The mother chews through the cord after a certain amount of time.
@NickHudsonCT
It goes way back. I was born in an anti-vaccine family. A few years ago I finally was told by an aunt that my father was vaccine injured as a child in the 1920s.
@carlos___7
@goddeketal
@SenatorDurbin
Sorry to pop your bubble, but I'm not vaxed and I did have it twice. The second time was quite mild, however, and I didn't need medical care for either case, despite being over 70.
@VPrasadMDMPH
Breastfeeding isn't about IQ. But it can save lives. In a natural emergency do you really want to have to depend on formula being helicoptered in? And, of course, in any part of the world where clean water and adequate fuel are hard to get, trying to feed formula can be fatal.
@DrIndyEinstein
@KingValleyBoss_
disclosure to be honest...I'm a knitter, handspinner and occasional weaver, so I may have a secret affinity for other fiber artists, even small ones that have many legs.
@Alec_Zeck
Sort of. I avoid drugs. I mostly avoid doctors. But I have had some serious issues resolved through particular types of surgical interventions. My sense is that there are useful medical approaches but you need to be cautious and do your research.
@notlouisck
I did fairly well at being tolerant of people I disagree with. It got really grim with the masks and mandatory shots though. Over the line.
@UnzMebelo
@stkirsch
@Paldron
As soon as I heard about vaccines being developed I knew the following: 1) They would not be safe; 2) They would not be effective; 3) The vaccines would be pushed hard.
@MdBreathe
I'm old enough for Medicare and have used it for major stuff: hip replacement and cataract surgery. I avoid my GP and use a naturopath (pay out of pocket) and a chiropractor partially covered for my regular care. I'm fortunate to be able to pay for the care I prefer.
@judith17554
@englishrosetara
All plane and train lavatories I've ever used have been single person occupancy. Perfectly private, if rather tight in terms of space. Speaking as a woman, I'd rather not be in a stall in a "gender neutral" restroom. Especially if there are only 2 people inside.
@MikeDonio
I think there are 2 major pieces. They still trust mainstream media. And they have no idea that there are any problems with the vaccines. If you don't pay any attention it is easy to ignore what is going on. Or explain away a few friends who died or are very ill.
@catsscareme2021
Yes. I constantly see posts from people claiming that it was never possible to attend school in the US without vaccines. As someone who has gone her entire life with only one vaccine, attending schools, colleges, and working, I know they are rewriting history to pretend that
I tried to respond to a pro-vaxer who wants to rewrite history. But the post was no longer available. Here is what I wrote: "Yes. I am lucky to remember what it was like in the 1950s and early 60s. History is being re-written. I've also had the benefit of studying the history of
@Leftylockdowns1
Another important lesson: Don't trust medical associations without looking into their funding sources. The American Academy of Pediatrics has been utterly corrupt for a very long time.
@ruthbenghiat
I am not a Trump follower. But I do pay attention to scaremongering. Worst scaremongering I've seen in many years came from Biden's administration pushing the covid vaccines. Using fudged statistics.
@RealKeriSmith
My mother lived on a tiny farm in Indiana during the Depression. I think it was a bit nicer than that picture, but she spent her childhood doing farmwork and going to school. As far as I could tell, she thought it was pretty good.
@MdBreathe
Human beings vary a lot. It is totally impossible to create any medical treatment that will be safe for every human being. Therefore mandates are unethical.
@jamesfplottX
@RohanMagdum7
@historyinmemes
Especially considering the waves of invaders that passed in and out of England. The only groups that are known to history are the Celts, Romans, Angles & Saxons and the Normans, with a partial invasion between the Saxons and the Normans by Vikings. But I strongly suspect that if
@EzraKahan
I was wondering how it was that I'm still alive. Had some variation of covid in April and I should have died since I'm over 70 and treated it with bed rest (at home) and chicken soup.
@naomirwolf
My mother grew up on a farm. They had a rather large book which contained all the remedies: conventional, herbal, homeopathic for all the critters: human and livestock and all the conditions. How to deliver a baby, how to deliver a calf, how to treat this, that and the other. No
@VPrasadMDMPH
Human beings vary. Some people can drink moderately and thrive. Some people can only drink to excess. Some people enjoy drinking some don't. So how can there possibly be recommendations to fit us all?
@kaylamellis_
My parents were into alternative health. If they could find raw milk, we drank raw milk. Alas, all 5 of us are still alive. And the "milk sickness" that killed Abraham Lincoln's mother was not from bacteria in raw milk. The cow had eaten a poisonous plant.
@Censored4sure
All my co-workers who know I refused the vaccine have stopped worrying that I'll drop dead. Which is kinda nice, actually. I'm trying not to worry that they'll drop dead or get ill.
@whyfemalematter
@zaelefty
Even many years after I stopped breastfeeding I would occasionally have the "milk let-down" sensation when I heard a baby crying. Fortunately, I didn't actually drip!
@SuzanneReads
@MarkChangizi
@BadVaccineTakes
Not mute. Moot. And it doesn't matter what situation made a person take a vaccine they didn't want to take. I know someone, for example, who took a vaccine to continue in a PhD program. Has put many years of work and study and money into this. Is that "against their will" by your
@LuxMeaMundiAM
@holisticgrenade
Pretty vague. The death rate from measles dropped dramatically in the US over many years. The vaccine arrived in the late 1960s. So why did the death rate start declining a long time before the vaccine?
@NaturallyFTW
Neat. I'm over 70. I got one vaccine during childhood, without my parent's permission (long story). I tend to suspect that some of my reasonably good health is due to avoiding vaccines and, mostly, doctors.
@Lorenzo7127
@DrSuneelDhand
Can you provide evidence that the overall health of US born babies has improved as the vaccine schedule has increased? Not just looking at particular diseases, but are, for example, developmental problems up? How about auto-immune illnesses in children? Chronic illnesses?
@goddeketal
I was born in an anti-vaccine family. My father had a vaccine injury as a child in the 1920s. It is sort of startling to suddenly have so much company. I was used to being a lonely weirdo.
@LauraPowellEsq
The right to bodily autonomy has been at risk for many years. A couple of examples: water fluoridation. Rich people have a choice, poor people don't. School vaccine mandates. If you know about exemptions you have a choice, otherwise, no. Again, the poor get the worst treatment.
@captainkudzu
@MegEBrock
@bethanyshondark
I ran a small rural library for 12 years. We had space for a certain number of books and every time we bought a new book we had to get rid of a book. I tried to have a variety of books, but I'm sure some people were dissatisfied. No library is large enough to contain all the
@KaeleyT
A weird bit to do with "traditional families" is that women's work at home has shrunk dramatically over the last 150 years or so. Imagine, for example, the effort involved in handwashing clothing for a family. Or keeping floors reasonably clean with just a broom and a mop. Women
@newstart_2024
I didn't get the vaccine. One place I work, they knew, they put up with my choice. Another place I work my boss never asked. I'm pretty sure she knew. And the third place? They are also anti-vaccine and unvaxed. I did wear masks sometimes.
@DrTomFrieden
In the US the DEATH rate from measles plummeted between 1900 and 1940. It wasn't the vaccine. That came in the 1960s. It wasn't antibiotics to treat secondary infections. They arrived in the 1940s. So why did the death rate go way down? What changed?
@stkirsch
Practices make mistakes. A close friend caught the pediatrician trying to give another dose of a vaccine that her son had already received. Since the normal doses are for 7 or 8 at one appointment (counting combo vaccines), just a couple of extras would get a kid up to 30,
Clinicians: New
@CDCMMWR
shows that getting at least 2 doses of
#COVID19
vaccine was effective in reducing hospitalization & emergency department visits among kids 6 months to 4 years old. Talk to parents about the benefits of the updated COVID-19 vaccine.