simply a way for me to keep track of as much of everything I can read on the web. Mostly public health, infectious diseases, graffiti and orangutans.
I saw Matthew Dear at the Bowery Ballroom last night. Black City is one of my favorite records in the past few years. And the show went down as one of the top 10 best shows I’ve ever seen. He’s a performer. So, so good.
ATLANTA — A federal advisory panel wants all U.S. adults to get vaccinated against whooping cough.
…Children have been vaccinated against whooping cough since the 1940s, but a vaccine for adolescents and adults was not licensed until 2005.
Since then, the Advisory Committee on Immunization…
(Source: freep.com)
(Source: elizabethnicolec)
An Infectious Disease Compendium. A Persiflagers Guide
A clinical guide to infectious diseases from a 25 year (years in practice, not my age) ID doc. Purchasing on the Kindle store currently does not allow automatic or other updates. When you buy from Amazon there will be directions in the guide for the web page where you can get free updates. Take Action! Get it immediately!!
The funniest ID doc on the web. I have been listening to his podcasts for years.
Andy Isaacson
In Borneo, a Safe Place for Orangutans
Many people are unclear about what public health is and what individuals in the field do. I think this graphic is a good visual.
from The Huff Post: “I was talking about the radical environmentalists,” Santorum said, suggesting that they believe man should protect the earth, rather than “steward its resources.” “I think that is a phony idea. I don’t believe that’s what we’re here to do…We’re not here to serve the earth. That is not the objective, man is the objective.”
I don’t know what others think, but the concept laid out above is possibly the most fundamental and most frightening paradigm put forward by the radical right in the United States. Over the years, in bits and pieces, it has become clear that ravaging the planet is not, at all, a problem for these folks. They are looking for the “end times” be it at the hands of humans or something else. Why do I think that this is so important? Because it informs their response to so many issues: fracking, oil drilling, Israel, Iran, the environment, regulation/oversight, foreign aid, Islam, etc.
This is a critical issue that should alone make a person unelectable in the United States of America- it is based in religious fundamentalism, not politics, knowledge, wisdom or the hopes and desires of the the overwhelming majority of Americas. The problem is that no one talks about it as the major issue that it is. I hope that is noticed and discussed as the insanity that it is.
I want a healthy planet for my kids and grandkids and so on. If these folks want the apocalypse, let it be at the hand of God, and not from the hand of man.
