Notices by Ron Chusid :verified: (rchusid@med-mastodon.com)

Republicans Love Trump’s Spending Cuts. Just Not in Their States as they seek exemptions https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/us/politics/trump-spending-republicans-agriculture-research.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wU4.t0f2.AeRaCBHI4F-b

Trump administration censoring new info on H5N1: CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Spread Between Cats and People
#h5n1
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/health/cdc-bird-flu-cats-people.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vE4.XFcM.uNKKvpooWrcV

Having RFK Jr in charge of HHS would be catastrophic if we were faced with another pandemic. https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/30/rfk-jr-rfk-confirmation-bird-flu-pandemic-antivax/

Buttigieg talks well on television & is far better than any Trumper, but he is also a big defender of the security state & McKinsey corporatism. The real problem is that Democrats have closed the Overton Window so tight and moved so far right that they lack ideas to promote.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/01/trump-news-government-funding-pause-democrats.html

Despite Trump's claims that he is deporting criminals, about half of those arrestrd by ICE do not have criminal records.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/ice-trump-deportations-numbers-rcna188937

RSV vaccine about 78% effective against infection and severe disease in adults age 60 and over per study in Lancet.
#vaccines
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(24)00796-5/abstract

There will be occasional differences on policy, bigger differences in rhetoric, but foreign policy will remain similar regardless of who is president.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/trump-biden-trump-foreign-policy

Anti-vaccine misinformation won't end with the Covid vaccine and will continue to do serious harm.
#antivaxxers
https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0004020

Mechanisms of damage to the brain from Covid contributing to Long Covid.
#COVID #LongCovid https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11357-024-01487-4

Some Long Covid patients treated on psychiatric wards as their symptoms are not understood.
#COVID #LongCovid https://time.com/7206080/long-covid-psychiatric-wards/

It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Interest by Trump health care picks in increasing longevity is opposite of consequences of anti-vax views. Longevity also likely to be reduced due to major mishandling of Covid by both Biden and Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/anti-aging-longevity-maha-movement-5ee62310?wsj_native_webview=android&ace_environment=androidphone%2Cwebview&ace_config=%7B%22wsj%22%3A%7B%22djcmp%22%3A%7B%22propertyHref%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fwsj.android.app%22%7D%7D%7D&article_is_saved=n

‘We are ready’: the ACLU is prepared to fight Trump’s attacks on civil liberties
https://www.inkl.com/a/RrWqRdtXmqk

Lancet study finds risk of Long Covid is higher with repeated infections. Risk is lower if vaccinated before first infection. Best way to prevent Long Covid obviously is avoiding Covid infections.
#COVID #LongCovid #vaccines https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(24)00311-9/fulltext

The Senate confirmation hearings are a reminder that in the next four years we will see largely the same crimes committed by the United States government, but the faces will be different.

Dangerous freezing weather? If it was up to me the inauguration would still be held outdoors, but naked and with pails of ice water thrown on them.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-inauguration-2025-indoors-weather/

Everyone should be taking Covid seriously but some people are at greater risk.
#COVID
https://apnews.com/article/covid-pandemic-masks-anniversary-34f2fb0ea729e71c0809295d3e62744b

Why are some people so obsessed with attacking people for wearing masks? (Also thinking of the attacks on @TaylorLorenz)
#COVID
https://thespun.com/nfl/nfl-reporter-criticized-for-still-wearing-mask-in-2025

There could have been a ceasefire in Gaza months ago if Biden had put pressure on Netanyahu as Trump has done. Now we will have to see if Trump will continue to put pressure on Netanyahu when Israel breaks the agreement and resumes their war crimes.

Benefits of keeping Covid vaccines up to date include reducing risk of heart disease and Long Covid.
#COVID #LongCovid https://undark.org/2025/01/20/the-real-benefits-of-annual-covid-19-booster-shots/

Remember, we would not be seeing Donald Trump being inaugurated if the Democrats hadn't rigged their last three nominations for such terrible war criminals and hadn't done so horribly while holding the presidency for the past four years.