Notices by Ron Chusid :verified: (rchusid@med-mastodon.com), page 3

It is not certain that bird flu will become a pandemic but the risk is too great to ignore. Biden seriously damaged public health the last few years, failing to take either H5N1 or Covid seriously enough, and it is doubtful that Trump will do any better.
#h5n1 #COVID
https://fortune.com/well/2025/01/09/bird-flu-next-pandemic-steps-prevent-spread/

Good list of statements from Caitlin Johnstone, most of which make me question anyone's credibility, but I would add spreading anti-vaccine claims and Covid misinformation high on my list. I'd also include trusting the official narrative from either the United States or Russia re Ukraine.

https://open.substack.com/pub/caitlinjohnstone/p/31-surefire-ways-to-make-me-lose?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=lsj6

After Day 1 of Trump there have been many bad executive orders--some of which are truly harmful & some of which will fail to make actual changes. Despite the scare stories, Trump did not become a dictator on Day 1 and instead of greater destruction in Gaza we have a ceasefire (at least for the moment). On the other hand, I'm still waiting for Trump to end the war in Ukraine within a day as he claimed he could do.

It is sure good to see BlueMaga who stood by Biden as he engaged in war crimes, demolished public health on the federal level, and attacked civil liberties finally get upset by bad things done by the US government now that they are being done by Donald Trump.

@chris No, BlueMAGA refers to partisan Democrats who act just like Trumpers in support of their party

How long will this evil duo remain together? Elon Musk bashes the $500 billion AI project Trump announced, claiming its backers don’t ‘have the money’
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/tech/elon-musk-trump-stargate-openai

@chris Who is the good cop with those two?

How Covid harms the heart.
#COVID
https://www.heart.org/en/news/2025/01/16/how-the-virus-behind-covid-19-can-harm-your-blood-vessels-and-your-heart

One lesson of the Biden years has been to verify what was already apparent in 2016: Democratic partisans will support any evil if coming if coming from a Democratic leader. In the next four years we will see if Republicans will similarly support any evil from Trump.

Biden has falsely claimed that we are no longer at war and that the Covid pandemic ended in 2022. Biden's goals have been to make the Forever Wars and the Covid pandemic go down the memory hole--getting many to ignore both issues rather than taking effective action regarding either foreign policy or public health.

You can't stop airborne viruses from creating havoc with hand washing while ignoring masks, ventilation and air filtration.
#COVID #Influenza https://inews.co.uk/news/health/infectious-disease-nurse-never-seen-crisis-quademic-3473107?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2-g6mT5qIYpRdRDMdvvusCKw0-YHppyboRZRnNKgKJ7nU1vpNCGUCqgoc_aem_yxwiQuMJuhflmSO910AFhQ&sfnsn=scwspmo

Trump can't seem to decide if he wants to end the Forever Wars or if he wants to invade Greenland, Panama and/or Canada. Yet more foreign policy based upon "War is Peace."

Biden regrets dropping out of the presidential race & appointing Merrick Garland Attorney General. He has expressed no regrets over his support for genocide in Gaza, breaking his campaign promises re Covid & allowing it to spread out of control or his attacks on civil liberties which give Trump increased authoritarian powers.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/28/joe-biden-regrets-dropping-out-re-election?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

RFK Jr's opposition to childhood vaccines presents a threat to schools.
#antivaxxers
https://newrepublic.com/article/188497/rfk-anti-vaccine-public-education?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SF_TNR&utm_source=Twitter&utm_term=Autofeed

Biden has pardoned Hunter but there is no sign he will be pardoning others who are deserving of a pardon such as Edward Snowden. The Washington Post reports that several advisers to Trump are more open to this.
https://wapo.st/41cNMdH

Amnesty International investigation concludes that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/amnesty-international-investigation-concludes-israel-is-committing-genocide-against-palestinians-in-gaza/

Biden has spent the last year laying the groundwork for Trump's deportation plans: "The Biden administration has, for the past year, been in the process of extending contracts for private sector immigration jails across the US and exploring options for expanding detention capacity."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/05/biden-immigration-jails-trump-mass-deportation-plan?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Message of Delay, Deny, Depose on shell casings in shooting of Brian Thompson appear to confirm suspicions that his killing was related to United Healthcare's practices of denying claims to boost profits. Hopefully this will lead to greater scrutiny of the healthcare insurance industry--which should be eliminated & replaced by Medicare for All.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/04/us/brian-thompson-united-healthcare-death/index.html

How RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine views could increase the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases.
#antivaxxers https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/12/06/nx-s1-5218574/rfk-vaccines-anti-vaccine-infectious-disease

Long Covid is also causing financial hardship.
#COVID #LongCovid
https://news.uga.edu/long-covid-costs/