Um😮 did anyone else just see the huge meteor (comet?) that sailed downwards in the northeast sky over Durham, North Carolina? I can’t be the only one who saw it😮 It was about 20-25(?) minutes ago☄️
“The CDC has stopped reporting excess mortality, after manipulating their own data. Insurance companies are changing their eligibility guidelines and denying claims. In many cases, your health insurance provider now requires you to report Covid infections, and they use that information to reject coverage.”
@mhoye@memory@jwz I remember there was even a backlash to making antilock brakes standard… I vividly recall a very spirited class discussion from many years ago with some students vociferously arguing that antilock brakes were a nanny state infringement on their rights as USians.
I’m old enough to remember when smoking (and smoke) was everywhere, and the idea that smokers might ever be asked or made to stop was seen as absurd. Many kids (including me) got horrible bronchitis every single year and had other sorts of breathing problems all the time. Many parents (and other adults) died early.
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