Cyndy Clegg

35% of Americans cannot afford or access healthcare: Gallup - Becker's Hospital Review | Healthcare News & Analysis Reaching the highest level since 2021, 11% of U.S. adults are considered “cost desperate,” a group Gallup defines as those who recently could not afford needed care and medicine. Overall, more than on...

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The people were angry: It took a wheelbarrow of German marks to buy a dozen eggs. Disillusioned nationalists rallied behind a charismatic wannabe dictator who claimed only he could save them.

Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.

This is a critical point everybody in the media should be amplifying:

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To Survive This, We Must Break the Fourth Wall We cannot navigate the current moment using existing political frames or received wisdom.

📄 NEW: "To Survive This, We Must Break the Fourth Wall" With a potential government shutdown looming, old frames of left vs. right political conflict are breaking down. We're dealing with something much bigger — and it's time we talk about it frankly.
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ALERT: Deadly H5N1 Mutation Found in US Dairy Herds—Pandemic Risk Rising Scientists have raised concerns over a newly detected mutation in the H5N1 bird flu virus, which has been identified in four dairy cow herds in the United States.

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The Dangers of R.F.K., Jr.,’s Measles Response The H.H.S. Secretary has touted over-the-counter remedies and stressed that the decision to vaccinate is “personal.”

When R.F.K., Jr., says that Americans are “the sickest people on earth,” he does not acknowledge that the nations at the top of the health-care rankings all have two things he doesn’t like: universal health care and comprehensive vaccine programs.

As usual, I need to create art to counteract the endless hateful poison spewed forth by a certain sociopathic piece of shit orange-faced president.

"Penguins Love Ukraine"

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#penguin #penguinart #ukraine #bekind #compassion #empathy #kindness #fucktrump #gouache

FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots The canceled meeting comes just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.

NEWS: The FDA abruptly canceled its upcoming advisory committee meeting to select the strains for next year's flu shot.
by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social

F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots (Gift Article) The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.

With the next FDA vaccine meeting cancelled, concerns are rising about whether flu vaccine will be ready on time for next year. w/ @sherylnyt.bsky.social

The stakes are high: 86 kids and 19,000 adults died so far this flu season.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

Enough said.