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Health News that Trump Doesn't Want You To Know

KaraBulut said:
The best summary of the nihilism of MAGA health policies: "We're all going to die".


The answer was part of a nonsensical explanation of the Big Beautiful Bill- Ernst somehow trying to say that brutal Medicaid cuts are just because "illegals" won't get Medicaid is just bullshit. Non-citizens aren't eligible for Medicaid.

People don't get paid by Medicaid. Providers are paid by Medicaid. Those providers are required by law to provide care to people who need it. The difference in what will happen after Medicaid is cut is that those healthcare providers will still have to provide care, they just won't be paid. In some cases, that means that hospitals and emergency rooms will shut down because of unreimbursed care.

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Yes, that is the crisis that is brewing. And I'll bet a lot of those hospital CEO's voted for Trump. Now they're panicking about the potential revenue loss and going into the red. I know that is the situation with our local hospital which is not part of a chain but is a standalone county hospital.
 
Yeah...so the suppression ofr information is now well underway.

The VA is only allowing its scientists and researchers to publish with government approval after two pulmonologists published a study recently
in the NEJM. The VA doesn't want their vets to have this inofrmation.

www.theguardian.com

Exclusive: US veterans agency orders scientists not to publish in journals without clearance

Move that seeks political control of doctors’ and scientists’ published research fits a pattern of censorship by the Trump administration, veterans advocates say
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There's a new COVID variant that is causing increased hospitalizations in China.

Never heard about it? Well, that's because the CDC/HHS are busy telling Americans that they don't need to get COVID shots.

The new variant, NB.1.8.1, is in the Omicron lineage, which means that people who have had COVID in the past 2 years or who received COVID boosters in 2023/2024 should have some immunity to the new variant. The latest recommendations for people 65 years or older is to get a booster every 6 months.

time.com

What to Know About the New COVID-19 Variant NB.1.8.1

NB.1.8.1 has been surging in China and has now been detected in several U.S. states.
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Public-health experts have warned for months that the COVID-19 virus isn’t gone—and, far from waning, SARS-CoV-2 has mutated yet again into a new variant. Called NB.1.8.1, it's causing a spike in infections in China. A few cases also recently appeared in the U.S. when people arriving at airports tested positive, according to a statement from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The World Health Organization has also designated it as a “variant under monitoring.”
Where is the new COVID-19 variant in the U.S.?

The CDC operates a program at several airports in the U.S. where health officials randomly test travelers who agree to be swabbed. The new variant was picked up by this program beginning in late March. Cases have now been reported in a handful of states, including California, Hawaii, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Washington. So far, only a few cases have been detected in the U.S. so it doesn't yet register on the CDC's COVID-19 data tracking site of variants.
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apnews.com

A new variant of COVID-19 may be driving up cases in some parts of the world, WHO says

A new variant of COVID-19 is circulating in parts of the world and may be driving an increase in cases in the eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and western Pacific regions.
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COVID-19 cases are rising again as a new variant begins to circulate in some parts of the world. The World Health Organization said Wednesday the rise in cases is primarily in the eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and western Pacific regions.

Airport screening in the United States has detected the new variant in travelers arriving from those regions to destinations in California, Washington state, Virginia and New York.
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RFK Jr has been making the rounds spreading disinformation about fluoridation of drinking water. He showed up in Utah, praising the State of Utah for removing fluoride from drinking water in Utah.

Meanwhile, studies are coming out in Canada looking at the consequences of removing fluoride from drinking water:

 
KaraBulut said:
RFK Jr has been making the rounds spreading disinformation about fluoridation of drinking water. He showed up in Utah, praising the State of Utah for removing fluoride from drinking water in Utah.

Meanwhile, studies are coming out in Canada looking at the consequences of removing fluoride from drinking water:

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To some degree I am indifferent to fluoridation of water...but that is because I only drink our artesian well water...so my problem is more mineral build-up on teeth than anything else.

However, here we are lucky because dental is being added to our health serice coverage, so we can cover the filliings for all those rotten teeth if municiplalities eliminate it.

In the US, it likely has saved a lot of poor kinds teeth from falling out of their heads.

From what I could tell, RFK doesn't even really understand what fluoride is.

Just like he doesn't understand vaccines.

Watch his grifters though, soon coming out with product containing 'Super Enhanced Fluoride' to take the place of what is in the water.
 
rareboy said:
From what I could tell, RFK doesn't even really understand what fluoride is.
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You know, we used to laugh at the no-fluoride nutcases who frequently showed up at local hearings to rant about fluoride. They were usually the tin foil hat variety of citizen that frequently get on the agenda during the "public feedback" of city council or county commissioner meetings.

It's alarming that this formerly nutcase stuff is being mainstreamed. It really points to the deterioration of science in American society.

If someone were asking, "Hey, maybe we need to make sure that our levels of fluoride are appropriate." or "With all the fluoride we're putting into toothpaste these days, is the level of fluoride in water appropriate?".

But that's not what they're saying. There's no science here. It's all fringe theories about lower intelligence levels in excessive fluoridation. That research was done because naturally occurring fluoride salts are very common in areas of the US and we have areas where local water districts have to remove fluoride from groundwater because the levels are too high. Not sure about Canada but the US doesn't really regulate bottled water of commercially sold spring water, so if you're drinking "hard water" or "alkaline water" or "spring water" you could be getting overdosed on fluoride or other chemicals. At least with water from publicly-owned treatment plants, the fluoride level is kept under 1.2mg/liter (which is a tiny amount of fluoride in the big picture of things).

The reason fluoride is in water is because kids are more likely to have weakened tooth enamel and fluoride- in very small quantities- hardens enamel and helps kids avoid losing teeth. It does benefit adults by helping slow demineralization of adult teeth but really, the benefit is to the kids who are developing new teeth- either their temporary teeth or their permanent adult teeth.

I am old enough to have known many people born before the 1940s when fluoridated water became the norm in cities. Most of those older people that I grew up with had dentures by the time they were in the 60s. Most of the people my age today still have their teeth. Some of it is better dental care, some of it is fluoridated toothpaste but a lot of it is because my generation grew up with fluoridated city water.
 
The "Big Beautiful Bill" will cut Medicaid by a number somewhere around 400-600 billion over a 10 year period. It would also mandate at least 80 hours of work per month for adult recipients under age 65, however that is not enough hours/month for most people to qualify for employer-based health insurance.

The stereotype is that it's "welfare queens" who are on drugs who get Medicaid. That's an incorrect stereotype. The Medicaid program's primary beneficiaries are children under age 18. Over 50% of the babies born in the United States are paid for by Medicaid.

Here's the age breakdown by age group for the entire United States:
  • Age 0-18 - 38%
  • Age 19-26 - 12%
  • Age 27-44 - 23%**
  • Age 45-64 -17%
  • Age 65 Plus - 10%*

*The over age 65 number is misleading. For this age group, Medicare covers most healthcare costs. Medicaid kicks in as a secondary coverage when the person is destitute, so Medicaid covers a large number of poor residents of long-term care facilities like nursing homes.
** Interesting factoid: the ACA allowed children under age 26 to continue to be covered on their parent's policy; only 12% of Medicaid recipients are between 19 and 26 years old; the 27-44 age group doubles to 23%.

Another curious factoid: The age 0-18 Medicaid statistic varies by State.
  • Texas has the highest percentage of children on Medicaid at 61% of their 5,331,864 Medicaid recipients. The State of Texas has continued to opt out of the expanded Medicaid program which would cover adult residents of Texas.
  • The State where most of the Medicaid recipients are over age 18? Kentucky! Years ago, Kentucky developed a robust Medicaid program. 35% of KY's Medicaid recipients are age 27-44 and 30% are 45-64. Only 9% are under age 18. Kentucky has 1,467,416 people on Medicaid - that's 32% of the population of Kentucky!

In 2010, the Affordable Care Act mandated that private employers with more than 50 employees had to offer some sort of healthcare insurance to their employees who are scheduled to work more than 32 hours per week. This is the percentage of employers who are offering health insurance because of the ACA mandate (the blue line is all employers- around 85% of employers offer health insurance).
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We got new numbers from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on the impacts of the "Big Beautiful Bill" (now rebranded as the "We're All Going to Die Bill").

The CBO estimate is that the bill will kick 16,000,000 people off health insurance. That number will bankrupt most rural and community hospitals and will put every children's hospital in the country at risk. At large hospitals, it's going to result in mass layoffs. It will also ruin the credit rating of a lot of Americans who need emergency healthcare but don't have insurance to pay for it.


rollcall.com

16 million lose insurance under budget bill, other policies: CBO - Roll Call

Estimate comes as Senate Republicans began conference-wide briefings Wednesday on how they plan to modify the $2.4 trillion House package.
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The Congressional Budget Office estimated on Wednesday that the House-passed Republican reconciliation package along with other federal policies expected to take effect would increase the number of uninsured people in the country by 16 million at the end of 10 years.

That’s combining the impact of the House’s “big, beautiful” bill with an expiration of health insurance subsidies and stricter eligibility requirements for the health marketplaces.

The updated estimate, calculated in response to an inquiry from Democrats, comes as Senate Republicans began conference-wide briefings Wednesday on how they plan to modify the $2.4 trillion House package.

Letting the premium tax credits expire and implementing a proposed Trump administration marketplace rule would lead to an additional 5.1 million uninsured in 2034, CBO said.

The reconciliation package would raise the uninsured population by another 10.9 million.
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Last week, RFK Jr announced that the CDC and HHS were making new COVID booster recommendations that removed the recommendation for pregnant women to receive COVID boosters. This really didn't make sense because during the pandemic, we saw many reports of pregnant women, particularly women of color, getting very sick and even dying of COVID.

What the research is showing is that pregnant women get COVID at the same rate as the general population, however because of other risk factors in pregnancy like hypertension and diabetes, pregnant women are more prone to complications of COVID, including permanent damage to their heart, lungs and higher risk of blood clots.

Well, one of the COVID vaccine experts who advised the CDC just resigned, hinting that she did not make the recommendations that RFK Jr announced. In other words, the recommendation didn't come from the vaccine experts, it came from the anit-vaxxer brain-worm addled Secretary of Health, RFK Jr.

www.reuters.com

CDC official resigns from COVID vaccine committee advisory role, sources say

Pediatric infectious disease expert Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos resigned on Tuesday as co-leader of a U.S. CDC working group that advises outside experts on COVID-19 vaccines and is leaving the agency, two sources familiar with the move told Reuters.
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Pediatric infectious disease expert Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos resigned on Tuesday as co-leader of a U.S. CDC working group that advises outside experts on COVID-19 vaccines and is leaving the agency, two sources familiar with the move told Reuters.

Panagiotakopoulos said in an email to work group colleagues that her decision to step down was based on the belief she is "no longer able to help the most vulnerable members" of the U.S. population.
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Dr. Panagiotakopoulos had been with the CDC for years.
 
Veterans are marching on Washington to protest cuts to the Veteran's Administration.

The VA is the nation's largest healthcare system. They manage over 1,300 facilities in the US. They serve 9.1 million veterans. It employs over 400,000 workers.

Earlier this year, a memo leaked that DOGE planned on cutting 20% of the VA workforce- over 80,000 employees.

Veterans are pissed.

Veteran-led protests will occur at hundreds of locations across dozens of states to protest the Trump administration’s VA cuts. Veterans, who make up a disproportionate share of the federal workforce, are feeling the brunt of the rapid push to shrink the federal workforce, stirring ire in a reliable political base for Republicans...

Organizers are expecting 10,000 to 20,000 participants and say speakers will include Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois), a combat-wounded Iraq War veteran; former congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois), an Air National Guard veteran; and former congressman Conor Lamb (D-Pennsylvania), a Marine Corps veteran. Massachusetts punk rock band Dropkick Murphys is also scheduled to perform.
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U.S. Cases in 2025 as of 6-Jun-2025

Total cases: 1168 (up from 1,088 last week - 80 new cases)

Age
  • Under 5 years: 339 (29%)
  • 5-19 years: 439 (38%)
  • 20+ years: 381 (33%)
  • Age unknown: 9 (1%)
Vaccination Status
  • Unvaccinated or Unknown: 95%
  • One MMR dose: 2%
  • Two MMR doses: 3%
U.S. Hospitalizations in 2025: 12% of cases hospitalized (137 of 1168) - 4 new hospitalizations this week

Percent of Age Group Hospitalized
  • Under 5 years: 21% (71 of 339)
  • 5-19 years: 8% (34 of 439)
  • 20+ years: 8% (31 of 381)
  • Age unknown: 11% (1 of 9)

U.S. Deaths in 2025: 3
 
RFK Jr fired the CDC advisory committee that reviews vaccine data and research. Kennedy terminated all seventeen members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) so that he can replace them. They serve 4 year terms.

RFK Jr had promised Sen Bill Cassidy [R-LA] that he would not interfere with vaccine research or policy-making. In exchange for this promise, Cassidy was the deciding committee vote on RFK Jr's nomination to be HHS Secretary, even though RFK Jr is unqualified for the position and has the reputation of being a nutjob. RFK Jr was confirmed 52 - 48. The only Republican to vote against his confirmation was Mitch McConnell [R-KY].


Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to fire all 17 members of the panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines, he said Monday...

The decision also seemed to buck promises that he made to Sen. Bill Cassidy, chair of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, to win confirmation as HHS secretary. Kennedy told Cassidy that he would “maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices without changes,” the Louisiana Republican said before voting to confirm.
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Another Republican Senator who voted to confirm Kennedy was Susan "strongly worded letter" Collins [R-ME].
Even so, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), a member of the HELP Committee and Appropriations chair, was taken by surprise when asked about the move.

“I did not know that had happened. It must have been very recent. I don’t know who serves on those committees but it seems to be excessive to ask for everybody’s resignations,” Collins told reporters.
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The lunacy isn't over... you can't get an abortion in Lousiana, but by God, you can get ivermectin over the counter... 'cause "medical freedom!".

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www.nola.com
A bill that will allow ivermectin sales in pharmacies without a prescription is headed to Gov. Jeff Landry’s desk for signature after the Senate on Monday concurred with amendments added by the House.

The bill, SB19, authorizes pharmacies to sell ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug that has gained in popularity since the COVID-19 pandemic, to adults 18 and older under a standing order issued by the Louisiana Department of Health. A prescription from an individual’s doctor is not necessary.
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rareboy said:
Not looking promising.

arstechnica.com

RFK Jr. announces 8 appointees to CDC vaccine panel—they’re not good

Robert Malone and Martin Kulldorff are two of the most concerning picks.
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I noticed that one of the RFK nominees was mentioned as co-authoring a report with Joseph Ladapo, Florida' surgeon general who was specifically appointed by DeSantis for being a Covid denier. Ladapo has consistently proven to be at odds with medical science.

So here is a song that I dedicate to Mr. Ladapo:

 
KaraBulut said:
The lunacy isn't over... you can't get an abortion in Lousiana, but by God, you can get ivermectin over the counter... 'cause "medical freedom!".

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I would like to know what goes on in the brains of MAGAts.

They are obsessed with quack medicines and therapies that haven't been tested or approved for use by anyone...but are touted by the quacks, fakes and hucksters.

I would have zero issues if MAGAts all refused vaccines and just stayed home and died the next time there is a pandemic as long as sane people have access to vaccines and protection from
these plaque rats
 
rareboy said:
I would like to know what goes on in the brains of MAGAts.

They are obsessed with quack medicines and therapies that haven't been tested or approved for use by anyone...but are touted by the quacks, fakes and hucksters.

I would have zero issues if MAGAts all refused vaccines and just stayed home and died the next time there is a pandemic as long as sane people have access to vaccines and protection from
these plaque rats
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Watch a televangelist for about 10 mins. A lot of the Trump followers have been primed for believing all sorts of nonsense.

It's become normalized, though. We're in a time where science is not trusted, but someone will see some ridiculous thing on Instagram and they'll try it.

Here's an example:
 
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KaraBulut said:
RFK Jr fired the CDC advisory committee that reviews vaccine data and research. Kennedy terminated all seventeen members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) so that he can replace them. They serve 4 year terms.
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Predictably, the "replacements" that RFK Jr has named for ACIP are the fringy anti-vaxxer crowd that you would have guessed he would have picked.

Senator Cassidy should be ashamed that he voted for this.

 
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