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With the hearings on RFK Jr coming in the next week and his vaccine views sure to receive prominent discussion, it is a good time to consider when a vaccine did great harm, the consequences and their value today. A twofer!

 “If I have come this far, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants.” – Sir Issac Newton

Dr. H.

The Southern California (SoCal) wildfires are the headline, impacting air quality, public health, and our very landscape. Media coverage is rightly focused on immediate threats; however, scientific research reveals a more complex picture.

Paul Krugman seems to be hitting a new stride, having left the shackles of employment by the NY Times.

If we are to feed 10 billion humans, we will need factory farms. Full stop. Agriculture has impacted the environment for far longer than we have been recording.

Healthcare is impacted by gun violence. It not only costs the system money but costs us lives and is responsible for some of our lost life expectancy.

A lot of digital ink has spilled over United Healthcare recently, accompanied by the usual finger pointing.

As earthbound telescopes get better and better at seeing, it turns out that they may be a security risk.