My muse

I could make all sorts of excuses as to why my post count is down this week: I have been watching the Rittenhouse trial every minute that I can, even while at work. I have also been working quite a few hours. I have several projects going on, etc.

But the fact of the matter is that I just haven’t felt like writing a whole lot. Maybe tomorrow.

Milestone

At the hospital where I work, for the first time since April of 2020, there are exactly zero COVID patients. Zip. Nada. Not one.

Someone congratulate Governor Desantis. Let me know how New York and California are doing, seeing as how they have mandatory vaccination, mask mandates, and other draconian measures in place.

List of Essential Meds

Terry Bradshaw says:

I understand ‘immunized.’ What you were doing was taking stuff that would keep you from getting COVID-19. You got COVID-19. Ivermectin is a cattle dewormer. Sorry, folks, that’s what it is.

The World Health Organization releases a list of essential medicines every two years. I am linking to the current one (2021) here. In fact, I am placing the WHO list on my page of training materials. This is a list of medications that the WHO considers to be essential for the treatment of human diseases and disorders. This is how the WHO describes the list:

The core list presents a list of minimum medicine needs for a basic health-care system, listing the most efficacious, safe and cost–effective medicines for priority conditions. Priority conditions are selected on the basis of current and estimated future public health relevance, and potential for safe and cost-effective treatment

Ivermectin is on that list (pages 6 and 24). So is hydroxychloroquine (page 55).

The reason that Ivermectin is being mocked as being a horse dewormer is the government of this nation is actively trying to prevent people from using it as a treatment for COVID to the point that any doctor prescribing it is at risk of losing his livelihood. It isn’t just Ivermectin. The Biden administration is using the power of government in cutting off other medications as well.

For this reason, people are being forced to turn to veterinary sources for medication to treat COVID.

Terry Bradshaw, who is just a stupid jock, needs to stay in his lane.

Consequences

One week ago, my employer announced that vaccines would be mandatory by November 24. A good number of employees have resigned. It started with non medical staff- the people who work preparing meals, cleaning, etc. A few medical professionals, and not many technical personnel. I don’t yet know why this is so, but the nutrition and environmental services departments are hurting.

Inconsistent

I have mixed feelings on the abortion issue. Medical science has blurred the lines of when a person becomes (and ceases being) a person. At least in my opinion, that is where disagreements over the abortion issue arise. I think both sides of the debate make valid points.

However, the law makes things even muddier. This guy here kicked a pregnant woman, causing her to miscarry. He is being charged with manslaughter, which means that the unborn child is considered to be a person. If it was the mother who decided to abort the pregnancy, then the unborn child is considered to be just a piece of tissue.

I think this is inconsistent, and the law shouldn’t have it both ways.

Spam

Due to a large number of comments on this blog that are actually attempts at selling pharmaceuticals, I am filtering comments. Any comment that gets caught in the filter will be moderated and reviewed before it appears. It will appear eventually, but not until I have a chance to review it.

Sorry for the inconvenience. The Russian spambots are getting ridiculous.