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... "We're living in a post-herd-immunity world. I think the measles outbreak proves that," said Dr Paul Offit, an expert on infectious disease and immunology and director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

"Measles -- because it is the most contagious of the vaccine-preventable diseases, the most contagious human disease really -- it is the first to come back."

The US eliminated measles in 2000. Elimination status would be lost if the US had 12 months of sustained transmission of the virus. As of 1 May, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 935 confirmed measles cases across 30 jurisdictions. Nearly one in three children under five years old involved in the outbreak, or 285 young children, have been hospitalized.

Three large outbreaks in Canada, Mexico and the US now account for the overwhelming majority of roughly 2,300 measles cases across the World Health Organization's six-country Americas region, according to the health authority's update this week. Risk of measles is considered high in the Americas, and has grown 11-fold compared with 2024. ...

@#5 ... Before the incompetent beaker washers killed 7M with covid, I would have probably said to keep the lab open. ...

Trying so hard to troll, but so poor at it.

My advice to Sec Hegseth ...

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... In March, Trump had signed an executive order calling the actions of the law firm Perkins Coie "dishonest and dangerous" for hiring the opposition research firm Fusion GPS to create a "dossier" that the president alleged was designed to steal the 2016 election.

The order had imposed punitive measures such as revoking security clearances, barring the firm from government contracts, and restricting its attorneys' access to federal buildings.

U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell began her 102-page critique of Trump's order by calling the president's playbook "Shakespearean" and noting that no American president had ever issued an order like the one Trump had. ...

@#6 ... Do we need any more proof that the entire Trump ethos is a racist and grifting scheme of self-enrichment and revenge? ...

It certainly seems to be that way.

Allow me to take a different approach to that same question ...

When a convicted criminal (34 counts of felony convictions) is placed in the Oval Office, do you expect legal behavior to occur?

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... From swapping name brands for generics to ditching impulse buys, Americans are changing the way they shop for groceries.

A LendingTree survey found 88% of shoppers have adjusted their grocery habits in response to rising prices, and experts say those small shifts may actually make a big impact.

Kandyce Thornton is one of them. The Cleveland mom of three says her grocery bill feels heavier each week, especially with growing boys. ...

@#2

Yeah, both Australia and Canada have seemed to realize that in their recent elections.

For example, in Canada, going from a -20% slot in the polling to winning the election, and apparently because of Pres Trump?

Wow.

(I've not yet had a chance to look at the Australia results yet, but my guess would be that they may not be all that different ...)

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... Early in the campaign, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Albanese's center-left Labor Party was lagging behind the opposition in polls, reflecting frustration with a deepening cost-of-living crisis and ever-increasing housing prices.

Conservative Peter Dutton, who led the Liberal-National Coalition opposition, had blamed government waste for fueling inflation and pledged to ax more than one in five public service jobs. His opponents labeled him "DOGE-y Dutton" and accused his Liberal party of mimicking U.S. President Donald Trump and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

An opposition spokesperson conceded the conservative campaign was negatively affected by the American president, adding: "I think it has been a factor here." ...

@#5 ...Screwworms? Is that what Swalwell and Schiff are calling their clique now? ...

Trying so hard to troll, but so poor at it.

@#4 ... Not this "some people many people" ---- again. He's a ------- lying idiot. ...

I do not disagree.

But I repeat the question I asked in #4

... What are Pres Trump's plans to rebuild the "remarkable economy" he apparently has turned into a short recession? ...

This appears to e Sec Hegseth's Depart of Defense.

Stated differently, if he cannot even get the American Flag in this image correctly, what is he doing to the defense of the Country?

Or is Sec Hegseth more concerned upon how he looks on TV and social media (can you say, "make up studio?" I knew you could) to have an interest in the defense of the Country?

@#17 ... You realize that you can see this person's linkedin profile, right? ...

And, your current trolling alias has apparently just discovered that, and brings it up as relevant now, why?

@#5

Yeah, good point.

A billionaire having an outsized effect in elections instead of the local folk in that district.

@#44 ... They don't pay to sell here.

We pay to buy their things here. ...

Thanks for catching that misinformation attempt.

Yeah, the Chinese do not pay the cost of the tariffs.

The Trump tariffs are little more than a tax on American consumers and businesses. Nothing more, nothing less.

Of course, that leads me to a question ...

If tariffs seems to be so great in the MAGA world, why does MAGA seem to misrepresent who pays the costs of those tariffs?

@#61 ... Not to be too pedantic, but it's evolved :) ...

Oh, I agree.

That ongoing evolution is why I challenge it, and help it learn, from time to time with the vaccines.

I want to help my immune system stay in the position where it can, to be blunt, keep me alive.

"settlement in principle'

What, exactly, does that mean?

I still stand by the two questions I asked in #1.

@#2

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...But that's only the tip of the iceberg. The president's massive cuts to disaster preparedness programs threaten vulnerable rural regions that could be hit by the oncoming hurricane season. After Trump floated eliminating FEMA altogether, the agency stopped paying for temporary housing for more than 1,200 families displaced by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina.

As recently as Friday, Trump's directive to slash federal funding at NPR and PBS would also disproportionately impact rural areas, which receive the most of the sliver of money granted by the government for educational and cultural programming. ...

@#42 ... Less Chinese made garbage purchased during the Christmas season? ...

So, your current seems to admit that American Companies gave their production facilities to China in order to produce, as your current alias states, "Chinese made garbage.?"

So, taking a step back here, where does the actual problem reside?

I'm of two minds here ...

1) Republicans in Congress seem to be afraid of the MAGA voters in their district ~primary-ing~ them.

2) How long will it take for this possible (and I do say, "possible") change of opinion of the constituents to migrate from the polls to the actions of their Congressional representatives?

My current guess is that the latter is going to take a long time, and as such, this poll has ittle meaning to Pres Trump and his advisors.

@#14 ... It is, thats how I felt time was important. Its a race to not owe too much money at the end. ...

Now, the current trolling alias is apparently changing the judgment criteria midstream.

So lame.

And then there's this ...

... thats how I felt time was important ...

So the current trolling alias I am replying to seems to take ownership of the #6 comment I was replying to?

Interesting.

@#13 ... This isn't an ad hominem attack, its an observation from your previous posts, ...

Interesting.

One current alias apparently speaking for another current alias.

Can you say, oops?

I knew you could.

@#9 ... PhDs and MDs take years beyond a masters degree. ...

I do not disagree with that.

Which is why is ask of that trolling alias what I asked in #8.

@#1

Yeah ...

Sec Hegseth's Defense Dept showed a flag that was (I'll be kind) erroneous in the number of stars and stripes.

And why is Sec Hegseth pictured on the ~other side of the border fence~ from the (misrepresented) Flag?

And then there is that four-finger thing.

OK, I have to ask, does this encourage confidence in Sec Hegseth's leadership of the Defense Dept?

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... Some pointed out Hegseth was on the wrong side of the border fence, while others also noted an American flag in the image was missing crucial Stars and Stripes. ...