Economy / Health

Universal Healthcare Saves Lives and Money

“Universal healthcare coverage in the U.S. would have saved hundreds of thousands of lives as well as hundreds of billions of dollars through the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new analysis.

“Researchers from the Yale School of Public Health and other institutions estimated that in 2020 alone, more than 131,000 COVID deaths and almost 78,000 excess non-COVID deaths would have been averted with broader nationwide coverage and saved the U.S. over $459 billion in 2020.”

Source: https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/universal-healthcare-us-would-have-saved-212000-lives-459b-2020-study-finds

Full study: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2200536119

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2024-12-06
Politics / Society

Deporting Might Not Mean Going “Home”

“The transition team is preparing a list of countries to which migrants might be deported when their home countries refuse to accept them, according to three sources familiar with the plans.

“The countries include but may not be limited to Turks and Caicos, the Bahamas, Panama, and Grenada, the sources said.

“The plans could mean that thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of migrants would be permanently displaced in countries where they do not know any of the people or the language and have no connection to the culture.”

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/incoming-trump-administration-plans-deport-migrants-countries-rcna182896

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2024-12-05
Technology

FBI Warns Texting May Not Be Secure

While messaging Android to Android or iPhone to iPhone is secure, messaging from one to the other is not.

Now even the FBI and CISA, the US cyber defense agency, are warning Americans to use responsibly encrypted messaging and phone calls where they can. The backdrop is the Chinese hacking of US networks that is reportedly “ongoing and likely larger in scale than previously understood.”

Fully encrypted comms is the best defense against this compromise, and Americans are being urged to use that wherever possible.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/12/03/fbi-warns-iphone-and-android-users-stop-sending-texts/

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2024-12-04
Economy / Politics

Trump Damages Relationships with Our Allies Before He Even Starts

He “told Trudeau that if Canada cannot handle his tariffs and secure the northern border, then it should simply become the 51st American state with Trudeau as its governor. A wildly insulting and condescending thing to say to one of our closest allies, Trump appears intent on isolating America and ruining our foreign relationships right from the get-go.”

“The meeting came days after the president-elect threatened a blanket 25 percent tariff on “all products” entering the US from Canada and Mexico – and an additional 10 percent tariff on Chinese goods.”

Source: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-canada-51st-state-tarriffs-trudeau-b2657897.html

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2024-12-03
Politics / Religion

Fascist Theocracy

Back in 1986, Frank Zappa was on the TV show “Crossfire” and he described — way back then — how the United States was headed toward a fascist theocracy.

“When you have a government that prefers a certain moral code derived from a certain religion and that moral code turns into legislation to suit one certain religious point of view, and if that code happens to be very, very right-wing, almost toward Attila the Hun,” then you are headed for a fascist theocracy. – Frank Zappa

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2024-12-03