As someone who has followed the Vaccine Crusades for about a decade I noticed a troubling narrative switch facing those who call themselves Anti-Vaxx: People who had previously said: “I don’t think the MMR Vaccines causes autism but even if they did I would want my kid autistic instead of dead.” Switched to a more … Continue reading Societies Juvenile Debris
Tag: Coronavirus
Empathy in the age of COVID…
A Gentle reminder on empathy in the age of COVID from the worlds foremost Asshole: One of the things that I did not like the past year were people who “minimized” COVID, through personal experience or anecdotal statistics. Saying that you had it and it was “just a cold” or that, in general, it had … Continue reading Empathy in the age of COVID…
Good Friday- 2020
You might not realize it but today is Good Friday. It kind of snuck up on you didn’t it this year. I barely noticed myself, perhaps not shocking even for the worlds foremost bad Catholic quarantined in a County with State sanctioned Agnosticism . This was Holy Week, which in Christian belief started with Jesus … Continue reading Good Friday- 2020
A cure that may enable the disease.
The last time I was really sick was in 2010 when I came back from Thailand and I had a hacking cough that took a few months to truly resolve. I never got an official diagnosis but my roommate proclaimed it the artful title: Asian Lung Herpes Whatever ALH was it must have jolted my … Continue reading A cure that may enable the disease.
Hysteria and The Curse of Incompatibility
Watching the Coronapalloza unfold from my quarantined perch here in Beijing, the duality from the very real threat that the illness poses for many and the accompanying hysteria for those not nearly at risk, has my again reminding myself that Reason and science really need to balance itself out vs irrational fear. I have tried … Continue reading Hysteria and The Curse of Incompatibility
Trumping Hope…
As I’m sure you heard in the past few weeks: “50,000 people die from the flu every year and nobody gives a shit!” It bares repeating, It’s not that no one gives a shit it just that we have accepted it as normal. I know something that kills almost 50% more people than the flu … Continue reading Trumping Hope…
Dum Spiro Spero…
In May of this year it will mark my 5th year on Planet 3 of being Fatherless. My father passed away, officially of congestive heart failure but recent events had me reassessing his last few years and weeks. My father was diabetic, for which he had a leg amputated, and had previously had a kidney … Continue reading Dum Spiro Spero…
Just Show up…
Back when I was a little boy and my parents would argue I remember sitting in my room and covering my ears, sometimes lying facedown in bed with a pillow covering my ears.I didn’t like the sound and fury much back then. Hell, even the vacuum cleaner was too much in those wee days , … Continue reading Just Show up…
Chiropractic Rōnin 