U.S. Surgeon General: Health Misinformation Is 'Costing Us Lives' - All In - MSNBC

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“Health misinformation is costing us lives. It’s hurting us. This is not a new problem, but it has gotten far worse—aided and abetted by technology platforms,” says U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. Aired on 07/15/2021.

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1. It cost him 10 lives.

"It’s painful for me to know that nearly every death we are seeing now from COVID-19 could have been prevented," Murthy said in remarks in the White House briefing room. "I say that as someone who has lost 10 family members to COVID-19, and who wishes each and every day that they had the opportunity to get vaccinated."

"I say that also as a concerned father of two young children who aren’t yet eligible for the vaccine, but I know that our kids are depending on all of us to get vaccinated to shield them from this virus," Murthy said.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/563219-surgeon-general-says-hes-lost-10-family-members-to-coronavirus
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2. Which is especially tragic.

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3. K&R!

International embarrassment. Other countries are begging for them!

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4. My county is still holding at only 64% vaccinated, despite vaccinations sites all over now

And it's not like Covid is being forgotten, the local paper has been very diligent in reporting new cases, outbreaks - and deaths, right on the front page. Yesterday's paper went with the headline "COVID Is Not Finished," with the main story reporting an outbreak at a local resort and one more Covid death at the local hospital, the second this month.

I'm wondering how many of the crowds of out-of-state tourists check out the local paper - or take advantage of the numerous vaccination sites operating all over - pharmacies, pharmacies in grocry stores, Walmart, and the large state-run site in the old Sears store at the local mall with the neon signs and arrows out by the main road advertising it. If they take one of the two main highway exits on the way to Lake George, they have to pass right by that site - and Walmart. And both places are taking walk-ins. *sigh*