Higher risk of diabetes after Covid in the unvaccinated but not those who are vaccinated. #Medsky www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/ris...

It is hard to have any good thoughts about President's Day considering that we have recently experienced two of the worst presidents in US history with Trump and Biden.

For Democrats to really support democracy they need to end super delegates, front loading of southern states & rule changes to benefit preferred candidates. Allow 3rd parties in general election debates, cease efforts to keep them off ballots & support reforms including ranked choice voting.

The main difference between the parties is that in 2016 the Republicans willingly voted for a fascist as their leader. In contrast, the Democratic Party's leadership installed fascists as their leader in 2016, 2020 & 2024 without bothering with fair primaries.

I wish that sites posting about tv shows, movies & books would include the title in the headline. In the past articles were in an inverted pyramid format with the most important information at the top. Today so many articles are primarily clickbait & bury the key information.

The Democratic Party needs new leaders and to replace the bulk of Democrats in office. They must not repeat the mistakes of 2020 and rally against those who attack Trump but support the bulk of his policies. Biden/Harris only gave Trump without the mean Tweets and both were unelectable by 2024.

Gallup to stop measuring presidential approval. Maybe the problem is that, looking at recent US leaders, they all suck, regardless of party. It makes such polling less meaningful. thehill.com/homenews/med...

Trump tried to prosecute six Democrats for advising members of the armed forces to refuse to obey illegal orders. This is another case of Trump's prosecutors being unable to obtain an indictment from a grand jury. While Trump is grossly abusing the system, it has not entirely given into him.

The New Democrat Coalition is just one more group which wants to maintain the Democratic Party as controlled opposition with the same policies as Republicans. www.cnbc.com/2026/02/11/e...

Trump's tariffs cost US households $1000 last year and predicted to be higher next year. abcnews.go.com/Business/tru...

Studies show 18%reduced risk of myocardial infarction after influenza vaccine. #Medsky www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-va...

How ICE defies court orders re detainees. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Caffeinated coffee and tea reduce risk of dementia per JAMA study. Most pronounced differences seen with intake of approximately 2 to 3 cups per day of caffeinated coffee or 1 to 2 cups per day of tea. #Medsky jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h... #Medsky

AMA and other groups to join together to create a system to review vaccine safety and effectiveness in response to problems at CDC due to RFK Jr. (gift article) #Medsky wapo.st/4tr8lid

Trump administration seeks to reverse legal finding that greenhouse gasses pose a threat to public health and welfare. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Members of the House of Representatives looking at needed reforms including ranked choice voting and multirepresentative legislative districts. www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...

Israel is the Nazi Germany of this century. They should not be allowed to participate in the Olympics or the civilized world. Genocide should not be tolerated from any country. The boos are well deserved but not enough. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

I see a lot of people bragging that their favorite politicians aren't in the Epstein files. This often just means that instead of supporting Israeli genocide due to being blackmailed they are supporting it due to being bribed or they are just morally bankrupt.

Many people are saying that Harris can't win. The bigger problem is that any Democrat might be able to win in 2028 as in 2020. Electing Harris means nothing fundamentally changes. Don't waste a good chance at victory on an establishment Democrat who is little different from the Republicans.

Current Covid vaccine 40% effective against hospitalization and 79% effective against death. It is best to get vaccinated for protection against severe disease and use other protection including masks to reduce risk of infection and less severe illness. #Medsky jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Support for genocide, expanding ICE, mass incarceration, Biden's policies allowing Covid to spread out of control to please short term business interests, and campaigning with Liz Cheney bragging about the lethality of the US military are not progressive.

Review supports the use of Metformin in acute Covid to reduce risk of Long Covid #Medsky academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...

Interview with Abdul El-Sayed who is running for the Democratic nomination for Senate in Michigan and has been a long time proponent of Medicare for All. #Medsky jacobin.com/2026/02/mich...

Abolish ICE

In 2024 Biden pushed hard to get enough votes to expand warrantless mass surveillance & block reform efforts. He put together a narrow majority & had to compromise with an extension of only two years. Chances at limiting mass surveillance might be better this year with Biden gone & Trump weakened.

Biden broke the law re supplying weapons for genocide. Harris lost the election because she was not willing to break from this policy.

One problem is that Democrats don't want to change things. They primarily want the benefits of winning but won't support the changes which voters want. www.commondreams.org/opinion/dems...

If all the fascists took over one political party Americans would reject them. Instead the fascists split into two groups and took over two political parties. Half of the voters support each party while opposing the other.

Wastewater concentrations are very high for COVID-19 in Connecticut, Iowa, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Oklahoma, and South Dakota; for influenza A in South Dakota and Vermont; and for RSV in Maryland, Massachusetts, Louisiana, and Virginia. #Medsky www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-ge...

Catherine O'Hara dead at 71. www.tmz.com/2026/01/30/c...

Long term complications of Covid including decrease in IQ which "may have increased the number of adults in the U.S. with an IQ of less than 70 from 4.7 million to 7.5 million." #Medsky www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-l...

Study reports about 18% of adults have had long Covid. 86% of those with Long Covid in the United States report brain fog with lower numbers reporting neurological or psychiatric symptoms in lower income countries. #Medsky www.frontiersin.org/journals/hum...

Man arrested for impersonating FBI agent in attempt to free Luigi Mangione from jail. www.cnn.com/2026/01/29/u...

NASA understands that masks work in their quarantine rules to keep astronauts safe before a mission: "avoid public places, wear masks, and maintain distance from others they come into contact with." futurism.com/space/moon-a...

Trump administration officials meeting with Canadian separatists in Alberta per Daily Beast. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-teams-...

This year's Pfizer Covid vaccine estimated to be 57% effective against emergency department/urgent care (ED/UC) visits and 54% effective against outpatient visits among adults. #Medsky www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...

Biden pushed TikTok ban & it is now under rightwing control. Biden expanded ICE, private prisons & mass surveillance leading to Trump's actions. Biden started funding genocide in Gaza enabling Trump. Biden switched from the Covid plan he ran on to Trump's strategy, killing more people than Trump..

Trump administration finally gets something right. Proposal to limit payments to Medicare Advantage plans & end extra payments based upon chart reviews often used to bill for questionable diagnoses. #Medsky www.wsj.com/health/healt...

Democrats including Biden and Harris have supported expanding ICE and even now the party establishment is fighting calls to abolish it. www.levernews.com/how-democrat...

We are where we are now largely due to repeated attacks on democracy from the Democratic Party, including rigging primary rules to get more conservative candidates since the 1980s & more blatant intervention in 2016, 2020 & 2024. Without this Trump would have never been elected.

We were warned in this op-ed in 2018 and so-called centrist Democrats have only continued to move right, enabling Republican policies: "Centrists Are the Most Hostile to Democracy, Not Extremists" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Another murder by ICE in Minneapolis. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Protesting in the Age of Surveillance. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

How Trump has eroded Democratic norms over the past year. www.npr.org/2026/01/23/g...

Wall Street Journal reports that Trump administration is seeking regime change in Cuba by the end of the year. www.wsj.com/world/americ...

Trump's cuts to USAID has led to an estimated 762,000 deaths including more than 500,000 children. #Medsky www.cidrap.umn.edu/chikungunya/...

Long Covid has become the most common chronic disease in children. Not surprisingly, study finds that children with Long Covid experience functional limitations and school absenteeism. #Medsky wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...

Congratulations to Indiana. Big 10 wins third consecutive national championship.

Trump links taking Greenland to being snubbed for Nobel Peace Prize in batshit crazy letter to PM of Norway, saying "I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace." Letter seeks "Complete and Total Control of Greenland." www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Potential Democratic candidates avoid questions re trans issues. www.axios.com/2026/01/18/d...