tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post107950339945901693..comments2024-03-28T10:16:38.716-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: The Iron LungLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-43730013674500586892021-12-22T23:23:29.407-05:002021-12-22T23:23:29.407-05:00Ohhhh. I just watched No Pain. That's evil, re...Ohhhh. I just watched No Pain. That's evil, really evil.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-689266260906141392021-12-22T22:35:23.171-05:002021-12-22T22:35:23.171-05:00I remember getting that sugar cube. By the way, i...I remember getting that sugar cube. By the way, in an early Dick Francis novel, FORFEIT, the hero's wife is in an iron lung.Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-22766906188031688212021-12-22T22:12:55.109-05:002021-12-22T22:12:55.109-05:00Purposeful, poignant, and pointed article, David. ...Purposeful, poignant, and pointed article, David. I'm not a follower of celebrities, but some have the power to sway.<br /><br />Yesterday I learned a teenage anti-vaxer I've never met has screwed up holiday plans by exposing friends to her disease.<br /><br />But some situations would be silly if they weren't so stupid and sad. A 45yo woman on Twitter has blamed the coronavirus vaccine for halting her period. But wait, she wasn't vaccinated, her boyfriend was and immediately after, her periods ceased. Ipso facto, covid vaccinations put women's reproductivity at grave risk.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-9386075856101760532021-12-22T14:27:46.327-05:002021-12-22T14:27:46.327-05:00Trump admitted he'd gotten the booster shot at...Trump admitted he'd gotten the booster shot at some conservative do, and got booed. So, the rabid right is apparently getting beyond even him. Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-13238446253516420492021-12-22T13:07:52.821-05:002021-12-22T13:07:52.821-05:00I remember getting the polio shot in second or thi...I remember getting the polio shot in second or third grade at my school. Ditto flouride treatments. My mom drove six or seven of us to the school where those were being given.<br /><br />Yes, we don't have a universal influencer anymore, and I wonder if even the rabid right would listen to Trump or Carlson if they switched messages now. Was it Twain who said it's easier to fool people than it is to convince them they've been fooled?<br /><br />Eve's right, too, about the scars. We are dumber than the dinosaurs ever tried to be. What's worse, we're proud of it.<br />Steve Liskowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07107703903536520140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-89479486409869316242021-12-22T08:35:38.498-05:002021-12-22T08:35:38.498-05:00As soon as the polio vaccines became available, my...As soon as the polio vaccines became available, my mother raced me down to get them. I remember one was the sugar cube and the other was in mini-cup of liquid. <br />I thought, as the epidemic got politicized, that if Covid had been like smallpox, and left everyone with scars all over their face, our vain civilization would have gone all in on vaccines. Now I'm beginning to think they'd wear the scars like medals... Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.com