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Larry Wegrzyn's avatar

When you look at Kennedy, you have to see how shallow he is. There is good reason to distrust the government because we keep getting elected officials and appointees that don't see the big picture.

The country needs more doctors, more med schools, better funding of rural hospital, more people handling elderly care - yet our Congress shows no leadership or spine

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Mingo's avatar

RFK JR is a believer of his own bullshit . He thinks by swimming in a polluted creek his immune system will ward off any bacteria. Any break in his skin will leave him susceptible to MRSA. People lose limbs from staph infections.

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Kathy Balles's avatar

I say, let him compete in the Darwin Olympics, although having already reproduced, heтАЩs technically ineligible for winning an official award.

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Sherri Priestman's avatar

YouтАЩre right about all of thatтАФbut without immigrants we canтАЩt fill positions we already have for elder care, and setting up a medical school in this environment? I doubt a university would be willing to take the chance, much less the prestigious ones being less picky about who gets in. Maybe more nurse practitioners. IтАЩm reading Abundance and thinking about how we break the log jams that hold our country back.

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Tara's avatar

Pushing 80 and having a harder time getting doctor appointments because not enough doctors, having trouble getting prescriptions filled because there are fewer pharmacies. I

can't blame RFK at the helm of Health and Human Services for that, but I imagine we won't see any leadership there.

At least I won't have to tolerate it for too long. I hope the rest of you will find a way to be OK.

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Linda Odell's avatar

Just a few years behind you, and I think most of my meds are sourced from China, so who knows what they'll soon cost if I'm able to get them filled at all.

But given Lady Emsworth's astute observations along with the current administration's wish to pop out more babies I believe I'll just find myself a few gallons of artificial food coloring to stir into some fluoridated water, drink it down and hope it's all as lethal as our HHR Secretary proclaims.

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Kathy Balles's avatar

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

Tara - you COULD have another 20 years! - 100 is not an extraordinary age nowadays, especially for women.

And with modern medical techniques, you could even have a baby that would be full grown before you went!

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Tara's avatar

Well, I have heart disease, kidney disease and diabetes. I think that reduces my chances of living to 100, in spite of feeling pretty good right now.

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Katherine B Barz's avatar

I read an article that said if a person reaches 80 and has no major medical issues, the odds are good that you will live to be 100. 100 year olds are a group that are expanding faster than expected. But give up on the baby idea!

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