Strong Bugs Require Strong Drugs

Nothing more important in medicine than antibiotics for acute infections–big life saver.
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Wendy Davis, Mother?

We have a soap opera governor’s race drama in Texas.
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Solomon on Vaccines II

2. Doctors, nurses and other health care workers balk at getting vaccinated
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/lawrence-solomon/canada-vaccinations_b_4593168.html

Solomon on Vaccines III

3. Flu death stats wildly overblown
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/lawrence-solomon/death-by-influenza_b_4661442.html

Homicide Rates

Societal violence is a continuing cause for concern. We see a decline in civility all round.
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Bird Flu Transmission Human to Human?

Chinese report.
Bird flu is more virulent, lethal, not good if it became communicable between humans.
http://digitaljournal.com/tech/science/can-h7n9-bird-flu-spread-between-people/article/367379

National Association of Scholars and Civilization

There was a failed link to the fine discussion by Toplansky on the National Association of Scholars at American Thinker.
On some of the links to AT articles one has to cut to the part after url.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/01/what_does_the_nas_really_think_of_western_civ.html

Home Birthing and Midwives

I had some experience with women who wanted midwives and home deliveries in the 70s when I was more adventurous and considered the go to open minded physician. I am a little less open minded now.
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More from Thomas Sowell on Facts and Fantasy

Thomas Sowell continues his series of essays on fact free liberal thinking.
We already put up the first and II.
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How Many Laws, How Many Regs

The burden of regulations is discussed by the people at Competitive Enterprise Institute.
It is a terrible thing to consider. The Leviathan cometh.
http://cei.org/10KC

Munoz case Goes South, Baby Might Die, Thanks to an Activist Judge

The Texas law in question on the Munoz case is about saving the life of the baby when a mother is brain dead or otherwise disabled or incapacited that would compromise the survival of the baby in the uterus (womb for you old fashioned readers). The statute intended to make sure every effort was made to sustain the mother, who, even if brain dead of severely disabled, was the incubator for the life of the baby.
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Mining Project in NY Condemned

Did you know there is more wild country now in America than ever, with all kinds of “monuments” that are no touch?
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