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1) One of my occupational hats includes critical review of the medical literature for drugs or treatments, sometimes to testify as expert witness. What you are doing by trending #Prednisone to demonize a drug when you have NO medical training is murderous.
2) Life threatening diseases frequently involve using drugs with unwanted side effects. You are the same people that, with no biochemical, pharmacological or medical training are demonizing #opioids and physicians, when the (very) American problem is related to ...
3) ... synthetic opioids available in the black market and supplied by the Transnational Criminal Organization Triad in partnership with the Mexican Cartels. American politicians take their 10%, as always.
4) Both #prednisone and #opioids save lives. Are you an ER doctor dealing with anaphylactic attack? With severe asthma? Or a specialist dealing with Chron's disease? Rheumatoid Arthritis? No? So do society a favor and shut up.
5) My life-saving meds when my vulnerable asthmatic self's bronchitis evolves into pneumonia (asthma + pneumonia).
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1) I'm looking at this hashtag #enditmovement . I follow the scholarly and activism literature on human trafficking and slavery. Interestingly, they are not involved in this hashtag day. First things first: there is no movement without strategy and tactics. I see neither.
2) Second, spreading outrage is steering people away from actual knowledge. What is human trafficking? Who executes the actions? Who can interfere or stop the social agents involved in trafficking? Where does law enforcement com in and which branch?
3) It's obvious that everybody is against human trafficking and slavery. Kids will post pictures of their hands with the red X. Meanwhile, I see evangelicals that have been shown to be involved in the crimes promoting the hashtag.
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Marilia Coutinho, Ph.D. , Shithole Country Snake
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1) Pop culture legal and safety education:

It's a bad idea to go about the house in the dark calling "hello" if you hear a suspicious noise
2) When your friend gets lost in an allegedly haunted house, it's better to call the police than to go rescue them. If you choose the latter, you will probably die.
3) The more secrets you have about nasty things you or someone you love did, the more likely you will be blackmailed, then screw up your assignment, then get totally screwed up.
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Marilia Coutinho, Ph.D. , Shithole Country Snake
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1) Thank you @Pontifex . For those of you upset about the Vatican's position on priests' celibacy, imagine the fractions and power play in your democratic party. Multiply it by 1000. Now imagine how to manage unity there. Do you think it can be done without compromising?
2) Think again. The Catholic left, represented since 1959 by Liberation Theology, with fierce advocates of social justice who fought side by side with us, protected us and gave their lives fighting against far right dictatorships is one part of the Church.
3) Unsurprising the American Catholic Church, where the horrendous pedophile cases abound, is the RIGHT WING of the Church and sabotages Pope Francis together with other RW fractions in the world.
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