#ClimateCrisis - A Thread

#CleanEnergy should be a priority for the next administration. Yet, neither the Republicans or Democrats have Nuclear Energy at the forefront of their plans.

Instead, Republicrats continue to increase subsidies to the fossil fuel industry.

Conservative estimates put U.S. direct subsidies to the fossil fuel industry at roughly $20 billion per year; with 20% currently allocated to coal and 80% to natural gas and crude oil.

The environment and global climate change is such an important issue, but one that is often filled with misinformation. Regardless of any one person's thoughts on the issue, caring for the environment and reducing harmful pollutants is always something to strive for.

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Spike Cohen

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5 Oct

How pharmaceutical companies weaponize patents: A Thread

#Healthcare

Frederick Banting discovered insulin in 1923, he refused to put his name on the patent. He felt it was unethical for a doctor to profit from a discovery that would save lives. The patent was sold to University of Toronto for $1. They wanted their medication to remain affordable.

It is now 97 years after the original insulin patent was sold, and there currently no true generic Insulin products on the market.

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Spike Cohen

@RealSpikeCohen

4 Oct

So, how does Direct Primary Care work? How will this method begin to replace comprehensive insurance plans and lower costs for everyone?

#healthcare

Direct Primary Care is a game-changing structure for healthcare providers. It cuts out insurance companies, lowers costs and administrative fees, and provides patients with quality, focused, and personalized care.

forbes.com/sites/katherin…

Over 75% of healthcare can be provided in a primary care setting. So this means 75% of average expenses will be covered under a flat monthly fee, instead of costly insurance premiums and deductibles.

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Spike Cohen

@RealSpikeCohen

16 Sep

Walter Ogrod was convicted of murder in 1992 and coerced into confessing to a crime he didn’t commit. He sat on death row for 20 yrs trying to clear his name. Luckily, he was able to and was released in July.

Walter is just one of many who have been exonerated from death row.

172 people have been found innocent and released from death row since 1973. That’s an average of 3.5 wrongfully convicted people exonerated each year. How many are not being exonerated? How many people are still being unjustly sentenced to death every year?

As we know from stories like Walter Ogrod, the justice system makes mistakes and willfully prosecutes innocent people.

The system is not foolproof. The cost is too high. We need to #EndTheDeathPenalty

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Spike Cohen

@RealSpikeCohen

15 Sep

It’s hardly a #PeaceDeal when Isreal and the UAE weren’t fighting to begin with.
Bahrain and Isreal have already had peaceful diplomatic relations for decades.

This was a sham of an “agreement” made between militaries to secure weapons purchases from the United States.

Isreal, Bahrain, and the UAE have already been working together since 2015 to completely devastate Yemen, leading to over 20,000 airstrikes and countless civilian deaths.

Of course they’ll come together for the “peace” when promised weaponry from the U.S. as part of the deal.

We will never have #PeaceInTheMiddleEast until the US government stops trying to pick winners and losers among warmongering heads of state. There will be no peace until we stop with the interventionism, gets out of the Middle East, and lets the people there decide what they want.

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