First of all, the Iraq War was built on lies, so any comparison to school closings is vile.
Second, do you think pediatricians ~want~ school closings? Do you think we are oblivious to the harms we confront in our patients every goddamn workday?
The unmitigated gall of that arrogant prick claiming to know or care more about children’s wellbeing than the doctors who dedicated their careers to caring for them is breathtaking.
Because I am a mature and wise individual who knows when to let things go, just gonna add that Prasad is wrong on the merits. I have many patients who were born during the pandemic, and can directly observe the lack of mask-related developmental delay.
Which means I actually have a clue! My own work! The developmental monitoring I do of my patients over time, in the field in which I have actual expertise! “Just be quiet” is advice he should take himself, and stfu.
Getting ready to go in to a school board meeting to speak in favor of mask mandates. Wish me luck!
Thanks for all the good thoughts and kind comments. I am profoundly grateful and relieved to report that the superintendent recommended and the board approved a mask mandate. I was glad to speak in favor, but the decision came before public comment, so I get no credit!
All you gay football players longing to live your truth as straight men, know that I will support your coming out, no matter how confusing I will find it.
Can we file Gay Football Players Who Are Straight under “+”? That’s a lot of letters to add all at once otherwise.
In honor of #Pride, a handy guide in the use of the f-slur historically levelled at gay men
Are you gay?
If yes, you may use that word around other gays who do not mind that word. (I am not one such gay. Sorry about that.)
If no, then never. Not ever.
I would further suggest that, even if you are gay, you should strenuously avoid using that word around your straight friends, because that may give them the erroneous impression that they are also free to do so.
Which, as I said, is literally never true.
In general, I have found a policy of under no circumstances whatsoever using any kind of slur against a group of people to which I do not myself belong has served me well. Having lightning-bright lines around such words offers helpful clarity.
This would solve the problem of my constantly misplacing my keys, and I am pissed as hell that apparently my Moderna vaccine didn't take the right way or something.
"Gives you superpowers" is right up there with "taco trucks on every corner" on my list of totally fantastic outcomes that some people inexplicably consider a bad thing.
Do you have any idea how many headaches we could avoid here at the office with connecting to our medical record system if we were all our own personal hotspots?