Big Pharma loves the idea of a booster shot for Corona virus vaccine

 They have already sold 150-200 million Corona virus shots.  Add on a booster and they can sell another 100 million shots.  Nice work if you can get it.

The claim has been made that the new delta variation is slipping by conventional vaccines.  I want to see real evidence of this before handing big Pharma a 100 million shot good deal.  Data that has been published shows only 10 thousand "adverse reactions" over the 150 million or more shots given.  That makes the vaccine 99.99% effective.  Few things work that well in the real world.  

  And, I want to see data on the adverse reactions.  Are we talking about a real corona virus case where the patient runs a fever, feels bad, and gets hospitalized?  Or are we talking about cases where a new and poorly tested medical test shows a positive reaction on an other wise well patient?  False positive anyone?

We ought to get our people out of Afghanistan

 Native born Americans, Afghans holding US passports, Afghans who have helped us, we owe them.  We fly in enough infantry to secure one or more airports, and hold open roads and streets leading to the airport[s].  We fly out anyone who has any kind of paper work, or who just wants to leave.  They will make loyal citizens.  We tell the Taliban if they interfere we will kill them.  For that matter if they show their faces we will kill them just for grins and jollies.  

   Too bad Biden lacks the stones and the brains to do this.  I am so glad we elected that turkey.

Dodging shameful questions.

 That video of USAF transports taxing out with desperate Afghans clinging to the aircraft and falling to their deaths after take off is the most shameful stuff I have ever seen. The "journalists" are questioning a Pentagon snivel servant back in DC.  No "journalist" reporting from Afghanistan.  No interviews of US military commanders from the combat zone.  Pentagon weenie dodges every question. 

Charlie Wilson's War

 

If you want a good fairly recent story about Afghanistan you will enjoy Charlie Wilson’s War.  Charlie Wilson is a hard drinking, trouble getting into Texas congressman.   On a trip to Pakistan they fly Charlie up to an Afghan refugee camp.  The poverty, the misery, and the willingness to fight won Charlie’s heart.  Back in DC he hooks up with Gust somebody or other, old gutsy CIA agent.  Charlie produces the money; Gust turns the money into weapons and gets them to the Afghans.  Cool shots of ultra modern American surface to air missiles going into Afghanistan on mule back.  Despite being light enough to man carry, they had enough punch to take down anything the Russians were flying.

   After victory, Russians driven out, Charlie was unable to get all the Afghan factions to join a single Afghan government.  We decided the Afghans were too childish to spend time or money on and let the place go to pot.  We gave to place away to Osama Bin Ladin who used it to train up his troops to do 9-11.  That did get our attention.

So where have I been these last ten days??

 

   At death’s door.  Wednesday last I noticed a LOT of blood in my stool (poop to you ordinary mortals.)   I went to see my doctor.  I drove over to Littleton and parked in the first row of cars.  I nearly failed to make the emergency room door.  My knees just buckled leaving me on hands and knees in the rain.  Fortunately some Littleton people saw my troubles and brought a wheel chair. Dr Silva had me admitted.  Things went down hill and the last thing I remember was the helicopter ride down to  Dartmouth Hitchcock Saturday night.  The rest of that week is blank.  By Thursday I was recovered enough to telephone my children. 

   They never did figure out what hit me.  After 10 pints of red blood, the bleeding out my fanny stopped.  There were a couple of exam experts who wanted to run some kind of camera down my nose to look around.  I suggested that since the blood was coming out my fanny they ought to start there and do a colonoscopy.  Look around the place that patient is having trouble first.  The exam experts didn’t listen to me.  I am pretty sure they did the nose thing AND a colonoscopy.

   To my great joy they let me out of stir on Friday (two days ago).  I am home.  My brother John Starr drove me home.  I would not have survived without his support.

Prompt and speedy trial

 I hear a lot of talk on the TV today about district attorneys turning criminals loose because of newish laws requiring a criminal be brought to trial (or at least a grand jury hearing) within a reasonable length of time (many weeks)  The talkers imply that these laws ought to be repealed so that they can hold arrested criminals pretty much forever.  

I don't hold with that.  I think district attorneys need to get the lead out, reduce the paperwork, increase their staffs, what every is necessary, to try the criminal or at least get him before a grand jury within the statutory limits of time.

Do we want this kind of health care worker?

 

Long chit chat on NPR this morning.  Several health agencies like the VA have begun requiring their workers get the Corona virus vaccine.  The workers (or perhaps just their unions) are pushing back on the requirement.

Far as I am concerned, health care workers so ignorant of health care as to resist vaccination should not be working in health care.  The vaccines are extremely effective, (99.99%) and ill effects after administering 100's of millions of doses are extremely rare.  

  Workers in health care are extremely likely to be exposed to patients with full blown cases of corona virus.  If they are unvaccinated, they will catch it.  And spread it.  Ask granny killer Governor Coumo about that.  As for me, I would be unhappy to have an unvaccinated worker even sweeping the floor in the ward I was in.  Let alone fetching meals or treating me for anything.