[U] So Once Again, We See That Chaos Is The "Defining Feature" -- Of Trump's "Brand". There Will Be Excess Mortality Among Very Young Americans. Mark My Words.

I won't bother to make a new graphic here. UPDATE: the guy is so like a "know-nuthin' Mayor of Munchkinland". . . I've decided to update the graphics. But we are ALL. . . trapped now -- in his "know-nothing-ness". Damn. End, updated portion.

Regular readers will recall that making a Hep B vaccine in bulk is a very delicate bio-science affair. So, from time to time, stock outs would occur -- when an entire bulk run would not fully "yeast-rise" or congeal, if one uses the imperfect analogy of baking a [forty foot high!] "soufflé". And back in the time when evidence-based human health science ruled the day (1928-2024), that was cause for concern -- because the fear was that there would not be enough Hep B vaccine for all the newborns in the US that year.

Just ten years on now, we (under Tangerine 2.0 / Kennedy / Prasad) have reached a point where excess infant deaths may arrive, not for stock outs -- but for. . . brain-failures: these idiots are reducing the wide recommendation for moms to have their newborns get the Hep B vaccine. And perhaps a decade from now, we will look back and wonder why so many more babies and toddlers in the richest nation on Earth. . . have. . . died. That -- more than anything else, will be Trump's lasting legacy. Here's a bit, of the awful news today, from the NYT:

. . .The divisiveness and dysfunction surrounding the decision raised questions about the reliability of the process -- and the future of the C.D.C. . . .

For many public health experts, the vote also marked the end of trust in the C.D.C. and its vaccine advisers.

“Today is a defining moment for our country,” Michael Osterholm, a public health expert at the University of Minnesota, said. “We can no longer trust federal health authorities when it comes to vaccines.”

In a statement, Dr. Richard Besser, president and chief executive of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and a former acting director of the agency, said “policymakers, physicians, and families must turn to reputable medical and public health groups for guidance, and health insurers should do the same for informing what vaccines they will cover. . . .”

“We know it’s safe, and we know it’s very effective,” Dr. Cody Meissner, a professor of pediatrics at Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, said on Friday, and he warned that if the vote passed, “we will see more children and adolescents and adults infected with hepatitis B. . . .”

Stoooopid is -- as stupid does. Damnation -- an ugly Friday morning, indeed. Out.

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