Wednesday, February 12, 2025

As Tangerine 2.0 Attacks NIH, HHS and CDC, The Dangerous Mpox Clade 1b Is Seen In NY State, California And New Hampshire... Ugh.


Well -- the news is poignant and timely, if unwelcome.

All as the unregistered lobbyist and richest man on Earth lets his son pick his nose in the Oval Office -- and Tangerine cheers attempts at more slashing at NIH, CMS, HHS, CDC, FDA and USAID. . . Reuters reports that a single host with Mpox Clade 1b was identified overnight inside New York. Charming.

Several prior cases have been seen in California and in New Hampshire. [And mutating, deadly versions of a bird flu killed a patient last month in Louisiana.] But we don't need. . . vaccines, or science -- according to Trump, Musk and Kennedy. Damn. Here's that Reuters item:
. . .The New York State Department of Health on Tuesday confirmed its first case of the new mpox strain, adding to the global concerns over the spread of the little-known variant.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were three confirmed cases in the country — in California, Georgia and New Hampshire — caused by the clade Ib strain. The agency said the three cases were not linked. . . .


And later last night, Trump hinted he "might look into going after" the federal judges holding him to the commands of our federal statutes (rather than his Black Sharpie scribbles). These are indeed perilous times, for our 240 year experiment in ordered liberty. Onward, just the same -- resolutely.

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