In a couple of posts, I’ve mentioned that one of the wild cards in the 2020 election is the fact that the top candidates (to include Bernie Sanders at the time) were all in the high-risk demographic for COVID-19, which tends to be more fatal for elderly patients. Trump is the youngest of the bunch at 74, and both he and Biden are the oldest ( Read more... )

ITEM [via dinopollard ]: Rep. Michele Bachmann warns America that the Obamacare plan could include a provision in which if you criticize it, you’ll end up on a blacklist that will deny you treatment - just like they do in Japan.

Her source: some random guy she just happened to meet.

"He said that in Japan, to wait and get health care is almost impossible. You ( Read more... )

Some people have been asking me about the Hong Kong healthcare model. And seeing as how US Republicans love to point our way whenever they want to “prove” that flat taxes and laissez-faire capitalism works a treat and the US should copy it, whilst conveniently ignoring the fact that we have socialized medicine, public housing and govt investment in ( Read more... )

You all know by now that Bill “Bubba” Clinton has managed to secure the release of the two American reporters jailed in North Korea.

That’s good news (and I look forward to Fox News’ coverage on how Bill’s success proves he’s a Commie-appeasing traitor using his insidious and deep personal ties with Kim Jong-Il to call in a favor, or he only did it ( Read more... )

Swine flu: we kicked its ass.


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H1N1: Now available in Hong Kong.

Bad: They've sealed off the Metropark Hotel in Wan Chai where the guy was staying.

Good: The Cheung Chau Bun Festival tomorrow is still go!

So ... Am I worried? No. Here's why.

For those of you who don’t know, I was here when SARS broke out six years ago. It killed 299 people in this city alone and another 475 ( Read more... )