Rationing-of-Care Debate Must
Include Those Most at Risk
Posted By: grace127, 4/2/2020 8:46:54 AM
I will admit my bias. Officially, I am in the “at risk” population for severe complications from COVID-19. I am also in the population that could be triaged away from critical care if our hospitals break under the pandemic’s stress. I live with cystic fibrosis, an inherited condition that my fills my lungs with thick, sticky mucus. That thick, sticky mucus is the perfect medium for infectious pathogens to call home. Respiratory infections lead to clinical decline in CF patients because they flare our symptoms – cough, shortness of breath, and oxygen dependence – and lead to permanent lung damage. I have, unfortunately, suffered through my fair share.
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Kamala Harris undermines
her historic vice presidency
by supporting policies
ruinous to women 8 replies
her historic vice presidency
by supporting policies
ruinous to women 8 replies
Kamala Harris made history when she became our country’s first female vice president.
While electing the first woman to a nationwide office serves as an important milestone, Harris’s policy positions themselves provide little comfort to women. On numerous issues, Harris will undermine, rather than advance, causes that are important to women.
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Congressional Democrats who have spent the past four years fixated on the Constitution’s emoluments clause might want to focus on another portion of our nation’s founding document.
Article VI, Section 3 states that lawmakers and federal employees “shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.” This passage could end up front-and-center in the Senate hearings over Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
Biden used character assassination in Senate
to fight GOP Supreme Court nominees
like Barrett 9 replies
to fight GOP Supreme Court nominees
like Barrett 9 replies
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Clinical trials are frustrating when they fail—and most do, but they seem almost magical when they work. I experienced that magic in 2018 when one saved my life.
I have cystic fibrosis (CF), a rare genetic condition that usually manifests in severe respiratory disease and maintains a median age of death of about 30 years old. CF leads to an abundance of thick, sticky mucus that traps harmful bacteria in the lungs until it eventually suffocates patients from the inside. I was 27 when I entered the trial that halted my rapid deterioration, and that came after a l
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With appropriate distancing measures,
Virginia churches should be allowed
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Virginia churches should be allowed
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In the middle of a global health crisis, New York State government has told some of the most vulnerable people living in the state: Sorry, we can’t help you anymore.
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