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    The case for mass public education campaigns

    JVBT replied to JVBT's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm starting to read about some new 2020-2025 federal guidelines coming out. Looks like some amount of sugar-cutting is in the offing - good. I still need to drill down to the details, but anything...
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    The case for mass public education campaigns

    JVBT posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Step One: The case for mass public education campaigns “We are seeing this pandemic because it's been fueled by a slower pandemic of chronic illness that makes people at high risk, and we have not...
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    The case for mass public education campaigns

    JVBT replied to JVBT's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It looks like sound, low-cost public health policies including measures like regulating sugar, known to be one of the most highly addictive substances on earth, and the development and promotion of...
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    The case for mass public education campaigns

    JVBT replied to JVBT's topic in Disaster Preparation

    From Mexico: Oaxaca Congress approves law prohibiting sale of junk food to minors Thirty-one lawmakers voted in favor of the so-called ley antichatarra, or anti-junk food law, while just one voted...
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    The case for mass public education campaigns

    JVBT replied to JVBT's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I posted (barked) on this site (tree) because nurses are in a good position to push for change. The central point is that doing one by one education while potentially effective in individual cases...
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    The case for mass public education campaigns

    JVBT replied to JVBT's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Krispy Kreme's honoring first reponders with 18 million donuts is like honoring firemen with napalm. Bill Maher on the "Quarantine 15." Lots of nurses have commented....
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    The case for mass public education campaigns

    JVBT replied to JVBT's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Hi there - did you see my original posting? I said, "As we now know, embedded structural inequities like redlining, underfunding of public schools, public sector/frontline employment, inability to...
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    The case for mass public education campaigns

    JVBT replied to JVBT's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It has been said about more than one thing, but I think Dolly Parton's quote - you have no idea how much it costs to look this cheap - is in this case very apt. We are paying dearly for our cheap...
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    The case for mass public education campaigns

    JVBT replied to JVBT's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It's true that that we like to starve our public health agencies, I don’t think there’s any doubt about that. Nevertheless, it would be great if more people could weigh in on what I'm discussing -...
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    How Does This End?

    JVBT replied to MeganMN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    There are not many positives that have come from this, but there are a couple. One is that when the time comes for Dr Fauci to retire, there are many highly competent people like Leana Wen and Monica...
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    How Does This End?

    JVBT replied to MeganMN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    They were also
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    How Does This End?

    JVBT replied to MeganMN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    And this is why the USA is doing such as a pi--poor job containing a pandemic, which many other developed and developing nations are schooling us on. Liberty is an extremely misunderstood concept....
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    How Does This End?

    JVBT replied to MeganMN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    @amoLuciaI'm not sure what you mean, exactly, by "no TV!" but I liked your post. The media needs to be airing commercials constantly about things like proper mask wearing and a big X through the nose...
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    How Does This End?

    JVBT replied to MeganMN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    What I’m hearing most say is that a vaccine is our way out of this. In fact, when I first heard someone say this, about two months or more ago, I thought at the time, how pathetic that that’s the...
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    The case for mass public education campaigns

    JVBT replied to JVBT's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My point is, that nutrition education is in fact happening right now, regardless of what you or I think. And I maintain that, for those conducting the education, it is like pushing a too-heavy boulder...