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Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 11h

Actually most of the the polls showed strong support for Covid precautions but Biden decided to go with business interests instead. Of course Biden's pollster recommended a course contrary to what other polls showed

Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 11h

Yes, they are still trying to justify their support for Harris despite her being a terrible choice.

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Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 13h

Technically I can't return to wearing masks as I've never stopped.

Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 13h

I mean, it is clear from your timeline that you are a conservative Democrat, little different from the Trumpers, but you can always just ignore progressives. There is no need to troll people with comments like this. It just makes you look like a right wing idiot.

Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 13h

Democrats usually lose when they move to the right but they keep doing it. Perhaps it is more about establishment Democrats being conservatives, or about selling out to donors, than it is about looking for a winning strategy.
prospect.org/politics/cen...

Centrist Democrats Have Already Forgotten About Kamala Harris

Pivoting to the right didn't work in 2024. It won't work now.

prospect.org

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Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 13h

I'm neither. I'm a doctor concerned about how both Biden and Trump/RFK Jr have attacked public health. Looks far more like you are the one trolling me here.

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Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 15h

When Biden lied in September 2022 saying the pandemic was over many Democrats went along & most Covid precautions ended. With RFK Jr saying Covid is over will Democrats realize he is wrong, protest, and demand restoring the Covid precautions which ended under Biden?
#Medsky

"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

www.msnbc.com

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Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 16h

Part of California reinstates mask mandates in healthcare facilities.
#Medsky
www.newsweek.com/mask-mandate...

Mask mandate returns to parts of California

The order in Sonoma County is designed to protect the "most vulnerable populations" in health care facilities during fall and winter.

www.newsweek.com

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Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 1d

Remember back when the guideline was to stay home until tested negative? His campaign plan included money to enable employees to remain home until not infectious. Then Biden dropped his plan and gave into business donors had people return to work when still infectious, causing much more harm.

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Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 1d

Bothsidesing? Dishonest covering for Biden here. Biden dropped the Covid plan he ran on and switched to Trump's strategy to please short term business interests. Biden wound up handing Covid even worse than Trump did (which was quite difficult to do considering how terrible Trump was).

Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 2d

...Better treatments for Covid and Long Covid
Keep people out of work & school while infectious--Biden reduced time off from 10 days to 5 & later to 1
Resume mask use until above done, especially in health care facilities and at times of higher levels.

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Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 2d

Accurate information from government instead of misinformation campaign from Biden & Trumpers to get people not to use masks & to minimize Covid
Resume disease surveillance which has been curtailed.
Improved indoor air filtration & ventilation
2nd Gen vaccines to reduce transmission...

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Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 2d

Covid has created an increase in work absences year round comparable to a year round flu season. This is due to both Trump & Biden mishandling Covid with a vaccine-only approach, opposing other needed action.
#Medsky
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Enduring Outcomes of COVID-19 Work Absences on the US Labor Market

This cohort study examines the extent to which COVID-19 continues to generate work absences and decrease labor force participation beyond the pandemic period in the US.

jamanetwork.com

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Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 2d

It's ridiculous to see so many posts from centrists falsely claiming that leftists are responsible Trump winning. Centrists are responsible for Trump winning in both 2016 & 2024. When centrists did win in 2020 they moved far right & were barely distinguishable from Republicans

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Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 2d

Is anyone monitoring whether Trump or his family have been short selling on days like today when he says something which causes a big loss in the markets?

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Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 3d

Also don't forget the misleading Community Levels maps under Biden to get people to stop masking despite the more meaningful Community Transmission maps showing high transmission. Joe mocking mask use when Jill had Covid. The Biden administration was a very dangerous source of Covid misinformation

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Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 3d

There's obviously a lot out there from Trumpers but don't forget the bad takes from another right wing source--the Biden White House: Claims that don't need to mask if vaccinated, saying the pandemic was over, return to work in five days, then one day, reallocating money for improving air quality...

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Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 4d

Annual Covid vaccines reduced ER visits by 29%, hospitalizations by 39% & death by 64%. Benefits last up to 6 months. The vaccine is valuable, but deaths and disease could be far lower if both Biden & Trump hadn't opposed a more comprehensive approach.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 4d

This is after I called them two months ago to discuss plans to terminate service and make sure that my contract due for renewal in September was not renewed and I'd be able to cancel at this time.

Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 4d

Beware of Frontier Communications. I just canceled my phone and & internet service and found that they are charging me hundreds of dollars in disconnect and other fees. They even charge a $50 fee to process return of their router...

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Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 5d

Reports from the Costs of War Project find the US has backed Israel with more than $21 billion since October 2023 to pay for genocide & wars across the middle east.
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How the US funded Israel’s wars on Gaza, Lebanon, Iran

Twin reports from the Costs of War Project find the US has backed Israel with more than $21bn since October 2023.

aje.io

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Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 6d

Israeli genocide in Gaza and AIPAC are becoming increasingly toxic among the Democratic base and could help progressive primary challengers. It is doubtful there would be such an opening to reform the Democratic Party if Biden or Harris was president.
www.semafor.com/article/10/0...

Democratic primary challengers see an opening on Israel

“Not taking a dime from AIPAC” is becoming a new rallying cry.

www.semafor.com

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Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 6d

I would not trust Trump's peace deal to treat Gaza fairly but it is looking like Trump is doing what Biden would not do--put pressure on Netanyahu to end the war.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Trump Is Successfully Bullying Netanyahu

The more the president puts the prime minister in his place, the more likely it is that the Gaza war will end.

www.theatlantic.com

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Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 6d

Trump's threat to invoke Insurrection Act seen as waging war against the American people.

www.commondreams.org/news/trump-i...

'Unhinged Despotism': Critics Slam Trump's Willingness to Invoke Insurrection Act | Common Dreams

"A Trump-led deployment of federalized guard and active-duty troops to quell a fabricated insurrection inside American cities should only be understood as war on the American people," said one observe...

www.commondreams.org

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Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 8d

RFK Jr. fires top NIH scientist after whistle blower complaint re illegal retaliation for opposing political interference in vaccine science.
#Medsky
www.perplexity.ai/page/rfk-jr-...

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