If you read the article, social media influencers are pushing private 3rd-party blood tests that return with a recommendation to get testosterone supplementation. People are showing up to appointments asking for testosterone based on these tests rather than based on any conversation with their doctor

when she has never ever got close enough to anyone unless they are getting paid for it?

What are you on about here

On the ides of the month of the first blue moon after the vernal equinox, obviously

Tim Burtis, the Republican legislature chairman, said there was a blue wave nationwide.

“I think that times are changing here, are far as the party goes,” he said. “Voters are sending us a message. So I think that’s been heard loud and clear.”

Please describe this message

Oh there you go again

“Shutdown pain” is awful right-wing spin. During previous shutdowns these things didn’t happen because the executive branch didn’t stop paying for them. The Trump Admin bears sole responsibility for choosing to do this

The article might’ve been changed, because it doesn’t even say the truck driver said that. Covid and herpes aren’t mentioned anywhere

Seems like I keep seeing stories about Cuba, but Jamaica is about to get absolutely fucked

The DFW metroplex is diverse AF, and these 3 terrified children are living right in the middle of it

I doubt this has to do with run-of-the-mill housing applications. I bet this is in regards to VA-specific housing programs

Sorry, I didn’t even realize OP was the one who said that. Will edit. And I agree, this sentiment is awful

I don’t understand how OP can say that second part with a straight face when this bill doesn’t even have the support of more than a handful of Michigan House Republicans and seems to have zero chance of making it out of committee there

Your initial statement was pompous and dismissive of the thousands of physicians who have contributed to this medical guidance. It’s also dismissive of the reality that there are still infants who develop severe peanut allergies and for whom this method does not work, which is why high risk individuals should still only do this under medical supervision.

Can you point to these “shocked” people? Are these “surprised” people in the room with you now?

The 2015 study was only even possible because the guidelines had changed in 2008. The guidelines were changed in 2008 only after significant research was conducted. You think these guidelines should have been changed on a whim without doing any research about them? Ok, RFK Jr.

The study this post is about? Literally no one except you is “shocked” that scientists would want to measure the effect this guidance has had on mortality and morbidity. Please stop forcefully pretending like you understand science.

For fucks same, what did you think doctors a decade ago thought would happen when they started recommending this?

Did you think they just wanted to kill all the infants off?

Or do you think science works by proving a hypothesis and the vast majority of the time no one is surprised when science proves it right, except people who don’t know about it?

What in the ever-loving fuck are you talking about? They issued this guidance 10 years ago after rigorous study. Which was my entire point. Why do you argue with literally everything

If the concern is that your infant may already have an allergy to peanuts at 4 months, and given that infants have significantly higher mortality than older children or adults who experience a severe allergic reaction, it actually makes way more sense to tread lightly and do rigorous research on the topic than it does to sit behind a keyboard and dismissively say “Duh, I knew that before you, stupid Mr./Ms. Scientist.”

This is the sort of thing that may change some minds in red states really quickly

Does it matter?

I just didn’t get what you titled this post from the actual article. The article just says McKinsey found only 30% of AI deployments they looked at actually saw a return on investment and that AI vendors have to figure that out in order to continue to sell AI services.

Therapists should never impose their own beliefs on a client. This should be grounds for a disciplinary hearing before their licensing board and potential loss of licensure.