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byArchieBunker ( 132337 ) writes:
Inflation is up https://www.reuters.com/market... [reuters.com]
19 century diseases are making a comeback https://www.kumc.edu/about/new... [kumc.edu]
The head of the health department and longtime heroin junkie https://www.yahoo.com/news/fac... [yahoo.com] wants to send people to "wellness farms"
An unelected immigrant is rifling through the treasury and now the taxpayers records. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/0... [nytimes.com]
I thought you guys wanted the government out of your personal business?
With 4 airplane crashes under his watch orange jesus is firing
byLy4 ( 2353328 ) writes:
From whitehouse.gov: people with autism, asthma, auto-immune disease, and ADHD are a "dire threat to the American people and our way of life."
https://www.whitehouse.gov/pre... [whitehouse.gov]
byShaitan ( 22585 ) writes:
A small but rather important distinction.
It says the rising number of children being diagnosed with those conditions is a dire threat to the American people. It DOES NOT say the people with those conditions are a dire threat.
bydrinkypoo ( 153816 ) writes:
They're only upset that it's being diagnosed, and they're only upset about that because they might have to release some funds for medical care. If they cared about the rise of adverse health conditions they wouldn't be cutting research funding.
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byShaitan ( 22585 ) writes:
No, they just aren't assuming the cause. This is coming from the vaccines cause autism folks who are now pivoting to "we better damn well figure out what IS causing it."
I disagree with them. Nearly 30% of the population is diagnosed with a condition that falls under the neurodivergent umbrella. When 30% of the population is high functioning but divergent in how they function by birth it isn't properly classified as disease. I think the number is growing because high functioning neurodivergent individuals ar
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