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Tag Archives: public health
New Year, Mass Shootings On Pace
Well, this should came as no surprise. The changing of the calendar had no effect on America’s bloody lifestyle. Five days into the New Year and we have 10 mass shootings in the country. I can’t seem to copy the … Continue reading
Webinar: Burn Hydrogen At Home?
Why in the world should we be concerned about hydrogen? The answer comes from utility companies and can be summed up in two words: hydrogen blending. Gas companies across the country are proposing to blend hydrogen gas with methane to … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged #ActOnClimate, climate change, Hydrogen, Natural Gas, public health
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Gun Violence: A Public Health Crisis
In July, Blog for Iowa will present some different news sources on Feature Friday as the regular editors take summer break. This week is a blog post from International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War on the relationship between … Continue reading
Posted in gun control, Public Health
Tagged gun control, gun violence, IPPNW, public health
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Doing The Right Thing
Governor Kim Reynolds has neither the bandwidth nor expertise to manage the coronavirus pandemic. I didn’t vote for her, yet that is cold comfort. As COVID-19 cases increase in Iowa, and in all 50 states, her latest statement is evidence … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Public Health
Tagged 2022 Election campaign, coronavirus pandemic, Covid-19 Vaccines, Kim Reynolds, public health, Reynolds and Covid-19
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Laundering Face Masks–Again
Laundering home sewn face masks is back on the to-do list. It looks like we’ll need them. On Monday I wrote we are not really taming the coronavirus in Iowa or in the United States as a whole. Too many … Continue reading
Posted in Public Health
Tagged Coronavirus, coronavirus pandemic, Covid-19, Covid-19 Vaccines, public health, Vaccine hesitancy
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Masking In The United States
I recently flew to Florida to help someone move to the Midwest, my first non-local trip since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. We convoyed from central Florida to Chicago, following major interstate … Continue reading
Posted in Public Health
Tagged coronavirus pandemic, Covid-19, living in society, masking, public health
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Corruption And Incompetence Amid The Covid-19 Crisis
Let’s face it, the biggest concern of the possible pandemic brought on by the Covid-19 outbreak with the current administration is not the health and safety of the American people. Their biggest concern is that the current president may come … Continue reading
Posted in #nevertrump, #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, Health Care & Medicare
Tagged Alex Azar, corona virus, Covid-19, Pence, profits before public health, public health
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Public Health Approach To Gun Violence
On page A5 of Tuesday’s Cedar Rapids Gazette was the headline “75 shot in Chicago last weekend.” From 3 p.m. Friday until 6 a.m. Monday 12 people were killed and 63 wounded, mostly on the south and west sides of … Continue reading
Posted in gun control, Public Health
Tagged gun control, gun culture, gun violence, public health
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Reducing Air Pollution Matters
We hear plenty of political chatter including the words “climate change.” This discussion among politicians isn’t about science. It’s about the power of money in politics. The tactics of the moneyed class have been to attack the messengers who would … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged air pollution, Clean Power Plan, climate change, COP21, environment, EPA, public health
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Iowa Needs an Energy Policy
House File 561, an act relating to the permitting, licensing, construction, and operation of nuclear power generation facilities in Iowa, remains on the unfinished business calendar of the 2011 legislative session. Whether it will be debated during the 2012 session … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment, Iowa Legislature
Tagged 2011 session, energy, environment, nuclear power, public health, renewable energy
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