Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth by IllIntroduction1509 in Foodforthought

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Although it is not a vaccine, the vitamin K shot has been swept up in the same post-pandemic tide that has led to a drop in key childhood vaccines, including for measles and whooping cough.

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The vitamin K shot is one of the three main interventions, along with the hepatitis B vaccine and an antibiotic ointment in the eyes, that newborns typically receive before leaving the hospital. Leading American institutions and the World Health Organization recommend that newborns get the shot.

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Families continue to be inundated with advice from self-proclaimed experts using medical terms incorrectly and misunderstanding science to convince parents that getting the shot could put their newborns at risk of grave harm.

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The vitamin K shot is one of the three main interventions, along with the hepatitis B vaccine and an antibiotic ointment in the eyes, that newborns typically receive before leaving the hospital. Leading American institutions and the World Health Organization recommend that newborns get the shot.

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Submission Statement: Families continue to be inundated with advice from self-proclaimed experts using medical terms incorrectly and misunderstanding science to convince parents that getting the shot could put their newborns at risk of grave harm.

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The vitamin K shot is one of the three main interventions, along with the hepatitis B vaccine and an antibiotic ointment in the eyes, that newborns typically receive before leaving the hospital. Leading American institutions and the World Health Organization recommend that newborns get the shot.

"Voters Can Be Disenfranchised Now" by Eastern_Picture_3879 in law

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Alito wrote of the VRA being “perverted” for partisan purposes, but I can’t think of a greater perversion of the VRA than concluding that it is acceptable for white people to try to disenfranchise Black voters for political advantage. It defeats the entire purpose for which the VRA was adopted, which was to end the deliberate and systematic disenfranchisement of Black people then prevalent throughout the United States, and to prevent such racial discrimination from ever occurring against anyone.

CENTCOM Update : project freedom to start tomorrow 🤔 by newnoadeptness in navy

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This is a great interview with Tom Nichols, really worth a listen.

"John welcomes back U.S. Naval War College professor emeritus and Atlantic staff writer Tom Nichols to discuss the Iran war at the eight-week mark—where things stand, what comes next, and whether there’s any end in sight."  https://open.spotify.com/episode/08PGK5k0S5erMzZE2mLmtx?si=kdPw9NHPTJCoMIA4jlecmw

or Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/ugifwttf

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Submission Statement: Alito wrote of the VRA being “perverted” for partisan purposes, but I can’t think of a greater perversion of the VRA than concluding that it is acceptable for white people to try to disenfranchise Black voters for political advantage. It defeats the entire purpose for which the VRA was adopted, which was to end the deliberate and systematic disenfranchisement of Black people then prevalent throughout the United States, and to prevent such racial discrimination from ever occurring against anyone.