I just received a phone call from someone at JohnKerry.com asking me to add my name to the list of citizens in support of the "Kids First Act", which will be making its debut on the Senate floor sometime soon. I was told the bill is a plan to provide health insurance for the millions of uninsured children in America.
Well, I'm fully in support of people having health insurance (I'm a firm supporter of socialized medicine), so I said yes add me to the list. Then he asked me "to put my money where my mouth is" by donating $100 so that poor children could get "much-needed immunizations, flu-shots, and TB tests right now!" Whoa whoa whoa..... hold on a second!
I told him I support health insurance for poor children, not the pharmaceutical industry pushing every vaccine under the sun onto poor families! And I certainly won't pay for it to happen.
Then he said (and this is hilarious), "Haven't you heard about the new viruses being spread? That one from birds... it's sweeping the nation... children are dying!" Um, that would be the West Nile Virus, and there is no vaccine for it, and I don't think scores of people are dying from it, anyway.
Then he said, "Well, what if I told you this money was for fixing broken bones? Then would you donate?" Um, no, because you already told me it was for vaccines.
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Anyway, just wanted to get the word out there about this bill. It annoys me to no end that health insurance for needy children has to automatically mean vaccinations. If this gets pushed through at all, it will be because of the support from the Pharm industry, and their shareholders, not because anyone cares about the health of America's children.
Well, I'm fully in support of people having health insurance (I'm a firm supporter of socialized medicine), so I said yes add me to the list. Then he asked me "to put my money where my mouth is" by donating $100 so that poor children could get "much-needed immunizations, flu-shots, and TB tests right now!" Whoa whoa whoa..... hold on a second!
I told him I support health insurance for poor children, not the pharmaceutical industry pushing every vaccine under the sun onto poor families! And I certainly won't pay for it to happen.
Then he said (and this is hilarious), "Haven't you heard about the new viruses being spread? That one from birds... it's sweeping the nation... children are dying!" Um, that would be the West Nile Virus, and there is no vaccine for it, and I don't think scores of people are dying from it, anyway.
Then he said, "Well, what if I told you this money was for fixing broken bones? Then would you donate?" Um, no, because you already told me it was for vaccines.
:Anyway, just wanted to get the word out there about this bill. It annoys me to no end that health insurance for needy children has to automatically mean vaccinations. If this gets pushed through at all, it will be because of the support from the Pharm industry, and their shareholders, not because anyone cares about the health of America's children.
. West Nile does infect birds and wildlife, though. But, yes, it is spread by mosquitoes.
And if you've ever made a donation to a political party or an election campaign, they will find you eventually.... (insert Jaws music here) :LOL
Just that it's sad that there doesn't seem to be a way to provide political support for health insurance for 11 million uninsured children, without injecting them with vaccinations.
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