US Preventable Diseases

Around 1900 in the USA and elsewhere, before vaccines were available, almost 20% of children died before their fifth birthday .....

Vaccine–Preventable Disease Morbidity in the United States

.... and the most common causes, were the infectious diseases that can be prevented by the vaccines we have available today.

Florida Tale

In October 2018, Crystal Methvin (sic) was arrested (or is that Nicked?), in St Augustine, Florida, with her boyfriend Douglas Nickerson (along with a third unidentified suspect) for possession of ....

What Crystal Meth Looks Like .....

.... you guessed it 'Crystal Meth' 

Just Another Florida Day

On Christmas Eve 2023, 23-year-old Abrielle Baldwin was shot in the chest and killed by her teenage brother Damarcus Coley in Largo, a city about a half hour's drive from Tampa, Florida .....

.... in a row about Christmas presents.

LGBTQIALPHABETSOUP

Regardless of the direction of travel that many US states have taken on social issues such as abortion, much of which are retrograde .....

School Birds And Bee Talks Are More Complicated These Days

Many, including liberal parents have asked, why are the LGBTQIALPHABETSOUP brigade so determined to have sexuality and gender orientations, discussed in infant and primary schools?

Liberal Values Tested By Reality

In recent years several liberal, Democratic Party run areas in the north of the USA have 'bravely' declared themselves as asylum sanctuary zones ....

Asylum Sanctuary Zones

 .... meaning the police and authorities don't question the immigration status of anyone in the city or even state and that have policies to aid undocumented immigrants.

Naked Squatter And Naked Walker

In May 2017, it was reported that a nude squatter named Feliciamae Farrington was arrested in Big Pine Key, Florida, by Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Richard 'Dick' Wang, when she refused to leave the property.

The Naked Squatter ... Arrested After Struggle

Ms Farrington, who was from Harvey, Louisiana, had moved into an empty house listed for sale, and had been there for six days before her arrest. The estate agent had called the police after people showed up for a viewing of the for-sale house, and found it to be occupied by the naked Ms Farrington, and accompanied by her large pit bull.

Paper Warriors

This story from the USA reminds me of the Ray Bradbury book, 'Fahrenheit 451' where all books are "outlawed" and "firemen" burn any that are found, while brave citizens try to save some. Books being saved against a tide of a civilisation that no longer values them. Sound familiar? …. how much more noble can you get?

Book Burning Comes And Goes In Fashion ......

In the East Lake County library system in Florida, books not taken out enough (as deemed by a computer algorithm), are destroyed …. So a brave band of brothers (and sisters one assumes), determined to save them by reading them regularly.