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John Brown's avatar

Quit watching "the news" years ago, but we've got granddad living with us now so I have to listen to the garbage as I pass through the room. Last night on CBS news there was a heart stopping item on the lead poisoned baby food. The reporters could not contain their angst, their HORROR, OH NO! Of course no mention of lead concentrations in mg/liter or any scientifically relevant facts (I do health based risk assessments in my work). I lost it for a second and screamed "what about the poison they are injecting into infants' arms that can subvert their cellular replicating chemistry and immune response for life?" as well as some other things. I had to relegate myself to the porch for a bit.

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Brien's avatar

The insurance industry is reeling from all of this but they aren’t allowed to say a word. Not one word about what they know. They know because it is their business to know. There can be no management reviews in the insurance industry with “crickets” after the charts showing excess deaths and excess accidents(see photos here) are put in front of the bosses and their boards of directors. No silence allowed here. They are the insurance industry after all. They make it their business to know because knowing is how they price their products correctly, how they understand their risk, how they assess whether what occurred this quarter or this year is likely to repeat next quarter and next year, and why, or why not. This kind of knowing is what ensures the survival of their business. The rest of us just watch our insurance premiums rise, year after year.

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