Walter Reed was considered a heretic for suggesting that mosquitos spread yellow fever. He was finally proven right and is now the name on one of the most prestigious military hospitals in America.
A little known fact is the role SB has played in guaranteeing that parents will not be able to find a pediatrician willing to write vaccine exemptions for their kids
This is directly from Grok
Dr. Charity Dean
Dr. Charity Dean, MD, MPH&TM, is the doctor who began her public health career in the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department as deputy public health officer (2011–2014) and then served as public health officer (2014–2018). In September 2018, she moved to Sacramento as assistant director of the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) Communicable Disease Control and Prevention Branch, overseeing communicable disease programs including immunizations.
In her Sacramento role, she contributed to implementing Senate Bill 276 (2019), which created a statewide review system for medical vaccine exemptions via the California Immunization Registry Medical Exemption (CAIR-ME) portal. This system requires standardized exemptions, reviews those from doctors issuing five or more per year or at low-vaccination schools (under 95%), and refers questionable cases to the Medical Board of California for potential discipline, such as license probation or revocation, for improper exemptions. For example, it has led to sanctions against doctors like Dr. Bob Sears and Dr. Tara Zandvliet.
Dean advocated for stronger vaccine policies, including SB 277 (2015), which ended non-medical exemptions, and she developed local review programs in Santa Barbara to scrutinize exemptions before statewide enforcement.
And let's not forget the disgusting forced resignation of Dr. Paul Marik who was doing extraordinary work in fighting Sepsis but was accused of “spreading misinformation.” I've been trying to get in touch with Marik to interview him for my Substack.about my Sepsis experience and have not been able to find him.
Thank you, Jeff, for an important and timely article. The statistics you share are something that should not be taken lightly by parents who want the best for their children. Hopefully the mantra, to "trust the science" that the medical establishment put out to quash any fears that a parent may have concerning certain vaccines will be substituted with common sense and the population will not continue to be guinea pigs for financial gain by greedy and unscrupulous people.
Thank you, Jeff, excellent piece. And the way in which the unvaccinated have been cast as a threat to safety has been frighteningly successful. When people think an unvaccinated person is a bigger death threat on the city streets than an illegal with prior arrests carrying a weapon and fentanyl, we have a problem.
Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.
Eric Hoffer, “The Temper of our Times”
That says it.
Within the Pharmaceutical industry exists a business model termed full cycle (or circle) investment. In the context of this model, a company produces treatments for a disease which eventually produces new health challenges, for which that company manufactures and sells treatments.
And on it goes.
Del Bigtree along w Dr Rashid Buttar as well as Dr Pam Popper were among the first brave souls to expose various facets of the CV Op. Then along came film maker Mikki Willis and his series of films, which gave a closer look under the hood.
If one wants an idea of how badly perverted things are, do an Ai based search on the subject.
This has been an Op the likes of which Joseph Goebbels would have been quite proud. Keep in mind that he was never brought to justice.
Thank you for doing the work described in your article, Jeff. If more people understood this, then culture could turn on the perpetrators.
It’s no wonder the three letter agencies are no longer trusted by the public. Vaccines appear to be bad for our health. Statin drugs have a risk of causing diabetes while not improving our health. It’s sad but, even as a medical doctor, I don't trust anything with Big Pharma, the CDC, etc. I will never get another vaccine, even for the flu, etc. As a retired spine surgeon I was appalled that clearly 50% of all spine surgery being done were not indicated. The trust in medicine is gone.
So refreshing to hear this from an MD. Isn't there a connection between statins and dementia? I was diagnosed with Wegeners autoimmune two weeks after my first ever flu vaccine in fall 2008.
This is a conversation I had with a Rheumatologist in 2010.
Jeff: Do you think that flu shot could have triggered my disease?
Dr Dipwad MD: You cant get the flu from the flu shot.
Jeff: That's not what I am asking. Could it have triggered my Wegeners?
Dr Dipwad MD: I TOLD YOU, THERE IS NO ACTIVE PATHOGEN IN THE VACCINE.
NEVER take statins, they rob the brain of much needed cholesterol (25-35% of cholesterol in the body is used by the brain)…statins are causing dementia, Alzheimer’s & other neurogenic brain illnesses…up is down, left is right…the medical community (and thus general public) have been fooled by the same people that sold us climate change, C19, vaccines, never ending wars, etc.
In 1985, high cholesterol was over 280. In 2001, it was lowered to 240. In 2004, it was lowered to 200. Now they're suggesting statins for anyone over 190. At this rate, everyone will qualify by 2030. Which is probably the plan…
Changing metrics to stack up "co-morbidities" makes patients more valuable for higher insurance reimbursements. I look at my own official medical chart and see actual lies, as well as a stacks of "co-morbidities" according to unproven and arbitrary metrics.
I am surprised I can even get out of bed in the morning. Where is the My Chart Appeals Court? I want a re-count.
When is Mr Science going to survey the remaining War Babies who mostly went through childhood unvaxxed and with natural immunities, after catching the standard childhood diseases. We are fast fading from the scene. We deserve having our DNA preserved in a Svarlbadd ice cave, along with all the pre-extinction seed specimens.
Greed is a powerful force. Until the profit motive is removed (and accountability enforced) the ugly side of human kind will stop at nothing to accumulate the wealth even if it is at the expense of the health of the human race. A truly sad and despicable fact of human nature.
Good piece, thanks. It can really shake a person up, learning how not-necessarily-good-for-you some pills and shots and procedures are. (All due respect to all the good work the medical world does every day for us, of course.) If you *really* want to give yourself some nightmares, read RFK Jr’s book about Anthony Fauci.
Amazing how many here turn out to be anti-vaxx. I looked at the references for the studies and found that both Thomas (who is profiting) and Zervos were unreliable while the Aaby studies were dealing with questions of sequencing of DTP and Measles vaccines. That is a good study. The others, bogus. I'm not supporting the pharma industry, which is just doing its capitalistic best for profit, but vaccination is the major public health tool that we have and opposing it is foolish or worse.
However, for those who don't want their kids vaccinated, you still ought to push for general public vaccination. Why? Here's some statistics on measles:
unvaccinated chance of life changing result: ~1 per 1000 (about 30 years ago while working on models of epidemics for a course in math modelling I talked to a nurse who had worked in the serious measles ward of a hospital. She said it was the most heart-wrenching experience of her life).
chance of serious reaction to MMR vaccine: ~ 1 per 1,000,000 (mainly consequence of egg allergy)
percent of population vaccinated required for herd immunity: 95+%
Obviously, push for the 95% rate of vaccination and then feel safer in not getting your kids vaccinated. Cynical, of course.
BH: Once you lose the unvaccinated, like right now losing the pre-vax War Baby generation, how will you ever responsibly test for safety and efficacy? I think you ascribe too much "magic" to better living though modern chemistry.
What was the worst that I recall from having all childhood illnesses pre 1955, naturally back then? Eating ice-cream in bed.
Burton, we will have to agree to disagree . I don't think the article is suggesting that we go back to the stone age in medicine but that we start using common sense and when it comes to bringing in a new medicine, have it thoroughly tested by non biased, if that is possible, parties. There are so many obituaries these days with more and more younger folks dying from heart disease and cancers than in the past and as was predicted when the Covid push came, it seems to be coming to fruition. You are amazed , you say, at the amount of readers here that are leery, to put it mildly, of certain vaccines, but I am amazed that I still see people wearing their masks as they drive in their cars. You should certainly have the right to stick whatever legal substance into your body you want and you can scoff at folks all you want who disagree with you. What really amazes me is that this topic should be completely
non partisan but for some weird reason followers of big government seem to fall lock step with the push to vax.
Thanks for the article. Reminds me of the mid 1950's polio vaccine tests when I was in the third grade living in the Boston area ... and later told I got the Salk vaccine. Waiting in line in the school auditorium for a shot wasn't my favorite school memory. Back then, as I recall, there was no concern about the validity of testing and parents were not concerned. Polio was a big deal, and a cure was urgently sought after. The control of parents by the Dems to have children take inadequately tested vaccines is typical of an overreach by a political party gone mad. The Dems would prefer to take children from the parents so they can be brainwashed.
Historical review of even the polio "data" has proven problematic. Even that haunting picture of all those kids lined up in rows of iron lungs, turned out to be a marketing publicity photo for the devices themselves. No wonder they were all smiling.
Thank you Jeff Great article. Before my first child was born,I was sent a VHS of a PBS documentary and the harm of vaccines.
I'm so glad that was given to me.
In the late '90's and early 2000's in California you were able to take a religious exemption for required vaccines to enter school. I'm very thankful for that. I don't know what I would do now.
I was able to not have to fulfill the vaccination requirements for my kids.
It was a constant battle with pediatricians which the baby well checks just seemed just an appointment for vaccinations.
My 2 kids took the minimal vaccinations and with adjustments to their schedules.
To any parent I would recommend,and also RFK JR,to not give all vaccines at one appointment,start later in the child's life,Break up the MMr vaccine and always ask for non Thermisol vaccine.
My children seemed to be very healthy in their childhood and no chronic illnesses and are still healthy.
What happened to the building of immune systems. The kids have a total of 70 vaccines in their early childhood and it completely destroys their inherent immune system.
Also remember when the child enters College there are another wholw bunch of vaccines are required for them. My suggestion would be check immunity by titers,and avoid the vaccines altogether. It is accepted by colleges.
Great article and one which is triggering much discussion, such as how can a vaccine be considered safe if you do not consider the long term effects? Berney
IMO: I feel I have lived this long through the grace of God, vaccines and vaccinations. I have been blessed and not gone through any childhood diseases. I have been receiving vaccinations since the late 1940s. There have been studies on vaccines since they came into existence. Results can vary which often they do, but as I said, this is my opinion. As stated studies can be manipulated, depending on what your goal is.
As I said, it seems most of these health issues in children started with antibacterials. Everything was about killing the germs. Antibacterial was put into every cleaning or washing solution they could find. And it’s a known fact that we do need certain kinds of germs. Again, this is just my opinion.
Julia, I do have to agree with you that perhaps a lot of folks today do not have healthy immune systems and are more apt to become ill as they have not built up a resistance to germs. Also, one of the readers gave some interesting statistics about the doses of vaccines in the earlier years than today.
Iatrogenics was a much discussed topic by grad students in health administration. In 1990s, CA’s vaccination mandates to attend public school became a topic at our neighborhood single school district. Would parents agree to enroll unvaccinated prospective students? We did. One more critically important reason for single (or small five school or fewer) public school districts rather than large or unified districts. Parents and District residents control decisions.
Less is often more. I chose not to pay for medical insurance from ages 21-65. It’s a calculated risk choice each of us gets to make. After the ObamaCare mandate, I easily applied for and quickly received an exemption from ObamaCare and Covered California, both unconstitutional mandates. I still don’t understood why healthy, informed young pay outrageous prices for insurance knowing that food is medicine, movement essential to good health, and lifestyle choices are usually health determinants. Live cautiously; avoid danger. Don’t mountain climb, ski, ride a cycle. Limit foreign travel to specific countries, if goal is to avoid required travel vaccinations.
Now at 65, Medicare’s premium cost is an auto deduction from Social Security with added premium fees based on income tax filings. By 2031-32, with AI tech resulting in reductions in payroll taxation, trust funds for Medicare and SS projected to be depleted without Congressional action. How the $38T debt figures in is another topic.
Good work Jeff!
Walter Reed was considered a heretic for suggesting that mosquitos spread yellow fever. He was finally proven right and is now the name on one of the most prestigious military hospitals in America.
A little known fact is the role SB has played in guaranteeing that parents will not be able to find a pediatrician willing to write vaccine exemptions for their kids
This is directly from Grok
Dr. Charity Dean
Dr. Charity Dean, MD, MPH&TM, is the doctor who began her public health career in the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department as deputy public health officer (2011–2014) and then served as public health officer (2014–2018). In September 2018, she moved to Sacramento as assistant director of the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) Communicable Disease Control and Prevention Branch, overseeing communicable disease programs including immunizations.
In her Sacramento role, she contributed to implementing Senate Bill 276 (2019), which created a statewide review system for medical vaccine exemptions via the California Immunization Registry Medical Exemption (CAIR-ME) portal. This system requires standardized exemptions, reviews those from doctors issuing five or more per year or at low-vaccination schools (under 95%), and refers questionable cases to the Medical Board of California for potential discipline, such as license probation or revocation, for improper exemptions. For example, it has led to sanctions against doctors like Dr. Bob Sears and Dr. Tara Zandvliet.
Dean advocated for stronger vaccine policies, including SB 277 (2015), which ended non-medical exemptions, and she developed local review programs in Santa Barbara to scrutinize exemptions before statewide enforcement.
And let's not forget the disgusting forced resignation of Dr. Paul Marik who was doing extraordinary work in fighting Sepsis but was accused of “spreading misinformation.” I've been trying to get in touch with Marik to interview him for my Substack.about my Sepsis experience and have not been able to find him.
Thank you, Jeff, for an important and timely article. The statistics you share are something that should not be taken lightly by parents who want the best for their children. Hopefully the mantra, to "trust the science" that the medical establishment put out to quash any fears that a parent may have concerning certain vaccines will be substituted with common sense and the population will not continue to be guinea pigs for financial gain by greedy and unscrupulous people.
Agree.
Thank you, Jeff, excellent piece. And the way in which the unvaccinated have been cast as a threat to safety has been frighteningly successful. When people think an unvaccinated person is a bigger death threat on the city streets than an illegal with prior arrests carrying a weapon and fentanyl, we have a problem.
Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.
Eric Hoffer, “The Temper of our Times”
That says it.
Within the Pharmaceutical industry exists a business model termed full cycle (or circle) investment. In the context of this model, a company produces treatments for a disease which eventually produces new health challenges, for which that company manufactures and sells treatments.
And on it goes.
Del Bigtree along w Dr Rashid Buttar as well as Dr Pam Popper were among the first brave souls to expose various facets of the CV Op. Then along came film maker Mikki Willis and his series of films, which gave a closer look under the hood.
If one wants an idea of how badly perverted things are, do an Ai based search on the subject.
This has been an Op the likes of which Joseph Goebbels would have been quite proud. Keep in mind that he was never brought to justice.
Thank you for doing the work described in your article, Jeff. If more people understood this, then culture could turn on the perpetrators.
It’s no wonder the three letter agencies are no longer trusted by the public. Vaccines appear to be bad for our health. Statin drugs have a risk of causing diabetes while not improving our health. It’s sad but, even as a medical doctor, I don't trust anything with Big Pharma, the CDC, etc. I will never get another vaccine, even for the flu, etc. As a retired spine surgeon I was appalled that clearly 50% of all spine surgery being done were not indicated. The trust in medicine is gone.
So refreshing to hear this from an MD. Isn't there a connection between statins and dementia? I was diagnosed with Wegeners autoimmune two weeks after my first ever flu vaccine in fall 2008.
This is a conversation I had with a Rheumatologist in 2010.
Jeff: Do you think that flu shot could have triggered my disease?
Dr Dipwad MD: You cant get the flu from the flu shot.
Jeff: That's not what I am asking. Could it have triggered my Wegeners?
Dr Dipwad MD: I TOLD YOU, THERE IS NO ACTIVE PATHOGEN IN THE VACCINE.
Jeff: Nevermind.
Yes, dementia is also associated with statins. I just didn't give all the side effects known.
NEVER take statins, they rob the brain of much needed cholesterol (25-35% of cholesterol in the body is used by the brain)…statins are causing dementia, Alzheimer’s & other neurogenic brain illnesses…up is down, left is right…the medical community (and thus general public) have been fooled by the same people that sold us climate change, C19, vaccines, never ending wars, etc.
In 1985, high cholesterol was over 280. In 2001, it was lowered to 240. In 2004, it was lowered to 200. Now they're suggesting statins for anyone over 190. At this rate, everyone will qualify by 2030. Which is probably the plan…
https://x.com/nicknorwitz/status/1982451379491766547?s=57
https://x.com/wideawake_media/status/1959896901572039140?s=57
Agree
Changing metrics to stack up "co-morbidities" makes patients more valuable for higher insurance reimbursements. I look at my own official medical chart and see actual lies, as well as a stacks of "co-morbidities" according to unproven and arbitrary metrics.
I am surprised I can even get out of bed in the morning. Where is the My Chart Appeals Court? I want a re-count.
I have often seen statistics about how many childhood vaccines are administered now compared to my childhood in the 1950's. So as not to exaggerate:
Grok tells me:
Likely vaccination schedule as a child born in 1954 would have looked like this:
Pre-School Years (Birth to Age 4–6)
1950s (Your Childhood):
Vaccines: Smallpox, DTP (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis), Polio (IPV starting 1955).
Total Doses: Approximately 6–8 doses (e.g., 3 DTP, 2–3 IPV, 1–2 smallpox).
2025 (Current Schedule):
Vaccines: DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis), IPV (polio), MMR (measles, mumps, rubella), Varicella (chickenpox), Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b), PCV (pneumococcal), Hepatitis B, Rotavirus, Hepatitis A, Influenza (annual).
Total Doses: Approximately 20–24 doses (e.g., 4 DTaP, 4 IPV, 2 MMR, 2 Varicella, 3–4 Hib, 4 PCV, 3 Hep B, 2–3 Rotavirus, 2 Hep A, 1–2 Influenza).
School Years (Age 6 and Up)
1950s (Your Childhood):
Vaccines: DTP booster, Polio booster, Smallpox booster (if required).
Total Doses: Approximately 2–3 doses.
2025 (Current Schedule):
Vaccines: Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis), HPV (human papillomavirus), MCV (meningococcal), Influenza (annual), boosters for MMR, Varicella if needed.
Total Doses: Approximately 5–9 doses (e.g., 1 Tdap, 2–3 HPV, 2 MCV, 1–4 Influenza).
Total Vaccines (Pre-School + School Years)
1950s: Approximately 8–11 doses across childhood.
2025: Approximately 25–33 doses across childhood.
Thank you, Pat, for the info. What an incredible and scary difference between the doses currently and in the 50's.
I am utterly unwilling to EVER take any vaccine again, so I won't be adding to my tally !
When is Mr Science going to survey the remaining War Babies who mostly went through childhood unvaxxed and with natural immunities, after catching the standard childhood diseases. We are fast fading from the scene. We deserve having our DNA preserved in a Svarlbadd ice cave, along with all the pre-extinction seed specimens.
I can't say how happy I am to not have children.
Animals are enough for me to make decisions for.
Greed is a powerful force. Until the profit motive is removed (and accountability enforced) the ugly side of human kind will stop at nothing to accumulate the wealth even if it is at the expense of the health of the human race. A truly sad and despicable fact of human nature.
And what causes greed? Fear. And what dissolves fear? Love.
Good piece, thanks. It can really shake a person up, learning how not-necessarily-good-for-you some pills and shots and procedures are. (All due respect to all the good work the medical world does every day for us, of course.) If you *really* want to give yourself some nightmares, read RFK Jr’s book about Anthony Fauci.
Thanks Jeff for raising an extremely important issue that appears Secretary Kennedy is pursuing in this administration.
If RFK is behind this, BEWARE.
He's been in charge of Children's health defense for decades. And fighting for the safety of our children in the medical industry.
RFK has been exposing the evildoers, like Fauci, for years…
https://x.com/diedsuddenly_/status/1983368810909352149?s=61
I liked him when he was a Democrat and respected his knowledge and opinions.
Amazing how many here turn out to be anti-vaxx. I looked at the references for the studies and found that both Thomas (who is profiting) and Zervos were unreliable while the Aaby studies were dealing with questions of sequencing of DTP and Measles vaccines. That is a good study. The others, bogus. I'm not supporting the pharma industry, which is just doing its capitalistic best for profit, but vaccination is the major public health tool that we have and opposing it is foolish or worse.
However, for those who don't want their kids vaccinated, you still ought to push for general public vaccination. Why? Here's some statistics on measles:
unvaccinated chance of life changing result: ~1 per 1000 (about 30 years ago while working on models of epidemics for a course in math modelling I talked to a nurse who had worked in the serious measles ward of a hospital. She said it was the most heart-wrenching experience of her life).
chance of serious reaction to MMR vaccine: ~ 1 per 1,000,000 (mainly consequence of egg allergy)
percent of population vaccinated required for herd immunity: 95+%
Obviously, push for the 95% rate of vaccination and then feel safer in not getting your kids vaccinated. Cynical, of course.
BH: Once you lose the unvaccinated, like right now losing the pre-vax War Baby generation, how will you ever responsibly test for safety and efficacy? I think you ascribe too much "magic" to better living though modern chemistry.
What was the worst that I recall from having all childhood illnesses pre 1955, naturally back then? Eating ice-cream in bed.
In a 50s measles ward, children blind, mentally incapacitated, dead.
Burton, we will have to agree to disagree . I don't think the article is suggesting that we go back to the stone age in medicine but that we start using common sense and when it comes to bringing in a new medicine, have it thoroughly tested by non biased, if that is possible, parties. There are so many obituaries these days with more and more younger folks dying from heart disease and cancers than in the past and as was predicted when the Covid push came, it seems to be coming to fruition. You are amazed , you say, at the amount of readers here that are leery, to put it mildly, of certain vaccines, but I am amazed that I still see people wearing their masks as they drive in their cars. You should certainly have the right to stick whatever legal substance into your body you want and you can scoff at folks all you want who disagree with you. What really amazes me is that this topic should be completely
non partisan but for some weird reason followers of big government seem to fall lock step with the push to vax.
Thanks for the article. Reminds me of the mid 1950's polio vaccine tests when I was in the third grade living in the Boston area ... and later told I got the Salk vaccine. Waiting in line in the school auditorium for a shot wasn't my favorite school memory. Back then, as I recall, there was no concern about the validity of testing and parents were not concerned. Polio was a big deal, and a cure was urgently sought after. The control of parents by the Dems to have children take inadequately tested vaccines is typical of an overreach by a political party gone mad. The Dems would prefer to take children from the parents so they can be brainwashed.
Historical review of even the polio "data" has proven problematic. Even that haunting picture of all those kids lined up in rows of iron lungs, turned out to be a marketing publicity photo for the devices themselves. No wonder they were all smiling.
Excellent article
Thank you Jeff Great article. Before my first child was born,I was sent a VHS of a PBS documentary and the harm of vaccines.
I'm so glad that was given to me.
In the late '90's and early 2000's in California you were able to take a religious exemption for required vaccines to enter school. I'm very thankful for that. I don't know what I would do now.
I was able to not have to fulfill the vaccination requirements for my kids.
It was a constant battle with pediatricians which the baby well checks just seemed just an appointment for vaccinations.
My 2 kids took the minimal vaccinations and with adjustments to their schedules.
To any parent I would recommend,and also RFK JR,to not give all vaccines at one appointment,start later in the child's life,Break up the MMr vaccine and always ask for non Thermisol vaccine.
My children seemed to be very healthy in their childhood and no chronic illnesses and are still healthy.
What happened to the building of immune systems. The kids have a total of 70 vaccines in their early childhood and it completely destroys their inherent immune system.
Also remember when the child enters College there are another wholw bunch of vaccines are required for them. My suggestion would be check immunity by titers,and avoid the vaccines altogether. It is accepted by colleges.
Great article and one which is triggering much discussion, such as how can a vaccine be considered safe if you do not consider the long term effects? Berney
And you lose all the unvaccinated to even test the safety and efficacy of the treatment group.
Is that the real goal of these huge anti- anti-vaxxer hit jobs? Eliminate the placebo arm required for any gold standard testing model.
IMO: I feel I have lived this long through the grace of God, vaccines and vaccinations. I have been blessed and not gone through any childhood diseases. I have been receiving vaccinations since the late 1940s. There have been studies on vaccines since they came into existence. Results can vary which often they do, but as I said, this is my opinion. As stated studies can be manipulated, depending on what your goal is.
As I said, it seems most of these health issues in children started with antibacterials. Everything was about killing the germs. Antibacterial was put into every cleaning or washing solution they could find. And it’s a known fact that we do need certain kinds of germs. Again, this is just my opinion.
Julia, I do have to agree with you that perhaps a lot of folks today do not have healthy immune systems and are more apt to become ill as they have not built up a resistance to germs. Also, one of the readers gave some interesting statistics about the doses of vaccines in the earlier years than today.
Iatrogenics was a much discussed topic by grad students in health administration. In 1990s, CA’s vaccination mandates to attend public school became a topic at our neighborhood single school district. Would parents agree to enroll unvaccinated prospective students? We did. One more critically important reason for single (or small five school or fewer) public school districts rather than large or unified districts. Parents and District residents control decisions.
Less is often more. I chose not to pay for medical insurance from ages 21-65. It’s a calculated risk choice each of us gets to make. After the ObamaCare mandate, I easily applied for and quickly received an exemption from ObamaCare and Covered California, both unconstitutional mandates. I still don’t understood why healthy, informed young pay outrageous prices for insurance knowing that food is medicine, movement essential to good health, and lifestyle choices are usually health determinants. Live cautiously; avoid danger. Don’t mountain climb, ski, ride a cycle. Limit foreign travel to specific countries, if goal is to avoid required travel vaccinations.
Now at 65, Medicare’s premium cost is an auto deduction from Social Security with added premium fees based on income tax filings. By 2031-32, with AI tech resulting in reductions in payroll taxation, trust funds for Medicare and SS projected to be depleted without Congressional action. How the $38T debt figures in is another topic.