A Patriot Questions Things

This is a time to listen, support, and stand with survivors.

Sexual violence is not just a statistic. It’s a reality that too many people endure, often in silence, out of fear, shame, or disbelief that they will be heard. But their voices matter. Their stories deserve to be acknowledged, and their healing deserves to be supported.

It is never the victim’s fault. No one deserves to be hurt, and no one should suffer in silence. If you are a survivor, you are not alone. You are believed. You are supported. You are seen.

This month and every month, we need to stand with survivors and work toward a world free from sexual violence.

Vaccines (yay!)

Pasteurization

Implementing and enforcing food quality and sanitation standards. Did you know White Castle was called as such because their gimmic was that they continually cleaned and bleached their stores inside and out to prevent food poisoning.

The invention of antibiotics! The first sulfa drugs dropped in the 1930s-40s

Widespread access and distribution of enriched food products! Enriched flour did a lot to prevent malnutrition, and it’s how Wonderbread got its name!

We got a hell of a lot better with medical care for sick and premature infants. The first incubators for premature babies were actually used as something of a sideshow attraction at Coney Island! It was the only way the doctor who invented them could get funding to keep them running because no one thought it would work. It showed a lot of people that really premature babies could survive with the right treatment and eventually was adopted by hospitals.

The green revolution in agriculture that prevented around a billion people from starving to death