#vivek murthy

Maya Yang at The Guardian:

Alcohol use is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the US after tobacco and obesity and should carry a label warning consumers about their cancer risks, according to a new advisory by the US surgeon general. Released on Friday, the advisory revealed that alcohol use contributes to nearly 100,000 cancer cases and about 20,000 cancer deaths each year. It also found that alcohol-related cancer deaths shorten the lives of those who die by an average of 15 years.

The US surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, also called for the guidelines on alcohol consumption limits to be reassessed so consumers can weigh the cancer risk when deciding whether or how much to drink. Alcohol in the US already has warnings on birth defects and impairments when operating machinery. “Alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States, after tobacco and obesity, increasing risk for at least seven types of cancer,” Murthy’s office said in a statement with the new report. Any such change to warning labels has to be made by the US Congress. According to the advisory, the largest burden of alcohol-related cancer in the US is for breast cancer in women, with an estimated 44,180 cases in 2019, marking 16.4% of the approximately 270,000 total breast cancer cases for women.

Among women, breast cancer makes up approximately 60% of alcohol-related cancer deaths. Meanwhile, liver cancer, at approximately 33%, and colorectal cancer, at approximately 21%, make up the majority of alcohol-related cancer deaths in men. Overall, consuming alcohol increases the risk of developing at least seven types of cancer. In addition to colorectal and breast cancers, alcohol consumption increases the risk of mouth, throat, esophagus, voice box and liver cancers. The advisory also found that about 83% of the estimated 20,000 alcohol-related cancer deaths in the US annually occur among people who drink at levels above the federally recommended limits of two drinks daily for men and one drink daily for women. It also stated that the remaining 17% of the estimated 20,000 annual alcohol-related cancer deaths occur at levels within the recommended limits.

President Joe Biden quoted by Reuters on Friday.

Anti-vax cult members and MAGA zombies are spreading intentional misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has released a 22-page advisory to help people combat bullshit regarding COVID-19 vaccinations. It’s fully sourced and available from the Department of Health and Human Services here in PDF.

Right-Wing Vaccine Lies Are Tearing the Country Apart

With the lifting of restrictions, the virus is spreading among the dolts who refuse to get vaccinated. It’s ultimately going to hurt kids under 12 who are too young to get the current vaccines.

Covid-19 cases are surging in 46 states. In one hot spot, hospitalized patients are younger than ever, doctor says

The vast majority of new Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths have one thing in common: They're among unvaccinated people, doctors say.

More than 99% of all Covid-19 deaths in June were among unvaccinated people, said Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

And younger people are getting hospitalized with Covid-19.

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Springfield emergency physician Dr. Howard Jarvis said the Covid-19 patients he's seeing are younger than ever. And all the Covid-19 patients admitted to his hospital during this surge have not been vaccinated.

"If they're sick enough to be admitted to the hospital, they are unvaccinated. That is the absolute common denominator amongst those patients," he said.

"Earlier in the pandemic, and certainly before we had vaccinations, we were seeing a much older patient population in the emergency department and getting admitted to the hospital," Jarvis said.

"In recent weeks, we've been seeing a much younger population," he said. "We're seeing a lot of people in their 30s, 40s, early 50s. We're seeing some teenagers and some pediatric patients as well."

When you get down to it, the anti-vaxxers are biological terrorists; more specifically, suicide bombers.