Republican Representatives Phil Jensen (R-33/Rapid City) and Carl Perry (R-3/Aberdeen) would like us to fight out the vaccine wars on the 2024 ballot. They have…
Tag: public health
Remember how those thieving meatpackers lied to us about meat shortages at the start of the coronavirus pandemic? Smithfield and other Big Meaters didn’t just…
Kristi Noem and her Republican Party have spent the last couple decade promoting guns as an indispensable part of everyday life. Perhaps more than coincidentally,…
Whatever South Dakota Republicans think they are doing to promote healthy sexual behavior, it doesn’t appear to be working. Jacob Newton reports that syphilis, chlamydia,…
Contrary to Republican bushwah, the “tyranny” of vaccine mandates has not caused a shortage of health care workers at rural hospitals: Rural hospital officials who…
Let’s hope the data centers aren’t basing their siting decisions on epidemiological data. In another sign of South Dakota’s commitment to Freedom™ over public health,…
Contrary to my frequent criticism, Governor Kristi Noem doesn’t completely refuse to invest in science and public health. Her proposed Fiscal Year 2023 budget includes…
For another stark partisan split on pandemic response, check out the starkly opposed responses South Dakota Democrats and Republicans gave the SDSU Poll on their…
President Biden isn’t mandating vaccines for all teachers and school staff, but he’s asking governors to require such school vaccinations… and to quit being bullies:…
German Lopez of Vox offers a read-worthy essay on our failure as a nation to answer the core question that would define our end goal for…