The Cruelty Is The Point
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Can someone file a FOIA (whatever texas’ equivalent is) for the raw data and have an independent group of actuaries work on it?
ETA. The information belongs to the TX taxpayers. They bought it. And if federal funds were involved we all own it.
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Well, the comparison of death rates conveys responsibility for public policies for health outcomes, good or bad.
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If you’re not measuring the same thing, if you’re not categorizing things similarly, you can’t compare data to identify causative factors affecting differing health outcomes.
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“It also means voters won’t have access to that information ahead of the midterm election in November”
Feature, not a bug.
Roevember needs to be a bloodbath for the GQP.
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Putin would do well in Texas if he needs to leave Russia. He knows a lot about “information management”.
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That statement from the guy who’s apparently the highest public-health official in the state in mind-boggling in its vacuity. It is the very definition of bullshit.
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Good…Gooooooooooood…
NMNQ
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O/T CNN again Look over here
Andrew Rice appeared on CNN Monday to discuss his “months and months” of ongoing research into President Joe Biden’s son’s laptop. During that appearance, he was shown a clip of Hunter Biden being asked by a CNN reporter, “was that your laptop?” to which Biden answers, "for real, I don’t know.
Second Hunter Biden laptop with ‘devastating information’ may be ‘out there,’ researcher says | WCIV (abcnews4.com)
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He further explained
We didn’t know we were expected to count Black or Brown or Red or Yellow women!
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You can bet that if the pregnancy-related death numbers were low, they’d be published immediately and described as extremely easy to understand. And if there was no difference in the rates when providing medical care that is now banned or that doctors are afraid to perform, and those where no such care is given, we’d hear about that, too. I’m guessing that difference may be even more alarming and damaging to Abbott and the MAGAts than the overall numbers.
I’m just wondering if they’ll ever release the actual data.
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It’s morbidly fascinating how these totems acquire a decontextualized menace through mere repetition. Hillary’s e-mails! Hunter’s laptop!
What on earth is supposed to be ON this stupid laptop, and what possible relevance to anything salient would it have, apart from a surname? (Yes, I know I’ll be sorry I asked…)
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Plain and simple there’re those in Texas who do not want this information to see the light of day because it is wretched.
Furthermore, those that control the release don’t really care about the actual issues because if their precious little debutante has an oopsie - they will whisk her off to New York or LA or SF or any other place where gold-standard women’s Healthcare is provided based upon pure medical factors - and - unencumbered by strident partisan religious override.
The same will be hold true for country club wives who find out that they are in pregnancy that’s heading for disaster …the conservatives with power and money in Texas simply are NOT going to stand by and let their wives, daughters, necessarily, granddaughters become reproductive crash-test-dummies… they will rationalize for themselves and make a personal exception … because their loved ones are special and dear to them and should not suffer… while the rest of the women in Texas need to be made to follow strict ultra-conservative Christian rules!.. even the non- Christian women.
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the study’s methodology needed to be adjusted
We are examining all avenues available to list cause of death as something other than pregnancy related.
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When I look at governor Abbott I see a malevolent nasty Mr. Potter like figure just looking to screw over people.
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Ah. The old “what they don’t know, can’t hurt the Republican Party” deal.
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Yes you’re correct that what the figures will not show is the effect of SB 8, but it would give a picture of the ACA. Texas hasn’t expanded Medicaid, same here in MO, both legislatures have been fighting expansion.
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Abortion is self-defense.
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Exactly. I can’t help but wonder if TX has any sort of State FOIA capability. (“Calling @txlawyer!?!” 
)
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But the baby’s emails!
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