Mark R. StonemanNov 20, 2024
In honor or some recent appointments, I've blogged "Two U.S. Public Health Service Posters Warning against Quacks, ca. 1936–41" https://markstoneman.com/2024/11/20/two-us-public.html (source details and alt text are on blog) #EverythingHasAHistory #Quackery #USPublicHealthService #History #PublicHealth
Two U.S. Public Health Service Posters Warning against Quacks, ca. 1936–41

“Beware the cancer quack / A reputable physician does …

LZVolkAug 20, 2023

An example of how Nothing Has Changed here in US.
Families struggling paycheck to pc. Mother is sick, symptoms fit COVID, testing only at ER or PCP, requires $100 co-pay, self-test supply limited/cost $25/kit/2 tests, work requires doc excuse, father has to work, sick Mom has to care for 5yo son at home (rather than him go to summer camp to expose & infect other people). #newnormal #uspublichealthservice #USgovtsucks #uspolitics

Yup. The US has returned to ‘Normal’.

Elizabeth WinterMar 31, 2023

How Regulation Came to Be: Pasteurization (17th in series)

I’m re-pubishing this series with permission of the author. Could have made a good book.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2012/3/25/1076932/-How-regulation-came-to-be-Pasteurization

#HowRegulationCameToBe #Regulation #History #Pateurization #FoodSafety #LouisPasteur #Science #GermTheory #Winemaking #Sanitation #Tuberculosis #Cholera #Chicago #Milk #DairyFarms #USPublicHealthService