@npr @health-npr I've run out of fucks to give on this. The way you prevent an #outbreak is to get as many people as possible #vaccinated. #Texas leadership obviously doesn't give a shit, or they would have worked to prevent this. The parents of infected children didn't give a shit, or they wouldn't have gotten sick.
Anyone who gets sick from here on, who hasn't taken basic precautions hasn't given a shit.

Why should I give a shit? Let #Abbott run his plague state.

FFS So Abbott’s Libre 3 app, for continuous glucose monitoring, allows itself to be installed on a variety of devices and iOS versions. But should you have issues with it they point you at a doc saying it’s not supported on all devices and OS versions. So be on an insecure OS release (18.0!) or we don’t support you. FAIL

When might they get around to upgrading and fixing their app? No ETA. Critical alerts, DENIED!

#Abbott #FreeStyleLibre3 #Libre3 #CGM #iPhone #suppprt #compatibility #diabetes

Governor Hot Wheels

Don't cry too much for that a$$wipe. This is the man who laid barbed wire on the border illegally and kidnapped and trafficked asylum seekers to points up north -Fu#k him.

The Atlantic released screenshots of the amateur hour chatfest of national security plans calling the White House spin and bluff. Someone needs to be fired.
#Abbott #Maga #trump

Abbott put out a campaign focused on the weight of bias of a diabetes diagnosis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2BineLAgBo

Cynicism aside (Abbott profits off of diabetes care), it might be a good campaign.

As someone who has faced stigma with my diagnosis, especially as someone with Type 2 Diabetes along with insulin secretory dysfunction (call it a double whammy) needing insulin therapy, it can be really tough, even with so called medical professionals who push the bias.

#Diabetes #Abbott #AboveBias

The Emotional Toll of Diabetes

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#texas #vouchers #politics #publiceducation #abbott #greed

private companies like ClassWallet descending on Capitol to lobby for lucrative contracts This comes as other states drawn scrutiny over myriad problems net cost could balloon to $3.8 billion by 2030. The bill stipulates that up to 5 percent of appropriated funds may go to pay up to five outside vendors like ClassWallet, which the legislation calls “certified educational assistance organizations”

https://www.texasobserver.org/school-vouchers-vendors-millions-legislature/

How Voucher Vendors Could Make Millions from ‘School Choice’ in Texas

The Legislature’s current proposals put a handful of private contractors in the driver’s seat. Other states have already seen problems.

The Texas Observer
Hi! Wie sieht es eigentlich im Zusammenhang mit #unplugtrump mit #cgm bei #diabetes aus? Hat da schon jemand was herausgefunden. Kennen tue ich nur #abbott #FreeStyleLibre3 und #dexcom . Mein Schwiegervater braucht die Sensoren und ist mit seinem derzeitigen Versorger unzufrieden. Vielleicht können wir bei einem Wechsel ja #zweiFliegenMitEinerKlappe schlagen?!
Danke! Gerne retrööt.

#politics #abbott #texas #noncompetitivebidding #alt #ALT4you

“…Using his disaster authority, Abbott has suspended procurement laws that require agencies to competitively bid out major contracts and award them to firms that provide the best value to the state. This has given the main state agencies involved in OLS— (DPS), (TMD), (TDEM)—a free hand to dole out huge sums of money to private contractors and vendors through no-bid contracts and emergency purchase orders.

https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-operation-lone-star-contractors-bonanza/

Abbott’s Border Disaster Has Created a No-Bid Bonanza for Private Contractors

There is now a powerful, well-heeled constituency that has built up around Operation Lone Star.

The Texas Observer
Cartoon: Vouchers, Texas style

The Texas Senate opened debate on Senate Bill 2 on Wednesday.�The bill represents Gov. Greg Abbott’s top legislative priority : establishing a school choice program in Texas. SB 2 proposes using ...

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@undercodenews The irony is that #Chinese #DeepSeek is cheaper and more advanced than #AI models from the USA. #Abbott makes #TEXAS less competitive by not using a #SuperiorAI. Makes sense given that there is not a single #Economist who endorses #TrumpTariffs as having any meaningful positive outcome for the USA or the world.

#Trump doing #pantomime now!

On #TruthSocial: "I'm going to do Russia, whose Economy is failing, & President Putin, a very big FAVOR, Settle now, & STOP this ridiculous War! IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. If we don't make a 'deal', & soon, I have no other choice but to put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, & Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States, & various other participating countries."

#auspol has seen blowhard #RWNJ’s talk big to Putin before. #Abbott