Teffy Wrightson

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Socialist Christian who loves people, animals, birds and flowers, not necessarily in that order.

A new report found that the for-profit US healthcare system ranks last among peer nations.

We spend twice as much per capita on healthcare and have the worst health outcomes.

Reminder that Medicare For All would save $450B in health care costs and 68,000 lives per year.

UN says Lebanon blasts violate international law, are possible war crime

The UN rights commissioner slammed the booby-trapping of apparently harmless portable objects and using violence to spread civilian terror.

South China Morning Post
Today thousands mobilized in solidarity with #Palesitne to blockade streets, face down with police who pepper-sprayed demonstrators, and also rallied for the past three nights outside of far-Right Israeli prime minister Netanyahu's hotel room. People also pulled fire alarms and released swarms of maggots and crickets at the Watergate Hotel dining hall, where Netanyahu was set to dine.
I'm a therapist and I've been watching this video on a loop for an hour
@OkayKay In the 1950s, the girl’s grammar school I attended didn’t allow the wearing of petticoats. Long hair had to be tied up. I got a detention for wearing my beret in an unapproved manner. Appearance was obviously much more important than actual education. There weren’t even any boys.

Happy Star Wars day lovelies!

UK peeps, remember to vote (spoiling your paper is valid, just don't vote Tory)!

Throughout the #Covid pandemic, #nurses, more than any other occupation, died at a faster rate.

They cared and tirelessly looked after our own loved ones all the while their friends and colleagues were passing.

For these courageous people to be denied a basic wage increase by a Conservative government of millionaires is both obscene and shameful.

#SUPPORTTHENHS
#GTTO

Covid-19: New nurse death figures prompt call for investigation | Nursing Times
https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/covid-19-new-nurse-death-figures-prompt-call-for-investigation-25-01-2021/

Covid-19: New nurse death figures prompt call for investigation | Nursing Times

An investigation is needed into the “shocking” nurse death toll of the coronavirus pandemic, nursing leaders have urged following the publication of new

Nursing Times
Now is not the time to despair. Everything will probably get worse, and you will have peaked too soon.
@thewritertype I fear you’re absolutely right.
This is my #introduction post. My name is Mary. I'm from Ontario, Canada. I'm on the left politically. #humanrights for all humans. I like gardening, tea, food, Canada, and the rest of the world