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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

There's another group of people who might need a booster:

If you were vaccinated between 1968 and 1989, you likely received just one dose of the measles vaccine, instead of the two doses that are standard today. One dose alone is highly effective and for most people, it provides more than enough protection, says Dr. Adam Ratner, a pediatric infectious disease specialist in New York City and author of Booster Shots, a book on the history of measles.

But Ratner says there are several situations in which the CDC recommends an additional dose of measles vaccine for adults who are considered at high risk. That includes people who are in college settings, work in health care, live or are in close contact with immunocompromised people, or are traveling internationally.

And if you live in a community that is experiencing a measles outbreak, your local or state health department may recommend a second dose for adults.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 46 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Yeah, the Republican plan is to reduce medical care for the poor (which will kill people) and borrowing money in order to give billionaires a tax cut.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

Do call her office though. They do pay some attention to how peeved constituents are

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Not very. This is impacting thr ability to build new turbines, not existing ones so far.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 19 points 2 weeks ago

More significantly, a tiny chunk of them have seized the bulk of the money and other assets. The 90th percentile worker sees the insecurity that they'll experience with a job loss. Somebody in the top 0.1% is likely a rentier who can live off the rest of us and not care.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's not really a fair characterization of the situation.

All but seven Democrats did the right thing here by voting against the nominee. The vote also took place at the beginning of February, before the scale and scope of public anger over Trump's seizure of power became apparent.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, they're different products, but their chemical similarity means they have the same constraints on sustainable production. There is a single limit on how much of the two can be produced in total without causing significant environmental damage.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

These are almost all non-Tesla chargers with a plug which makes them more convenient with other brands.

Edit: fixed who can use the chargers

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

It doesn't really matter whether you're producing biodiesel or SAF; it's a slightly different length of carbon chain coming out of the refinery. The same problem of competing with food is there because that's where you're sourcing carbon and hydrogen from.

There really aren't other huge non-virgin feedstocks to bring in at this point; what's left is largely doing things like intentionally contaminating palm oil to make it look like a waste product.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

Seven of 45 Democrats - and at the beginning of February before the strength of constituent anger had really sunk in for elected officials.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Yes, they make a big PR thing about the fact that waste oils are incorporated into the final product. But at the end of the day, those are in quite limited supply. Any meaningful increase in the use of food-type oils for fuel results in their being removed from the food supply. There's a fairly extensive government report documenting this from last year

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