Pyrum's Comments (894)

“Then I refer you to my original reply.

Some people can't afford/access treatment: maybe the war was too traumatic, or maybe their family of origin was, or maybe it's just bad luck.

There is an obsession afoot to decry "blaming others", but we are often blaming the victims of others and of circumstance. So your veterans are sick on the streets, and you think to yourself: "I fixed my problems, you fix yours."”

“From the bottom of my heart I wish you the best with your choices.”

“I apologize if I mistook you. In the current climate, I'm used to seeing people say "everyone is responsible for his or her own health care" in respect to arguing against universal health care.”

“I agree! And we are labeled as conspiracy "nuts" but in truth it is we who have enough brains to ask questions!”

“Especially veterans, adult children of alcoholics, residents of towns with contaminated water supplies, schizophrenics...

How do you a read a post about breasts and think "Individuals are always responsible for their own health"?

You came into this world suckling on another, and now you think you stand on your own.”

“But you buckle your seatbelts, no? That, too, is "mandatory." What are you going to "hack with a machete" because of this "state ordered mandate?"
BTW, stop with this notion of hacking off breasts with machetes. You're going to give the insurance industry ideas!! (I can't believe a woman would talk like that about her own body to begin with.)”

“I don't know what numbers You have been looking at but you are Dead Wrong and the REAL numbers prove it. You statement, " For most people, early detection of cancer doesn't mean a greater survival rate: it only means you know for a longer period of time you have cancer." How do you think they are able to Battle it Otherwise?? That is just about the most ignorant statement I have ever read. As for looking backward to when John Edwards was running, how about looking at the Present and the Future?

It is Quite Obvious that this is geared toward new guidelines for Health Care Reform! Insurance companies look at and take seriously these guidelines (whether or Not there is even ONE oncologist on the task force!) They have already reduced Women's benefits in this bill being debated in Congress, now they are further reducing our future benefits by reducing the guidlines for mammograms which is PROVEN TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DEATHS DUE TO BREAST CANCER!

Wake Up and smell the Special Interest Money!”

“It is a shame you are not concerned about Breast Cancer. ALL woman should be concerned. My sister had stage 2 breast cancer caught on a mammogram at age 40 and we have NO family history nor are we at high risk. You my friend are taking a great chance. Early detection is important in treating breast cancer.
My advise to you is not to wait!! If my sister had waited she would not be spending the holidays with us this year.”

“How about Finland, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, France, England, Ireland, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Scotland, Singapore, Austria, and 20 other countries that spend less than we do but have better health outcomes?

Personally, I'm looking forward to the end of gender discrimination in insurance rates.”

“In both replies, you neglected to subtract feedlot type production, that I agree is bad.”

“Because he will do it responsibly...we will be out of Iraq by end of 2011, and he is currently reviewing strategy in Afganistan, in case you didn't hear about it.”

“The incidence of Guillain-Barre did indeed go up with the 1976 swine flu vaccine--from 1 in 1,000,000 all the way up to 1 in 100,000. Even if we assume that the risk will be the same with the 2009 swine flu vaccine (not demonstrated, as no one has yet developed GBS from being vaccinated) ou have a far greater likelihood of getting into a car accident, being the victim of a crime, or dating a super model than you do of contracting GBS. Meanwhile, eleven children died from swine flu in the past week alone. If you don't have any respect for science, at least have some respect for statistics. There is no rational reason not to get this vaccine.”

“Then what did Bergthold mean by "It should not just be a personal decision?"”

“You are Iying about what Maher said and you are absolutely Iying about what Bergthold said. You are claiming that Bergthold is advocating for it not to be a personal choice. Neither Maher nor Bergthold mentioned that.”

“Her point wasn't that vaccination should be mandated but that your actions have consequences beyond your own well-being, specifically in regards to the elderly, newborns and those who are immunocompromised. The vaccine is safe provided you are healthy and not allergic to egg products. It should also be effective but there are no guarantees.”

“Wrong, you just are choosing to ignore that those comment exchanges took place. I have spent enough time over the months debunking your faIse claims. I am not going to spend hours digging up those old comments now. This is just one more example of you being dishonest.”