Melissa's Musings(My opinionated view of life)

FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Ineligible Siluriformes Products Imported from Korea | Food Safety and Inspection Service

FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Ready-to-Eat Salad Products Containing Peanut Butter that May be Contaminated with Salmonella | Food Safety and Inspection Service

FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Raw Ground Beef Products Due to Foreign Material Contamination | Food Safety and Inspection Service

GOP opposition to vaccine mandates extends far beyond Covid-19 This is a VERY DISTURBING article.  The GOP wants to make the USA a third-world country where preventable viruses run rampant and undo all the progress which has eradicated diseases like smallpox.  It is sad, and it is shocking, and it defies comprehension.

Religious Exemptions To COVID Vaccines Threaten The Health And Welfare Of Others | Americans United for Separation of Church and State : Requests for religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccination requirements are skyrocketing. They’re much higher than requests for medical exemptions. If allowed to grow unchecked, demands for religious exemptions will undermine the government’s public health goal of preventing the spread of COVID-19. People shouldn't be allowed religious exemptions.  Period.  Also, medical exemptions are being misused, so we need very strict guidelines for allowing those as well.  Most people wanting exemptions shouldn't be allowed them.  They do have not medical conditions which should allow them to be exempt.

Ted Cruz calls for ‘zero’ covid mandates, while Rand Paul urges defiance amid delta surge - The Washington Post : The Republican senators denounced vaccine and mask mandates as the United States recorded its highest single-day number of new cases since Jan. 29.

Courting Disaster: Public Safety vs. Religion | Free Inquiry

Courting Disaster: Public Safety vs. Religion | Free Inquiry How dare they disregard the separation of church and state!  It's immoral and certainly not a "pro-life" move to endanger the public's health. Sickening.

States Are Passing Laws That Threaten Public Health, Report Finds | MedPage Today : Laws 'put wide swaths of the public at risk,' NACCHO says