Get your $*&^ kids vaccinated

From Jimmy Kimmel.

Gun violence is a social disease

So says public health experts, according to this USA Today story. And here’s a bit more on gun violence in an NPR story that says there’s no simple answer. And thanks, DickG., for the links.

Forget PRENDA

A few days ago, the House of Representatives defeated the oddly named Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (you can read it here: BILLS-112hr3541rh) — which would, according to Ms. magazine: impose criminal penalties on doctors who perform an abortion for a woman who seeks the procedure on the basis of the gender of the fetus. and would …