Author Archives: John Lusk

Tweet from Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton)

https://twitter.com/ChelseaClinton/status/1087764135788580864?s=17

This is an awesome stat. Y’all can draw straws or something to decide who gets to be that 1 in 20 who doesn’t have to take their child in to get vaccinated.

Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) Tweeted:

19 of the 22 people with measles in Clark County were unvaccinated. In the 2017-2018 school year, only 76.5% of kindergarteners in Oregon had completed their vaccinations. For perspective, 19 out of 20 (95%) people need to be vaccinated against measles for herd immunity to work. https://t.co/cgTOMox5ho

Dumb headlines

So, a major news outlet wrote a dumb headline. Let’s see if I can improve on it.

“Senate Majority Leader McConnell set to introduce bill containing Trump’s offer to Democrats”

That seems pretty neutral. Way less stupid than “Mitch will end shutdown”. WTH, media?

The New Hampshire Presidential Primary is Broken. It’s Not Too Late To Fix It.

https://medium.com/equal-citizens/the-new-hampshire-presidential-primary-is-broken-its-not-too-late-to-fix-it-ce14809760ca

W00t!

«Since October, Equal Citizens has been working with FairVote and New Hampshire State Representative Ellen Read to develop a bill to implement ranked choice voting for New Hampshire’s presidential primary. On January 4th, the bill was introduced and already has co-sponsors. Over the next few months, we will work to get this bill passed.»