Adult-Proof Packaging began with the Tylenol Poisoning in 1982. The packaging of medicines was modified to be tamper-proof. This set off a trend to make food packaging tamper-proof. Finally, food master-cases were strengthened to prevent damage of products from Truck wrecks. We now get to use pliers to remove all caps and get to saw, tear, collapse and bend all “triple thick” food boxes.
Mandatory Shots for Kids began in schools. When the Polio Vaccine was announced in 1955, everybody got the shot. It was a real vaccine that didn’t require any booster shots. It was the last real vaccine ever implemented. Kids continued to get Measles, Mumps and Chicken Pox and developed immunities to strengthen their Immune Systems.
The shots kids were mandated to get to enter schools began in the 1980s. These were not shots to prevent the spread of common colds or flu. They were shots to prevent a variety of illnesses. They were often given together, but caused side-effects and now are not mandated to be given together.
These include: Hepatitis B: Required in the United States before entering school, with the first dose given as a newborn. Hepatitis B can cause chronic infections that lead to serious medical problems.
Measles, Mumps, Uubella: Required for school entry in the United States. The MMR vaccine protects against red measles and German measles. DTaP, polio, and varicella: Required for kindergarten enrollment in almost every state. Meningococcal (meningitis) vaccine: Required for entry into later grades in many states, often at 7th grade.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine: Required in some states for entry into later grades. The HPV vaccine can help reduce the chances of several types of cancer. https://www.google.com/search?q=mandatory+shots+for+kids+to+enter+schools&oq=mandatory+shots+for+kids+to+enter+schools&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTM2OTM0ajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Too Many TV Ads prompt me to switch channels to avoid 6 30-second ads for stuff I won’t buy or donate to. I like documentaries because they are actually useful and have fewer ads. When I watch the news, I use my “previous channel button” to click to another channel I would watch until they too have ads and then I switch back. When the sound turns to Spanish, I click the language button to return it to English. When the sound goes out, I click the language button and the sound comes back on. Too Many Democrats are interviewed on Fox News to spew their talking-points and this prompts me to switch channels. Medicare Advantage TV ads are long and annoying and Democrat Political ads are “hit jobs” so I switch channels.
TV Service Providers fail to provide Channels we would watch. We have dozens of channels in Chinese and Spanish we don’t use. No providers offer to drop these useless channels. Cable TV offerings are 80% irrelevant, too violent or useless. We watch Fox News, Fox Business News and the local Fox Channel for news. We watch Story TV for History and documentaries, WAGA5 for 1970s humor, the Movie Channel for old movies, AMC for new movies and Public TV for music.
Newspapers are Useless. Too Many Ads and uninteresting Local Events in Newspapers enables me to read the free local newspapers in about 2 minutes. I cancelled the Atlanta Journal years ago.
Traffic Intersection “Improvements” make streets worse than they were before the “Improvements”. Highway Lanes are too small. Massive Trucks whiz by 3 feet away from my car. Atlanta Metro continues to ignore the need for a “real” interstate truck bi-pass. I-285 was built too far in to the city of Atlanta. I-75 and I-85 go straight through downtown Atlanta. Atlanta likes “express lanes” and this makes navigating on highways more dangerous and distracting. Cars that mistakenly enter these “express lanes” are billed for their use.
Telemarketer Calls are annoying, but are easy to identify. When I say “hello” I hear a “bloop” sound and hang up. Sometimes nobody’s there and I hang up. When they say “How are you doing today?” I hang up. These calls are usually made to get me to bundle my Telephone, Internet and Cable Service, sell my house to a predatory investment firm, donate to something or join Medicare C and D. I am happy to keep my Land Line Phone with AT&T and don’t want to replace my Answering Machine with a cell phone. I like having extension phones in each room we use.
Facebook Clutter started when Facebook began to add friends of family members and increased Facebook message notices from people you don’t know. Facebook was originally a photo album for families. We stopped our Facebook activity to stop the clutter years ago and went back to mailing photos and making more phone calls.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea
Party Leader
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