My apologies if I came off flippant about it. Wasn't my intent at all.

That's fair, it's not REALLY over. What I mean is "post-" more in the sense of "after the pandemic STARTED and changed the calculus" and less a sense of "the pandemic is over and COVID isn't really a threat anymore" because until it's eradicated like smallpox, it's still a threat.

mirri in here like "how dare"

I feel like I just saw a table recently that demonstrated how deaths among UK women due explicitly to causes stemming from pregnancy/childbirth have plummeted in the last 80 years, and these pushes to eschew modern medicine feel like they want to undo that.

*takes notes* from a brief look, it certainly another possibility.

This is exactly the level of detail I was hoping to get, and I appreciate you sharing it with me so very very much!

oh, nvm, system says you can't be messaged... so, i guess key question is this: what prompted the laparoscopy? Was it a procession of hemorraghic cysts? Bloodwork?

incoming DM

Of course, the OTHER problem is "where do we get the resources" but, well, that's always the problem, isn't it

While this is true, electorates evolve and people get more engaged when they see politicians who are like them. I think a lot of folks who don't see themselves in our political landscape would follow someone like you.