The Present Illness

Men's Hockey Goes From Hero to Zero


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State of the Union bingo card; US Mens Hockey squanders the good vibes; RFK Jr’s HHS gets sued yet again for illegally messing with vaccination; Punch updates; Angry Quilters; Gen Z slang

Men’s Hockey Squanders Good Will

  • Some of the US men’s hockey team reactions to the response to their “locker room talk”
  • Ellen Hughes’s comments
  • Hilary Knight’s reaction to the US men’s hockey team
  • Arghavan’s post about the US men’s hockey team cavorting with the president
  • Hockey mom Sara Wiles
  • Andy Murray knows how to stand up for women

Another Lawsuit Against Antivax HHS:

  • AGs Kris Mayes (AZ)and Rob Bonta (CA) announce lawsuit against HHS
  • FDA’s refusal to evaluate Moderna flu vaccine (and later reversal of this decision)
  • Moderna no longer investing in new late-stage vaccine trials

💊Take Two and Call Me in the Morning

  • Arghavan’s post summarizing the story of Punch, the little monkey abandoned by his mother
  • QuiltCon: The Quilters are angry
  • Gen Z writes the Pasco Library script
  • 77 year old art curator Alison Luchs uses Gen Z slang to teach

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  • Production by Arghavan Salles and Alyssa Burgart
  • Editing by Alyssa Burgart
  • Theme Music by Joseph Uphoff
  • Social Media by Arghavan Salles
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The Present IllnessBy Alyssa Burgart & Arghavan Salles