I’m a critical care doctor. I’ve never seen the US harm its children this deliberately 11.9%
The Guardian - By Robert B Shpiner - 6/19/2026, 11:00 AM
Framing Effect 8.4% - Confirmation Bias 5.8% - Availability Heuristic 3.8%
A newborn’s first hours in a US hospital used to carry a quiet set of guarantees. A vitamin K injection against catastrophic bleeding. A hepatitis B vaccination. The assumption that whatever a family could afford, the country had already decided this child was worth protecting. I have spent more than 40 years in pulmonary and critical... more