Scott Howard

Lifelong Hoosier

I'm not that great with words, so apologies in advance. I just hope I make you feel loved and appreciated, even if you are wrong.

[Scott Howard @Scott_Howie]

Managers focus primarily on people's outcomes, leaders seek to understand through people why the outcome occurs. #management vs. #leadership

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Deep inner suffering inevitably arises when the human person is reduced to performance, consumption, or a statistical datum. Many young people today live under the yoke of expectations to perform, immersed in an exasperated competitiveness that generates anxiety, fear of not measuring up, and disorientation.

[Scott Howard @Scott_Howie]

@mcuban I would not want this to happen; yet, we'd be fools to think there is any incentive to treat those who can't pay. Insurance disappears. Level of care = level of pay. Consolidation, like in most industries will be incentivised. What an even uglier/selfish society than we have now.

[Dr Terry Simpson @drterrysimpson]

You are clinging to a statistic you don’t understand.

The “6% died of COVID only” line comes from a CDC table listing death certificates that had no additional conditions recorded. That doesn’t mean the other 94% “didn’t die of COVID.” It means COVID caused pneumonia, ARDS, clotting, stroke, or heart failure — which is what viral infections do.

When HIV patients died of pneumocystis pneumonia, we did not say, “Ah, they didn’t die of HIV.”
We understood cause and consequence.

Over 1.3 million excess deaths occurred in the United States during the pandemic period. That is not a rounding error. That is not “just flu.” That is a historic mortality event confirmed by excess death curves — which do not care about hospital coding, politics, or your favorite podcast.

As for the claim that doctors diagnosed COVID for money — that requires believing that thousands of physicians, hospitals, coders, auditors, and insurers across every political jurisdiction engaged in coordinated fraud without evidence. That is conspiracy thinking dressed up as fiscal concern.

And yes, early treatment evolved. That’s called science confronting a novel pathogen. If your standard is “medicine must be omniscient on day one,” then you are not arguing medicine — you are arguing for clairvoyance.

The hospitals were full.
The ICUs were full.
Temporary morgues were deployed.
Excess mortality surged in waves that matched viral spread across continents.

You may dislike public health decisions.
You may resent mandates.
But denying the scale of mortality requires denying measurable reality.

And measurable reality does not bend to ideology.

[Scott Howard @Scott_Howie]

Just like I only trust a trained cardiologist to treat my heart issues, not just someone with an MD. #Medicine

Don't fall for those suffering from the Dunning-Kruger effect. #biases can literally kill you.

[Scott Howard @Scott_Howie]

The number of people that've been duped into thinking that a person w/a camera or a typewriter and an opinion is a journalist is scary. I prefer those trained in the profession who understand objectivity. #journalism

[Chill Scott 🌍💕💚 @SheraeEllison]

You have no idea how proud I am of this young man, my baby @JusticeEllison1.

He made a decision that most frowned upon and decided to follow his own dream.

Congratulations on believing in yourself and the path! And a special thank you to Coach Cignetti, Coach Miller, and Athletic Director Dolson for believing in YOU!

❤️❤️❤️

[Jonny G 🇺🇦 @dontforgetchaos]

I make no apology for posting this photo. I think it’s a photo that will haunt America in the years to come.

This is what you have become. If you defend this, have a word with yourself.

[Hoosier Bison #Archives @HoosiersBison]

@GroveRandall If they were as good of a team as Indiana, they win. But they weren’t. If you want to go call for call, IU is three touchdowns better than Miami. The teams are not as close as the score

Miami is inferior and lost even with the deck stacked in their favor

[Scott Howard @Scott_Howie]

@mcuban Markets won't solve the problem as an avg. consumer can't reasonably be well versed in healthcare to make the best decision for achieving their desired outcome. Healthcare is too technical and a bad choice in care can lead to an irreversible finality. Who decides who dies?

[Scott Howard @Scott_Howie]

@GeBaiDC @PBS @NewsHour You should look up how a "commodity" is defined in economics. And, healthcare is required if you value your life. Assuming you do, then you combine it with a market that the avg. consumer cannot be expected to understand, where the outcome of a bad care decision can be fatal.

[CathyNotToday2 🌿 @Cathy2NotToday]

Add this .. and read that again 30 MILLION were followed

“…..aged 18–59, those who received an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine were less likely to die in the subsequent four years than those who remained unvaccinated, corresponding to a 25% lower risk of death from all causes.

Although vaccinated adults were 74% less likely to die from severe COVID-19, the reduced mortality risk persisted after COVID-19 deaths were excluded from the analysis.

The study found no increase in the risk of deaths from cancer, heart disease, accidental injury or any other major category:”

[Machine Pun Kelly 🇺🇦 @KellyScaletta]

Sorry to go on about Taylor Swift, but I keep seeing "Let your daughter be an Erika Kirk, not a Taylor Swift.

Fuck that!

Here's a little about Taylor Swift.

She is GENEROUS.

She gave her crew for the Eras Tour 10% of the revenue. That's $197 million.

She donated enough money at EVERY venue to top off food banks for a year.

She gives money to random GoFundMes. She gave $100,000 to the family of a fire fighter who died.

She gave another $100,000 to a toddler who had cancer.

She gave away well over $200 million last year alone. And that's just what we KNOW about.

She is KIND.

She identifies fans and each year, sends a set of them Christmas presents. She looks at their Social Media to figure out what they want and buys them hand-selected gifts.

Then she WRAPS THEM HERSELF and mails them packages.

When she gave her crew bonuses, she didn't just have her accountant take care of it. She gave each of them a hand-written, personalized note.

That shows a kind of humanity that is really touching. She doesn't see employees. She sees people. You can't fake that at the end. You have to take the time to notice people and appreciate them individually throughout the year, and there were over 100 of them.

That is quite a capacity to care. Can we honestly just appreciate how big of a heart that takes? To take moments every day to NOTICE things.

I once had a venue manager tell me that when she performed at their venue she went around and introduced herself to every one of them.

She is the only act they'd ever seen do that.

She is ACCOMPLISHED

She is already one of the most successful recording artists in history, and she's only 36.

I don't care if you like her music. Her fans do. She knows her audience.

I'm a 58-year-old Gen X dude. I'm not her target audience. I can live with not everything having to be made for me.

I'm a classic rock guy. I honestly don't even know what Swift's songs are. I don't feel the need to listen to her entire library to defend her though.

She's got the receipts.

Grammys, album sales, concerts, streams--any way you want to look at it, she is one of the tops ever with years ahead of her.

She is FIERCE

And in spite of all that, she took on the MUSIC INDUSTRY and WON!

She stood up for herself, she didn't back down.

I man, you have to really appreciate what it takes to do that--especially as a woman. She literally changed the industry.

I won't go into trying to belittle Erika Kirk. There's no point in that. If you find something in her to aspire to, go for it.

But that doesn't make Taylor less of a person.

If you have a daughter who has the character of Taylor--the generosity, the kindness, and the ferocity to stand up for herself against a titan and WIN, then you have one hell of a daughter, even if she never sells an album.

If you need to drag someone down to lift someone up, that says more about you than either of them.

[Scott Howard @Scott_Howie]

@RonDeSantis are you aware that anyone can go on sunbiz and claim they are the "new" registered agent, remove the current one, and change the address and other contact info for only $50. Any thoughts on stopping fraud in Florida by initiating a verification process?

[Ian Copeland, PhD @IanCopeland5]

A visual representation of one of the greatest lies ever told.

The tiny brain of the antivaxer sees it, but it fails to comprehend...

[Ian Copeland, PhD @IanCopeland5]

This is what is going to make our species go extinct.

This paradigm of thought.

Actors and podcasters like @joerogan and Mel Gibson offering anecdotes as evidence.

There is not a single clinical trial on this planet that shows Fenbendazole or Ivermectin treat cancer.

https://t.co/XmjglLdvlK

[Simon Maechling @simonmaechling]

People keep calling X a “free speech” platform. It’s not.

It’s a propaganda delivery system.

Most of what you see isn’t debate - it’s disinformation and engineered noise designed to confuse and anger you.

[Ian Copeland, PhD @IanCopeland5]

Bro, what universe do you live in?

The unvaxed got spanked and put in body bags by the virus all pandemic long.

Does lying help you sleep a little better?

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

For all practical purposes measles is back, now whooping cough on the rise, next domino to fall. What’s next? Hib meningitis? Polio? All to benefit a corrupt wellness influencer industry and phony MAHA ideologies. Congress, the White House asleep.

Americans should be outraged

[Scott Howard @Scott_Howie]

@hoosiermama77 You talked about your super senior year, I had a few of those 😂. I was working full-time either at Clark's Amoco at Indiana & 3rd St. or on the west side at the GE refrigerator factory. So, I had a bit of extra time on campus. 🫢

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

After YEARS of disinformation about the HPV vaccine, which can prevent cervical cancer, here are the facts:

285 studies
132 million people in real-world data
157,414 in randomized trials
~80% reduction in cervical cancer when given before age 16
No increase in serious adverse events

Disinformation has done more harm than the vaccine ever has.