"Down Syndrome Awareness Day"

World Down Syndrome Awareness Day was earlier this week, so I thought I would make you aware of some numbers.

First, DS is a naturally occurring birth defect across all races which correlates strongly with the age of the mother. The prevalence among younger women is about one in eight hundred, and for women in their early forties the odds are about one in ten.

In the most common form, an early, incomplete cell division ends up producing a child with an extra 21st Chromosome which interferes with normal development. In fact, about half of DS children are born with an underdeveloped heart, requiring surgery in order for the child to survive.

Some countries (e.g. Iceland) pride themselves in detecting children with DS in the womb and attempt to abort all of them. But before you get to judgmental, America aborts over two-thirds of its Down Syndrome children, despite the fact that there are thousands of families in waiting lists who want to adopt one.

In our case, Nellie is extremely healthy and high-functioning. She has never needed any surgery, although one of her shoulders remains slightly underdeveloped. Despite this limit, she is a world-class hugger. Her heart was physically underdeveloped when she was born, but it repaired itself during the first six months following birth.

DS males are typically infertile, but if Nellie were to someday marry and conceive, her chances of delivering a normal, healthy baby are about eighty four percent. After watching the way she cared for her two normal younger brothers, and her grandma who died of vascular dementia, I can assure you that she would be an amazing mother.

People often ask us if someday we would put Nellie in a home with other handicapped people. In fact, it is just the opposite. There are too many people in line who would love to include her in their family. She is full of joy and unconditional love, and gives her daddy foot rubs, head rubs, and snuggles every day (when I am home). She has an amazing memory, and takes care of her own daily hygiene.

Not all DS children are as well-adapted as Nellie, but it nevertheless boggles my mind that people would deny themselves the opportunity to have someone as wonderful as Nellie in their family.

DS children are an amazing gift from God, daily reminding us what innocence and unconditional love looks like.

Down Syndrome child have an extra 21st chromosome which interferes with normal child development.

Mike Lindell and I have both endorsed Ashley Duff for Washington County, PA commissioner.

I'm headed there today for a VIP fund-raiser.

https://www.facebook.com/BruceAndAshleyForWashington

“Empathy”

Sometimes, I am so focused on what I am doing that I forget to consider the feelings of others. But I am working on it.

I poignantly learned this lesson about twenty-five years ago at a school faculty Christmas party. I had brought one-year old Nellie with me, all dressed up cute with bows in her hair.

At one point I needed to use the restroom, and so I handed Nellie to a fellow female faculty member. Who wouldn’t want to hold a cute, giggly, cooing little girl?

When I returned, the woman was white as a ghost, holding Nellie slightly apart from her. At first, I wondered if Nellie needed a diaper change.

As it turns out, unknown to me, the year prior my colleague had aborted her child that had been diagnosed with Down Syndrome. Ouch.

It’s almost as bad as congratulating a woman for being pregnant when she’s not. Most boys learn that humiliating lesson early. And yep, I’ve learned that one too.

My mother (may she rest in peace) often coached me in this regard. But it is one of those lessons I’ve had to learn the hard way.

I think people forgive me for my shortcomings and mistakes when they know my heart, but I’m still responsible to be considerate of others.

Empathy is a powerful thing, and nurturing it in ourselves makes us more like Jesus Christ:

“Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility consider one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. Have this attitude in yourselves, which was also in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 2)

"The Polar Bears are Just Fine"

As a real scientist, it is embarrassing to see "science" abused.

I've been saying for decades that climate change agendas are built upon false assumptions, despite the ridiculous and unscientific claims constantly being foisted upon an uninformed public.

The polar bears are doing just fine.


https://polarbearscience.com/2023/03/20/15-years-after-esa-listing-as-threatened-due-to-sea-ice-loss-polar-bears-are-abundant-thriving/

My first presentation in Wyoming was on Jan 12, 2023.

https://rumble.com/v27na6y-dr.-frank-gillette-wyoming-part-1-2023-01-12.html

This is Ally Rose. Part 2 of Dr Frank's first presentation in Wyoming on Jan 12, 2023 courtesy of Wyoming Patriot Patty. https://rumble.com/v27ng6i-dr.-frank-gillette-wyoming-part-2-2023-01-12.html

"Wyoming"

Having a productive tour through about a dozen counties in Wyoming!

Until last night, officials from each county have been attending the daily public and private meetings. I am excited about the grassroots prospects here.

In Uinta County, the close-minded clerk was angry that I was in town, and discouraged the county Commissioners from attending. The sheriff and his deputy attended, and seemed like straight up fellows.

I think the citizens of Uinta ought to replace their clerk.

"Your County Clerk"

Your county clerk performs many important functions, often including counting the votes that gets them elected.

It is an extremely important office.

If you can't trust them, then you need to replace them immediately.

Don't wait for an election.

There are several ways to remove them.

"Climate Change Update"

Each month I post Dr Spencer's average global temperature graph for the lower atmosphere. It is the ENTIRE satellite record, because we only put them up there in 1979.

This is the precise portion of the atmosphere where human caused effects were supposed to be observed. Clearly, nothing has materialized yet. Instead, we see continuation of the same 1.3C per hundred year natural trend since the little ice age.

"Excess Deaths Not Due to Covid"

I was not happy with the visualization provided by the CDC which illustrates US weekly deaths, so I made my own graph.

I also bring attention to higher-than-normal deaths NOT attributed to Covid-19 (red shaded areas).

The graph is based upon CDC data, so the last several weeks are likely to change.

Currently, only about half of the higher-than-normal deaths are due to Covid-19, supporting concerns that there are other causes in effect.