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[–] FlyingSquid 22 points 11 months ago

I knew it was only a matter of time before Trump went full anti-vaxxer. He heard that crowd booing him bragging about the vaccine and decided that means he needs to be anti-vax for people to like him.

[–] Ptsf 5 points 11 months ago

Any article that ends it's title with "you should be terrified" is fear mongering bullshit. You can convey concern without this nonsensical bs and even if polio and measles broke out tomorrow there's no reason for terror. They're well understood diseases with treatments and good survival odds. Yes, there's easier better things we should be doing and vaccines save lives but just... Stop letting the internet dumpster shove this garbage down your eye holes for clicks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I’m not that stressed. Let the anti-vaxxers weed themselves from the gene pool. Maybe humanity can become smarter collectively in a few generations.

[–] veganpizza69 1 points 10 months ago

The diseases are communicable.