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As Covid surges in the US, Americans can’t get vaccinated: ‘terrified I might kill somebody’
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2025
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God keeps sending plagues. I wonder why.
It bothers me when christians are like "god sent a plague because you're gay" but not "oh wow there was a global pandemic after we elected one of the worst humans on earth"
When i do it it’s gods blessing, when they do it it’s witchcraft
When they do wrong it’s god sending the plagues, when I do wrong and get a plague it’s a test of faith
When other believers get hurt, it’s ours gods wrath, when we get hurt… it’s in bible, the whole history of Job
And most of the deaths are during Trump's terms. Odd. Almost as if his complete lack of responsible leadership has something to do with it.
It does but he doesn’t give a fuck
Disease isn't judgement. I know you're just being flippant, but it's a line of thinking that grinds on me after having lived through the tail end of the AIDS epidemic.
God doesn't exist. Our terrors are of man, buddy.
There was literal plague in California.
https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2025-08-25/the-plague-reappeared-in-california
Is. Plague is endemic in much of the Southwest (and maybe elsewhere). It just rarely infects humans because we don’t usually get bit by fleas anymore.
Armadillos can carry leprosy
Sorry, I turned the frogs gay.
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