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Florida sees 81% increase in whooping cough infections amid vaccine rollback
(www.tallahassee.com)
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At this point I think most people would be in favor of just letting Florida burn.
Fence it off or something, and in twenty years when they're all dead from preventable illnesses and accidents, we can just walk in and use the land. It would be so much easier
I mean, the thing about Florida is that its full of genuinely cool, fun, happy people who - on any other day - would be totally normal. But then its also full of the most insane and toxic corporate flacks and hustlers this country can produce. And they have found a way to pump the state for all its worth (which is quite a bit) and suck that limp dick dry.
Just ground zero for what endless waves of the most vile political propaganda can do to the human brain. And Florida (plus Texas and Ohio) have become test sites for what corporate media plans to do to everyone else.
Turn the whole thing into a wildlife reserve.