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[–] JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone 7 points 1 day ago

"The USA, where we deport the browns and kill whats left over"

[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 days ago

A healthy, well educated population which feels safe and secure is incompatible with, and toxic to, conservative and authoritarian ideologies.

They need you to be sick, stupid, and scared.

[–] ClydapusGotwald@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So they are banning the vaccine that the “trump administration made” ….. America is a third world country and I want out of it asap.

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've been looking for a way to leave, but man it's expensive.

[–] ClydapusGotwald@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Yep it’s expensive and you’d basically need a job instantly. Even moving to different states has the same issues but more so with countries. I fucking hate this timeline.

death is the most serious outcome of COVID-19, but was excluded from consideration in the analysis, which only considered hospitalization.

Seems like a fundamental flaw to me.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They fucking developed, distributed, and administered the vaccine under Trump 1.0

Apparently Trump was a woke idiot before and is somehow smarter now... Make it make sense Republicans!

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[–] Brotha_Jaufrey@lemmy.world 83 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

We are in the dumbest fucking timeline

[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Still waiting for TVA to prune us.

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[–] MourningDove@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 days ago

Every possible version of it.

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[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 160 points 2 days ago (3 children)

They should ban it for Republicans only

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 days ago

They can stick fluorescent lights up their asses instead.

[–] aramova@infosec.pub 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You know these fuckers will keep a supply in the works for themselves.

Class wars, disasters, make people need a savior.

That's the whole fucking game, and the ignorant cunts keep voting for it

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[–] waddle_dee@lemmy.world 96 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Question: since Trump was the administration in charge of those vaccines, can we sue the president for releasing an "dangerous" vaccine, "harming" Americans?

Like, you can't have it both ways. You can't hate the COVID vaccine and ignore that it was done under Trump's administration. I'm so confused, my head hurts, these people are fucking stupid.

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

Don't try to make sense of it. These people don't operate within the confines of logic, only what is convenient to their agenda in the moment.

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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This reads like fake news. I don't believe they are that idiotic.

Oh fuck.

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Really, you don't? They are the dumbest people I've ever seen.

[–] MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca 45 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I almost hope there is another huge pandemic, it would probably be the best and easiest way of fighting the war against fascism in America.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 15 points 2 days ago (7 children)

If there is a 2nd American Civil War, I would be alright with conservatives not having vaccines. Disease was the #1 cause of fatalities in warfare, and I would like to have fewer enemies to fight.

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[–] Liberal_Ghost@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

I have been feeling the same way. I am kinda in a " I hope it all burns down. Then they will understand how stupid they are" mood about things as of late.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Its probably just anxiety but since the last one I haven't been able to shake the feeling that another is inevitable.

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[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Where are them Epstein Files and such?!

[–] mateofeo85@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, let’s say he released them with his name all over it and video evidence, what would really happen at this point? We’re already in the fascist machine.

[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

Yeah but it annoys They/Them to no end when we ask. It's the least I can do.

[–] IzzyJ@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Being burned so they can be used as a distraction from the fascism forever

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So a million and a half deaths weren't enough for those fuckers.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (8 children)

With all seriousness, no, it isn't. They want millions of deaths.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Trump once said that Stephen "PeeWee Himmler" Miller said that he wants America to decrease to 100 million people, who all look like him. That's a 70% decrease in population. You have to wonder how he intends to accomplish that objective.

Now he's Trump's most trusted advisor. He's like Wormtongue whispering poison into Trump's ear.

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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 49 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Just to be clear, the person making this claim is Dr. Aseem Malhotra, the crazy guy who's gotten into the good graces of RFK Jr. "Crazy Guy who makes Crazy Claims makes another Crazy Claim that aligns with his previous Crazy Claims." For me, I'm sticking this bit of information on the corkboard, but I'm not going to freak out about it. Yet.

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[–] stupe@lemmy.zip 47 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Remember when the Republicans wanted the vaccine to be a choice?

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[–] Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 days ago

So that's why zombie apocalypse in every Hollywood movie happens in the USA.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 days ago

Oh that’s an intelligent policy decision

/s ♾️

[–] BotsRuinedEverything@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm anticipating congestive heart failure will be nominated as person of the year next year.

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[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 days ago

Can't have anything that helps people

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The pandemic was awesome for us healthy surviving introverts. Not so much for the dead introverts or everyone else.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Yeah....... I wasn't a fan, but that's mostly jealousy talking. As an introvert working in healthcare, it was painful to have to go to work everyday and deal with the dumbest patient population in the history of the country while everyone else got to work from home.

It was like summer school for adults, but even dumber.

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[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 28 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Didn't the traditional COVID vaccine have way more issues than the mRNA one?

[–] just2look@lemmy.zip 66 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The mRNA vaccine has a shockingly low rate of side effects or adverse reactions. Nearly all of the negatives were less severe versions of symptoms and impacts from COVID. So even if you were impacted by a negative side effect it was likely you were still better off vaccinated than not.

Banning it has nothing to do with the reality, and everythinf to do with their ignorant and dangerous beliefs.

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[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 20 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Vaccine skepticism isn’t so much about vaccines per se, it’s following a small movement that grew organically and fanning the flames instead of letting it die in obscurity. The purpose here is using it as a vehicle for promoting skepticism of tried and true science.

What’s the greatest enemy of authority? Tried and true facts with no room for dispute. By effectively undermining vaccines, the way is paved to continue to sow doubt and skepticism for other science, making it easier to dispute facts that can and will undermine authority without thus skepticism.

Yes, the added benefit is population control and distraction. If people are sicker and more financially blown up by medical bills they’re far too busy and demoralized to engage in revolution. And there’s less of them due to death. Brain fog from long COVID is beneficial as well.

In addition, they can pocket the funding that would otherwise go to vaccine programs.

It’s perfect, from an authoritarian viewpoint.

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Somebody needs to infect them both

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

Wouldn't surprise me in the least.

When Taco said "I am your retribution", he was talking both about all his personal vendettas against a lot of the world, but he was also talking about the crazies and all their issues with reality, including properly addressing Covid, meaning lockdowns, social distancing and vaccines.

The unhinged crazies want to drag everyone else down with them.

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