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The american voters have really outdone themselves this time

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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 110 points 1 week ago (6 children)

“You’ll never believe it, Mr Kennedy. According to our data, vaccines causes cancer”, he says, smiling. “Once we increased our vaccination rates, cancer became a major cause of death within 15 years. I suspect that far fewer people will die of cancer, if we simply roll our policies back

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago

And more people will die of polio, measles, mumps, and other preventable diseases BEFORE they have the chance to die from cancer!

[–] kmacmartin@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago

"Name one person that died of cancer who never received a vaccine for anything. That's what I thought!"

[–] asmoranomar@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

F cancer.

Not that way...

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[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 80 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There's no such thing as a "vaccine skeptic".
Skeptic implies that they could have their opinion swayed if presented with evidence. The fact that they're still "skeptical" despite literal mountains of evidence shows that they only call themselves "skeptics" because it makes them sound reasonable, when in reality if they could have been swayed by reason they would have changed their minds a long time ago.

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[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 61 points 1 week ago (6 children)

They really should review dihydrogen monoxide which is continually pushed by doctors but has a 100% mortality rate! DO YOUR RESEARCH!

[–] yggstyle@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

Goodness me. It's so dangerous it eats away at untreated metal. How could they foist this dangerous mixture onto us. It's worse than micro plastics. I heard estimates that claim it's now found in every living American.... and may even be now found in almost all of our food. Absolutely disgusting.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

This is why RFK only drinks methylated paint thinner.

Well that and he confused the methyl-part with methamphetamine.

Don’t do meth. Or methyl alcohol. Both are awful.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

methylene blue to be exact, he has been seen in a video, of him using a large dropper of methylene blue on a flight into his drink. he bought into the unsubstantiated reports of it being useful.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Shit. That was supposed to be a joke.

Fuck me.

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[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

The leading cause of death is life!

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[–] Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 1 week ago (3 children)

If the word "skeptic" in the title actually meant that, this would be a good thing. It's good to be skeptic about everything until you're shown evidence. The problem here is that those folks aren't really skeptic.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 6 days ago

People decide to believe something and then look for evidence

Like or not that's the human thing to do. Breaking out of that mindset is hard.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago

Yeah, he's a liar, not a skeptic. He's denying evidence, not demanding it.

[–] formulaBonk@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hard to accept a “skeptic” in a field with overwhelming evidence that he’s wrong. It means he either doesn’t or refuses to understand the current data which makes him just a dummy not a skeptic

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[–] misteloct@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago

WaPo strikes again with a plausibly deniable disinformation title, using the word "skeptic" wrong on purpose. I expect nothing less from Bezos.

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Autism isn't a fucking defect

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They are less susceptible to propaganda, which authorities figures hate.

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[–] Jollyllama@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago (2 children)

These people have co-opted the work "skeptic".

I grew up Orthodox and became skeptical of god's role in my life, now I'm agnostic.

My parents became "skeptical" of vaccines. Once they found their first antivax substack they are no longer "skeptical" but rather certain vaccines cause autism and covid vax causes heart attacks.

I find it hilarious (sad) they stop being skeptical once they find "proof" of their suspicions and then claim to be skeptics.

They of course have seen all the research supporting vaccines and deemed it insubmissable because it was funded by big pharma or the WHO (CHINA).

The only science they believe is the shit pushed by their "independent" researchers (crunchy influencers).

🤮

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (9 children)

When you're agnostic you're just a closet atheist. It's not that atheists are sure there is no god, we're not, nobody can say that for sure. We can (and do) say, however, that you don't have to worry about made up fairy tale rules, there likely isn't a god. Just be a nice person and you'll be fine.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

agnostic arnt aethiest thought.

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[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago

I feel like using terms like "vaccine skeptic" for these morons is a major PR win for them. It makes it sound way more legitimate than it is. Fuck corporate media sanewashing everything going on politically right now.

[–] Helvetica@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I feel like I should start wearing a mask again in stores and other crowds, because this administration is going to kill me if I wait for the experts.

ps There are no experts anymore just these anti vaccine loony fuckshits.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

i actually dint stop, because interact with customers alot, and they are ALWAYS sick all the time. and they cough and sneeze without covering thier mouth or nose.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

In my state mask wearing is illegal

[–] dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I never stopped. And I damn well won't be anytime soon.

A large enough proportion of the populace has deemed it their God Given Right to infect anyone and everyone under the doctrine of "It's Just the Flu, Bro".

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[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'd just like to caveat that a slim majority of American voters outdid themselves to undo decades of past hard-won progress.

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

A third of eligible voters didn't vote. The remaining people who did vote were almost evenly split. So, in rough numbers, 1/3rd of American voters put us all in this mess.

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago (5 children)

No, 2/3rds.

The third-ish that voted for Trump, and the third-ish that didn't vote for Harris.

In other words, the majority of Americans either wanted this government, or didn't care if this was the government.

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[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

a slim majority

Not even that. The majority of voters, 50.2%, voted for Harris or third party.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And how many eligible voters didn't bother to vote? They're also equally responsible for this.

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[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Or third party"

I see the problem...

[–] yggstyle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (20 children)

A two party system that uses first past the post?

Needs to change.

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[–] max@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

With data manipulation you can prove that vaccines cause pigs to fly

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Of course. There are a larger number of vaccinated people who have used a trebuchet than non-vaccinated people, and trebuchets are a great way of helping pigs fly

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 18 points 1 week ago

There was never a link to begin with. Never.

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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 12 points 1 week ago

Mark Geier

Is that the patient 0 of that autism claim? The one that was discredited decades ago (both the person and the claim)?

The biggest problem with him was, he just couldn't admit he had been wrong and continued to spout the bullshit, thus discovering a moderately profitable grift. And now his son is continuing it.

[–] Indica_Jellies@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

"LET'S FIGURE OUT AND CURE AUTISM" they say as if a considerable amount of humanity's greatest inventions/discoveries aren't accredited to people across the spectrum.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Someone please create a AI video of a debate with Trump about vaccines, where he gets dunked.

If they don't play fair, we don't have to either.

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[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Headline later...

90% of people with autism were vaccinated! Vaccines cause autism!

Actual data later

90% of the population is vaccinated. The rate of autism in the 90% and remaining unvaccinated 10% is exactly the same.

[–] sircac@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Being skeptic is not bad. Not seek nor relay on scientific evidences is the problem...

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