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[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 212 points 1 day ago (49 children)

Yes, the old strategy of overwhelming the hospital system with mouth breathers.

Amazing strategy, Raisinhead.

[–] Chef@sh.itjust.works 100 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I consider him more of an apple head.

[–] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 65 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

Pretty sure I stole this one from here on Lemmy.

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[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Better than the one I stole from Lemmy

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[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 13 points 17 hours ago

I fucking can't with the news anymore. Holy shit.

Yeah. I wish I could die of a preventable disease. Totally the way I want to go.

[–] SoupBrick@pawb.social 75 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] MCasq_qsaCJ_234@lemmy.zip 25 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

The sacrifice: Republican voters are declining

Democratic voters remain unchanged

Red State goes to Purple State

[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 19 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

That was the theory behind COVID as well, and while it did happen at a 2:1 ratio, it wasn't enough to impact the election in any way.

Edit: I'll mention it needs to happen in a statistically significant margin, within the swing states exclusively. Diseases and viruses unfortunately don't operate off electoral maps...If it was just a general vote, it wouldn't be an issue.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

the covid deaths were too spread out, but it was mostly people staying home and mail-in voting, something the gop now destroying. also they had time to research who trump really is. last election most people who did voted couldnt care less, they were to distracted by other things, or showed extreme apathy towards voting.

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[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 13 hours ago

His brain worm has measles.

[–] chrischryse@lemmy.world 38 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Uhhhhhh doesn’t measles reset your immune system or something like that?

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

it suppreses the immune system, apparently the virus can infect dendritic cells, which is the part where it activates T cells, which attacks cells infected with viruses.

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[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 126 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Fuck this assclown, my wife is allergic to the measles vaccination and will likely die if she gets the disease.

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 21 points 20 hours ago

And polio too, right.

[–] notsoshaihulud@lemmy.world 10 points 18 hours ago

Goodness, this guy is a fucking charlatan. Perfect man for the current administration.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 59 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

Conspiracy theorists for the last few decades: "The government is trying to murder us!"

The actual government in 2025: "Yes, we would like it if a grand majority of you were to die"

Conspiracy theorists: crickets

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[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 33 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

As a bonus for contracting measles, you'll get all your previous vaccines and earned immunities deleted by the measles virus attacking your immune cells dedicated to remembering how to effectively fight past pathogens.

So you can think of measles as THE antivaccine. No wonder the antivaxxers love it so much!

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 11 hours ago

basically it "unvaccinates" people.

[–] farting_contest@startrek.website 25 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

My father had measles when he was a little boy, sometime in the 1940s. It nearly killed him. Measles is no joke. Anyone trying to spread it around on purpose should get a bullet in the brain before they have a chance to harm others.

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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 48 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

Measles is capable of resetting the immune system's memory of other vaccines. This sack of shit is so incredibly dangerous.

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[–] pepperjohnson@lemm.ee 23 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I'm still optimistic the lifers at HHS who stood firm and didn't resign are just slowly teaching Lil Bobby what a vaccine is:

While RFK Jr. recently shifted his stance to concede that vaccinations are actually pretty useful, he has still stopped short of urging skeptics to go and get it. And in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity that aired Tuesday night, he appeared to still favor natural immunity through exposure to the virus.

"It used to be, when I were a kid, that everybody got measles. And the measles gave you lifetime protection against measles infection,” he said, then taking a swipe at the vaccine. “The vaccine doesn’t do that. The vaccine is effective for some people for life, but for many people it wanes.”

Like, he is damn close to understanding a measles vaccine is measles, just a hindered version that won't be able to reproduce and cause harm. And real close to understanding the need for booster shots.

He's still not there, and it seems to be taking weeks for what can be covered in depth in 15 minutes.

But eventually I hope they'll win him over.

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