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Officials have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations.

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[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

They need to make it clear that this is just another in a long line of attempts by the US government to kill off all the Native Americans.

If you frame it right, it might _increase_n vaccine acceptance.

Probably not.

Native Americans: get your vaccines, save your people! After the idiots in the US government kill off all the white people, maybe you can take everything back!

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

What is so infuriating about this is not only that this will of course lead to more death from completely preventable diseases thanks to the disruption of the use of the vaccines we already have...

In addition to that, which is bad enough, the actions of this idiot with zero qualifications who is mounting an anti-scientific campaign is likely to radically delay or entirely disrupt future breakthroughs for many other things, including cancer, at least in this country.

https://futurism.com/neoscope/rfk-jr-cancels-cancer-vaccine-mrna

Perhaps most damningly, the younger Kennedy has elected to “wind down” the development of mRNA vaccines and cancel $500 million in research contracts because of his vaccine skepticism, particularly as it relates to COVID-19 vaccines.

Along with its incredible efficacy at staving off further death from the coronavirus pandemic, researchers working with mRNA believe they may be close to achieving a monumental milestone: creating a universal cancer vaccine using the promising biotechnology.

It is virtually impossible not to learn that kind of thing and not be pissed. It's like the stupidest people on the planet are colluding to sabotage everything good in the world.

What they are doing is on the level of a war crime.

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

I assume it's to avoid the disinformation running rampant which made the US give up on reason as well. And India is so tightly populated that they really can't mess around with measles outbreaks.

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

"Indian" in this case refers to American Indians. The Indian Health Service is a US Federal agency.

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

Oh. My bad. TIL