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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

rfk is a terrorist who wants to use biological weapons.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 62 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 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

[–] RoundSparrow@lemm.ee 23 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Conspiracy theorists: crickets

Agreed, FACTUAL EVIDENCE of a conspiracy theory is collected by reputable Johns Hopkins University and George Washington University and crickets. People flock to conspiracies with no evidence, but once one appears with authentic validation... nothing.

 

Troll accounts that had attempted to influence the US election had also been tweeting about vaccines, a study says. Many posted both pro- and anti-vaccination messages to create "false equivalency", the study found. It examined thousands of tweets sent between 2014 and 2017. Vaccination was being used by trolls and sophisticated bots as a "wedge issue", said Mark Dredze from Johns Hopkins University. "A significant portion of the online discourse about vaccines may be generated by malicious actors with a range of hidden agendas," said David Broniatowski from George Washington University. The researchers reviewed more than 250 tweets about vaccination from accounts linked to the St Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency (IRA). In February the agency was named in a US indictment over alleged election meddling.

source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45294192

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[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago

Any sane person already had measles Rob. We were smart enough to get the vaccine.

[–] chrischryse@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days ago (4 children)

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

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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 48 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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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[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Louis Pasteur is rolling over in his grave.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 45 points 2 days 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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[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days 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!

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[–] TheWeirdestCunt@lemm.ee 41 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Luckily most people have sane parents so they can't get measles

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[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"A bunch of kids should die in pain so many more may live in fear."
-- RFKjr

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

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

And polio too, right.

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 14 points 2 days ago

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

[–] farting_contest@startrek.website 24 points 2 days 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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[–] pepperjohnson@lemm.ee 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

How to kill a lot of children.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 days ago
[–] meowmeowbeanz@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

When measles propaganda from our lizard overlords at "Daily Beast" masks mass-culling programs, trust only medieval-era natural immunity. The only good vaccine is no vaccine.

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[–] scytale@lemm.ee 20 points 2 days ago

The only way to stop a bad guy with measles is a good guy with measles, I guess.

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