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The american voters have really outdone themselves this time

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[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 20 points 6 days ago

All because of one debunked research paper fuck long ago. Damn did that do so much damage

[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 19 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Wouldn't that involve them causing autism to prove it does?

"I'm autistic because I was a test subject for a government op..."

bruh...

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Honestly there is an even darker side to this.

There are parents who would rather see there kid die from a preventable disease than have Autism.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Exactly. Death is preferable. Wait until they claim that they cause homosexuality.

[–] gamer@lemm.ee 7 points 6 days ago

Plot twist: they scale up the study nationwide, offering free flu vaccines to anyone who "volunteers" for the study as long as they take an autism test before and after.

I never thought I'd have a gov that had a health dept that was determined to make me sick. I expect things to be occasionally suppressed, bias, and flawed studies but not a deliberate effort. It is like they put the Phillip Morris tobacco company in charge.

[–] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Th3ry will continue to search until they find the answer they want

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Next up, UFO conspiracists will determine if alien UFOs are real, Kennedy assassination conspiracists will review the Kennedy files.

I can't wait to find out his conclusion! Should we take bets?

[–] 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!

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[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 81 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.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 8 points 6 days ago

Any paper showing Vaccines don't cause Autism is immediately disregarded as "propaganda from the far left"

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[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 60 points 1 week ago (10 children)

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

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[–] Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 1 week ago (4 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.

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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.

[–] Jollyllama@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (12 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).

🤮

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 days ago

Don't worry, Republicans have been hard at work destroying our public education system so that people in the future won't be burdened with seeing and understanding their parents' hypocrisy for what it is.

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[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Autism isn't a fucking defect

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