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[-] justsomeguy@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

It's pretty much pressure from a voting base that is radicalized against established medical science. They got those voters with disinformation on social media and now have to throw 'em some bones.

The other aspect is that JFK and Trump simply don't care about losing some children/people to disease. They don't give a single fuck. It's this 'well maybe the weak should die' mindset that is based on an absolutely misguided understanding of how biology works and no empathy whatsoever. The combination of stupid and ruthless means we'll end up with absolutely needless loss of life between the other lives that we lose for the sake of increasing shareholder value.

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