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The american voters have really outdone themselves this time

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[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 108 points 2 months ago

“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 35 points 2 months ago

And more people will die of polio, measles, mumps, and other preventable diseases BEFORE they have the chance to die from cancer!

[-] kmacmartin@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 months ago

"Name one person that died of cancer who never received a vaccine for anything. That's what I thought!"

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[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 81 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 13 points 2 months ago

they try to downplay anti-vaxxers, thats what they really are, this include vaccine hesitency.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago

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

[-] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 59 points 2 months ago

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

[-] yggstyle@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

Goodness me. It's so dangerous it eats away at untreated metal. How could they foist this dangerous mixture onto us. It's worse than micro plastics. I heard estimates that claim it's now found in every living American.... and may even be now found in almost all of our food. Absolutely disgusting.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This is why RFK only drinks methylated paint thinner.

Well that and he confused the methyl-part with methamphetamine.

Don’t do meth. Or methyl alcohol. Both are awful.

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

methylene blue to be exact, he has been seen in a video, of him using a large dropper of methylene blue on a flight into his drink. he bought into the unsubstantiated reports of it being useful.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Shit. That was supposed to be a joke.

Fuck me.

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[-] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

The leading cause of death is life!

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[-] Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] formulaBonk@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

Hard to accept a “skeptic” in a field with overwhelming evidence that he’s wrong. It means he either doesn’t or refuses to understand the current data which makes him just a dummy not a skeptic

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[-] misteloct@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago

WaPo strikes again with a plausibly deniable disinformation title, using the word "skeptic" wrong on purpose. I expect nothing less from Bezos.

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago

Autism isn't a fucking defect

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

They are less susceptible to propaganda, which authorities figures hate.

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[-] Jollyllama@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago

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).

🤮

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[-] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago

I feel like using terms like "vaccine skeptic" for these morons is a major PR win for them. It makes it sound way more legitimate than it is. Fuck corporate media sanewashing everything going on politically right now.

[-] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

I'd just like to caveat that a slim majority of American voters outdid themselves to undo decades of past hard-won progress.

[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 months ago

A third of eligible voters didn't vote. The remaining people who did vote were almost evenly split. So, in rough numbers, 1/3rd of American voters put us all in this mess.

[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 38 points 2 months ago

No, 2/3rds.

The third-ish that voted for Trump, and the third-ish that didn't vote for Harris.

In other words, the majority of Americans either wanted this government, or didn't care if this was the government.

[-] knightly@pawb.social 9 points 2 months ago

Exactly one organization is to blame, the one that finally got Biden to step down long after it was clear he had no chance, just to replace him with someone who promises to change nothing.

The only reasonable explanation is that the Democrats threw the election on purpose. They very well know what it takes to motivate the voters and they did the exact opposite by putting Republicans on the campaign stage with Harris.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago
[-] shani66@ani.social 9 points 2 months ago

I might, outside of the beef with Harris, that are kinda right. Dem advisors seem to have deliberately sunk the campaign once they took over and they seem to be pushing for another loss by moving even more right.

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[-] baronvonj@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

a slim majority

Not even that. The majority of voters, 50.2%, voted for Harris or third party.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

And how many eligible voters didn't bother to vote? They're also equally responsible for this.

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[-] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

"Or third party"

I see the problem...

[-] yggstyle@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

A two party system that uses first past the post?

Needs to change.

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[-] Helvetica@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 months ago

I feel like I should start wearing a mask again in stores and other crowds, because this administration is going to kill me if I wait for the experts.

ps There are no experts anymore just these anti vaccine loony fuckshits.

[-] dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 months ago

I never stopped. And I damn well won't be anytime soon.

A large enough proportion of the populace has deemed it their God Given Right to infect anyone and everyone under the doctrine of "It's Just the Flu, Bro".

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[-] max 18 points 2 months ago

With data manipulation you can prove that vaccines cause pigs to fly

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[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 18 points 2 months ago

There was never a link to begin with. Never.

[-] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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 2 months ago

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.

[-] gamer@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months 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.

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[-] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 12 points 2 months ago

Mark Geier

Is that the patient 0 of that autism claim? The one that was discredited decades ago (both the person and the claim)?

The biggest problem with him was, he just couldn't admit he had been wrong and continued to spout the bullshit, thus discovering a moderately profitable grift. And now his son is continuing it.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 months ago

Someone please create a AI video of a debate with Trump about vaccines, where he gets dunked.

If they don't play fair, we don't have to either.

[-] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Right now, we can empirically accuse them of lying. They cannot do the same. The minute we start doing this, we lose that advantage. Lies dilute the truth.

Fighting fire with fire isn’t always the best tactic.

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[-] Bamboodpanda@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Forget the serious debate videos—his supporters aren't watching those, and even if they did, they wouldn't care. You want to make a dent? You go after the ego.

Picture this: an endless stream of totally "realistic" phone-recorded AI videos of Trump playing golf. He lines up the putt—misses. Tries again—air ball. It's literally an inch away now—misses again. Doesn’t blink, just traps it in, smirks, walks off like he nailed it. Over and over.

The key is subtlety. These can’t look staged or flashy—make them feel like someone’s nephew filmed it from the cart. Make it look like he's genuinely terrible but thinks he’s crushing it.

Then blast them everywhere. Flood the algorithm. Turn his “I’m the best at golf” schtick into a punchline.

This is how you use AI to actually take Trump down—with a thousand tiny ego papercuts.

[-] Indica_Jellies@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

"LET'S FIGURE OUT AND CURE AUTISM" they say as if a considerable amount of humanity's greatest inventions/discoveries aren't accredited to people across the spectrum.

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Headline later...

90% of people with autism were vaccinated! Vaccines cause autism!

Actual data later

90% of the population is vaccinated. The rate of autism in the 90% and remaining unvaccinated 10% is exactly the same.

[-] sircac@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Being skeptic is not bad. Not seek nor relay on scientific evidences is the problem...

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

pro-worm but agaisnt vaccines.

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