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[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 57 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It also killed between 10% and 100% (average of a 3rd or so) of populated areas every 10 years for about 600 years. So ~3x longer than the US has been around.

[–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

But I assume that nobody at the time had autism, because they were not vaccinated. Worth it!^/s^

[–] negativenull@piefed.world 8 points 16 hours ago

That's because Tylenol didn't exist yet