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Maybe putting a conspiracist antivaxer in charge of US health was a bad idea?

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[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 48 points 4 months ago

Other countries should ban Americans coming in. Who knows what kind of diseases they'll bring in.

[–] Embargo@lemmy.zip 34 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Denying the magic of mRNA is fucking bizarre. Before you know it, this fuckwit will be injecting HIV into your eyeballs in place of vaccinations.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

Considering how stupidly they misunderstood the concept of "herd immunity" I wouldn't be surprised.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

one arm of trump admin: “vaccines, fluoride, and red food dye are risky and must be held to the highest possible safety standards!”

other arms of trump admin: “keep pumping that crypto/AI/oil!”

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

258,000,000 people ain't gonna kill themselves.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

Eppstein did! wink wink

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Time to buy Euro pharma stocks.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago

Some of that money was supposed to go to the EU too

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

mRNA vaccines are some of the most amazing medical advancements I've seen in my 50-years. Magazines used to always have some dumb article about a new "magic bullet" treatment for all cancers. mRNA work is the closest thing I've seen to an actual magic bullet. (I know one size can't fit all with cancer, but you get my drift.)