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A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment
I got 3 vaccinations today for a trip to Asia for Hep A, Typhoid and Tetanus. Two jabs in one arm and one in the other. Because while getting vaccinated isn't pleasant (sore arms and mild flu like symptoms) I would rather that than to the horrible, potentially life threatening illnesses they prevent.
People would rather there kids die of Measles than have Autism
Obviously vaccines/environmental factors/food coloring doesn't cause Autism but if we play along with the RFK Jr. narrative that's basically what they are saying. Also the RFK Jr. research is specifically funding people can find a link. They will find a link because of conformation bias.
“Better dead than fed” is how a lot of bigots see outgroups tbf
Some of those foods include peanuts which are fine for most people but are deadly for others.
Also, some American companies have created some lab grown food that seems revolutionary, but still lacks long term health testing.
Nowadays it'd be "If it prevents starvation, how come you have to keep doing it?!"
The problem is that big pharma lobbying and deregulation keeps giving these people ammunition to work with. So we have the FDA approving drugs they know don’t work, and the CDC allowing the ceo of Delta to decide Covid isolation guidelines. There’s too much corruption, and too much money involved, with diminishing oversight and accountability.
If scientific institutions want to be trusted, they need to behave in a trustworthy manner, and enforce accountability.
…the government doesn’t have any right to tell me that I have to feed my kids
Would work better.
I thought about sending this to some people, or using the analogy the next time we talk about it. But I think they will spin the metaphor further with comparing it to certain foods and just fewer different foods at smaller portions and differently presented. Like, don't give a baby apple pieces or hazelnuts during BLW type of thing.
Just to be clear, I am probably in the top 1 percentile of vaccine enthusiasts, having jumped through insane hoops for Covid vaccination and getting everything just in case. I've met 5 anti vaxxers in my life, three of them on the softer side. These softies are the ones I could imagine would argue about this food comparison in their favor.