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[–] [email protected] 228 points 2 years ago (4 children)

They are still going on about the vaccine??

[–] [email protected] 124 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

The CDC just recommended a new round of boosters for everyone the other day. And as expected, conservative media is melting down about it again. But even beyond that, they’ve been getting back into “COVID temper tantrum” mode for about a week or so now that we're moving into the fall.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I came for the discussion, I stayed for the username.

Trash the planet.

[skates away]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Then you might like mine, lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Yes! Just need Acid Burn and the whole gang will be here. Crash&Burn

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Oh, thanks for the heads up that the Omicron vaccine is available now! Will schedule it and a flu shot this weekend.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Well at least I can commend Faux News for their consistency.

[–] [email protected] 82 points 2 years ago (11 children)

I miss the days when antivaxxers were just a source of amusement, like flat earthers. Now they seem to be everywhere and it's just sad.

[–] MartinXYZ 45 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It was never amusing. Earlier it was "only" kids dying of the measles because their dumbass parents were antivaxxers. With COVID-19, it started affecting adults so that's why they get more attention. The public seems to be better able to tolerate children dying of preventable shit than adults.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

It was way less children than Covid has killed.

And it wasn't like nobody cared, those parents had to go out of their way to not vaccinate their children.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Do want another level of insanity? Here in Germany, we got the news today that WEATHER TV persons get harrased by people that think there is no climate change and its just propaganda.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (10 children)

There was a meteorologist in the US, in Nebraska iirc, that resigned a couple of months ago after receiving death threats for daring to mention climate change during his weather report. They're fucking unhinged.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In France, on one of the main channels (the public TV, something like 5 or 6 channels, one of which is 24h news), the weather is now called "climate news" and addresses frontally climate stuff, with a link where you can send questions that they answer on air (whether what they answer are real questions or not is left as an exercise to the reader).

Of course that ruffled some feathers with the lunatic fringe, but they stuck with it, which is nice.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Some weather people have shown a spherical Earth instead of a disc! Heathens!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Oh that’s been going on everywhere for a while.

For most people, the TV weatherman is legit the only scientist they know. Of course they’re gonna take it out on them.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

checks Russel Brands YouTube

Yeah....yeah they are

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Russel Brand turning into a conservative hack was not on my apocalypse bingo card.

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[–] [email protected] 144 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They have to be vaccinated to keep working, despite the bullshit they peddle.

[–] [email protected] 104 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Yep and the only people unaware of that mandatory vaccination requirement seem to be Fox News’ viewers. So I find this very amusing.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago

That's the thing about everyone posting about publication of private fact...there's no private fact here.

It's been well publicized that Fox required all their employees to get vaccinated in order to continue there.

If she was there during that time, and she's still working, it's public knowledge that she's vaccinated.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

"but, but, they have to be! Otherwise the man won't let them get the truth out to us. They're sacrificing themselves and conforming so we can get THE TRUTH"

[–] [email protected] 90 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You are anti-vax because youre a paranoid conspiracy theorist.

I am anti-vax because I crave death.

straightens tie

We are not the same.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm antivax because I sell tiny coffins and business was slow

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago

slaps roof of tiny coffin

"This bad boy can fit exactly one antivaxxer's kid..."

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago (4 children)

There are nicer ways to go than covid. Like overzealous erotic asphyxiation. Get you a nice hunk to choke you to death.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago

You offering? 👉👈

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 years ago

Well, "fine" is debatable when describing Jeanine Pirro

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

She had to get vaccinated to work there. Her job was more important than the "evil" vaccine I guess.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

DURRRRR ONLY LIBTURDS EAT THEIR OWN WHY CONSERVATIVE EAT SELF NO STEP ON SNEK OR EAT OR SNEK TAIL

DURRRR

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