Donald Trump named anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy as health secretary, marking another bold choice in his rapid post-election cabinet appointments. Announcing on Truth Social, Trump expressed…
Ok I get that denial of science is a staple of RETVRN chud’s fear of anything invented past the year 1500 but I don’t understand how or why anyone can be against something as good at what they do as vaccines, like LOOK AT THIS SHIT
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Vaccines are genuinely so fucking awesome, they represent both humanity’s incredible problem solving abilities and our innate desire to help other people, but they can’t be used to their fullest potential because dumbfucks who think freedom means they should be able to shit in the McDonalds ice cream machine without consequences are ruining it for everyone
That doesn’t really apply to people who are opposed to vaccination as a concept. I do feel like capitalism and the alienating material conditions it leaves people in are what foster antivax sentiment though. People who see that their lives keep getting worse but don’t have the framework to explain why will exclusively blame the government because of free market brainworms and distrust anything the government does, even objectively helpful stuff like vaccination campaigns
Ok I get that denial of science is a staple of RETVRN chud’s fear of anything invented past the year 1500 but I don’t understand how or why anyone can be against something as good at what they do as vaccines, like LOOK AT THIS SHIT
Vaccines are genuinely so fucking awesome, they represent both humanity’s incredible problem solving abilities and our innate desire to help other people, but they can’t be used to their fullest potential because dumbfucks who think freedom means they should be able to shit in the McDonalds ice cream machine without consequences are ruining it for everyone
Vaccines are great. I will not trust any vaccine made by a capitalist.
That doesn’t really apply to people who are opposed to vaccination as a concept. I do feel like capitalism and the alienating material conditions it leaves people in are what foster antivax sentiment though. People who see that their lives keep getting worse but don’t have the framework to explain why will exclusively blame the government because of free market brainworms and distrust anything the government does, even objectively helpful stuff like vaccination campaigns
I see poe's law is alive and well.