“It is not a mild infection, it is not a mild virus; it is a severe illness. And they kept on telling me they wish they’d known beforehand how bad measles was, so that they could have protected their family,” she said.

  • NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net
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    NO SHIT ITS NOT A MILD INFECTION.

    The entire world came together to eradicate a disease that we knew could not only debilitate but kill.

    We spent years to formulate a preventative treatment that allows our bodies to survive infections, but some looneytunes sounding twat decides that vaccines are the devil and now that very same disease has open and unprotected vectors to be spread through.

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    You see, the reason you didn’t know was because we had eradicated it before you morons decided you were smarter than the entire science and medical community because you watched some youtube videos

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      Algorithmic engagement prioritized this shit over established medical science. Big Tech undermined all the pillars of society. What a fucking mess.

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        Capitalism. Capitalism caused this. Big Tech is just a vessel that is used by capitalists to further their agenda.

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          Big Tech is a force multiplier. It amplifies the scale and scope of the damage. To make an analogy, it’s like replacing muskets with machine guns. Capitalism was headed this direction long before tech came along, but with tools like these in their pocket, the scale of the disinformation went from “a serious problem” to “an existential crisis”, and the tools we have to resist it are simply incapable of holding the line against the firehose of BS.

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      23 days ago

      I once had a neighbor tell me they “didn’t agree with liberal views on vaccines.”

      You know, like germs give a flying fuck about your political views.

      The irony? This person is a nurse.

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        23 days ago

        I worked in nursing for a while

        I worked with a few excellent people, many average people, and a horrifyingly large number of absolute fucking halfwits

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          I worked in a nursing home during Covid, including when the vaccine came out and it became mandatory for employees. Despite going through school to become nurses or aides, as well as witnessing all the horrors of Covid with their own eyes, some people chose to quit instead of get the vaccine.

          I had no words, and I still have no words.