If anyone at the CDC is reading this: destroy the smallpox sample before trump decides to use it.
this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2025
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Make miasma theory great again.
I read this in Jar Jar Bink's voice
So like kids can’t get measles vaccines? I had to. Measles mumps and rubella and chicken pox. Trumps want to pick and choose which one we get so we take one vaccine at a time?
I don't understand. It just does not make any sense, even for a far-right autocratic regime.
The only explanation is that whoever is pulling the strings behind all those clowns really just wants to destroy the whole government & administration. Using crackpot media pundits as useful idiots.
It’s called the Dark Enlightenment, they essentially want to accelerate civilization collapse so their utopian vision is realized. The financial backers behind Trump adopted this philosophy, and have articulated their plan: dismantle democracy, Balkanize America and establish a patchwork of technomonarchy city-states. People really need to be talking with their community about localization of production of basic necessities, otherwise it will be chaos, famine and death when the system fails.
Their utopian vision is really weird. I like having humans, they create cool stuff. My anime, tasty plebian food, and so much more are made by the hands and minds of ordinary people.
What is the point of being "rich", if all the neat things are gone?
Because they don't think these things are neat. They like anything bland and gold. They want everyone to like the exact same stuff so you know exactly how much more theirs cost. They want you consuming exactly the same things so they can control people through the product.
Individuality and humanity run directly counter to their power.
Oof. I knew Peter Thiel and by extension this fucker's "philosophy" is behind it, but I guess I never realized how neatly it all fits until now.
Once again, dictators usually tell you what they want to do, better listen.
Except this time one has to be aware of the dictator behind the dictator, and way too few people are.
For Thiel, such a malleable (i.e. 100% corrupt) government must be his life's wet dream.
It's times like these I'm happy that my mom still has her farmland and I spent all of high school working it. I need to invest in seeds.
There is no profit in order. There is plenty in chaos.
I'd think this is a crazy conspiracy theory, except that it's pretty much all written down in the open. No crazy links to obscure Catholic orders and Mason lore and George Soros. It's just "Peter Thiel listens to Curtis Yarvin, and Thiel is getting his money's worth from saving the Trump Campaign from financial ruin".
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I have a friend working there. At least she was until 4 AM Saturday. But surprise, she's working there again as of Sunday. Pure chaos!
Fucking imbecile MAGA ghouls, all of this because of contention over well-established, well-researches, well-supported results from inoculation campaigns, and the ideology surrounding medical treatment for the trans community. A lot of people are going to get sick in the U.S. (I know, I know, they already are but Measles outbreaks are set to increase in scale and scope), and this is going to get really, really fucking bad. Expect for people that you know to start dying from diseases that were killing members of your grandparent's generation. See image of U.S. states affected by Measles outbreaks in 2025:
vaccines? where we're going, we don't need vaccines!
(it's hell)
dies of Scarlet Fever
Expect for people that you know to start dying from diseases
Eh, I've decided people need to learn the hard way. Meanwhile, I'll be getting my government-sponsored shots & boosters for free here in the south. Good luck with everything, neighbors!
Our youngest had some form of measles before she could get the MMR vaccine. Wildest part was taking her to the hospital and no one knowing wtf to do. The doctors all basically shrugged and said good luck. She seems fine now 3 years later, but her immune system seems wildly fucked up. Like totally fine to some sicknesses and horrible responses to others.
Edit: I mean this in a, "It's Illegal to say what I want to do to you" way. If you don't get the MMR vaccine when you could've, you are directly responsible for my child's suffering. I want you to feel that suffering.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/measles-does-long-term-damage-immune-system-studies-show
Clinicians and epidemiologists have long known that measles infection increases childhood morbidity and mortality for as long as 5 years after illness, and measles in the pre-vaccination era was likely associated with at least half of all childhood deaths from infectious diseases.
We are very aware of the long term damage it may have caused. Hoping that us not being dumber than a bag of rocks and getting her vaccinated now helps.
Our youngest had some form of measles before she could get the MMR vaccine.
She got is from someone, and there is a good chance this person was unvaccinated...
I'm glad that someone said this, it's often lost in the conversation about communicable diseases. Vaccination doesn't guarantee that you won't catch, suffer from, or transmit an illness. The jabs aren't Superman essence, it's just that in my understanding, you're more likely to be affected in a way more akin to getting hit by a bicycle than a MAC truck (you're hurt but not hopelessly crippled or killed outright), and less likely to pass it along. To what degree, I couldn't say, but it's less which is good by me.
Don't hesitate, if someone is stupid enough to do it and openly admit it, just punch them in the mouth immediately. No warning, right in the teeth.
I've decided people need to learn the hard way
Bold of you to assume people will learn. Didn't you hear about that couple whose kids died from measles and they said afterwards that they still feel their decision to not vaccinate the kid was right.
Some don't learn, even after getting lessons the hard way. Others forget very quickly. Someone posted this scanned news clipping from the early 20th century in light of similar 'anti-masking' during the COVID pandemic. It's always the same types of bullheaded dolts, and they're not the only ones falling victim to their imbecile behaviour.
I did not and that's wildly insane.
Except that vaccines partially work because of herd immunity. My kid is and was vaccinated against whooping cough, but enough fucktards here in Texas refuse vaccines that it is spreading and he caught it despite being vaccinated. He was ultimately fine because he was 14 with a good immune system, but pertussis can be fatal for some patients, especially those too young to get vaccinated.
You don't sound like your smart enough to understand this explanation, but at least I tried.
Only been let's see here... ah 4 years since the last global pandemic. Yep, good time to gut the agency tasked with responding to pandemics 🫠
Gutting it again. Trump killed the pandemic response team in his first term.
The first time he pulled any funding the US had for foreign pandemic prevention because Republicans don't see the point of spending money on another person. Just a year and a half before COVID started actually. Because they know better than anyone else that infections unlike illegal aliens respect international boarders and an endemic in Asia can never become a global pandemic that reaches American shores. That's obviously antifa propaganda.
/S incase it wasn't obvious enough
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