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“The measles gave you lifetime protection against measles infection,” - Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

If only there was another proven way of doing this without the risk of serious complications of getting sick.

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Or what of there was some way to give everyone a tiny dose of the measles so that their immune system can learn it and attack it without even getting sick??

Maybe if they make the virus weakened or figure out some way to deactivate it?

Gosh, someone should work on this. It's a great idea...

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Maybe we could make a weakened form of the virus that would give you immunity without getting you sick? That way everyone could get measles without a lot of people dying.

We could call it “a vaccine.”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

And what if this "weakened form" gives you autism? Have you thought about that?

Edit: guess this needed a '\s'

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

If there ever was a disqualifying statement for a leadership position...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Death cult.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Eugenics on full display now.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (5 children)

2 doses spaced 28 days apart gives 97% efficacy against ever catching the measles. 1 dose gives 93%. If 95% of the population gets a vaccination the disease is functionally eradicated

But take the words of a Kennedy who spent his youth as an elite committing petty crime, vandalism, theft, and dealing drugs despite having access to extreme wealth. His reward for continually fucking up was a Harvard education and an illustrious law career. Who then started a 15 year heroin and cocaine addiction and by his words kicked it after getting busted for possession the first time in his life (aka the first time he managed to experience a consequence, which took shockingly long). And of course we believe that like all heroin addicts he was able to just kick a decade and a half addiction after one round of rehab through straight willpower, despite have access to connections and some of the deepest pocketbooks in the country

The man has been full of shit since his teens. It is a shame because his family appears to have given him the circumstances to utterly ruin him via consistently giving no consequence for terrible behavior. At the same time I have little sympathy for him because unlike many of us peons who struggle with families that give poor boundaries and no consequences, his artificially removed them because they had access to obscene wealth and privilege. He didn’t have to worry about doing heroin, or assaulting women, or stealing shit. Dad would take care of it. All while living in luxury. Fuck him. I will continue to post defaming his character because people posting “worm in his brain” truly don’t get the extent of how much of a monster he is or the Kennedy dynasty is (look up rosemary kennedy for more Kennedy atrocities)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I can't believe we are riding this same rollercoaster again after only 5 years.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I agree with Leatherface from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, that is a good way to exponentially increase his kill count

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

It's hard to believe we're only a couple months into this...

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It would be a shame if he got a dart w/ it in his neck. But of course he’s vaxxed

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

But of course he’s vaxxed

That's the worst about this timeline. It's all out in the open, yet people continue to parrot all the grifters' completely open grifts, with conviction. 🤷 Post-truth society.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Be the change you want to see in the world! ☺️

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

then kick this rodeo off, rfkj; lead by example.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Do Anthrax next! You'd be superhuman after surviving that one!

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

At the risk of being banned, I hope this guy gets the Mushroom Kingdom treatment. He has the potential to snuff out exponentially more American and global lives than the most bloodthirsty immigration detective or prosecutor.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Hey that’s how immunizations work!

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

If only we could get that without actually having to endure symptoms...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Nooo... 😲

At some point these nitwits are going to a) say that the wheel is woke then b) reinvent it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

If you survive...

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

"Never interrupt the enemy when they are making a mistake"

But the rest of you - You might wanna consider a MMR booster, maybe a TDAP while you are at it. We like keeping the good guys around..

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

wtf, how does this clown lead this circus?

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

Sadly, we all know the answer: because an even bigger clown thought it would be "clever".

How did he get so much power then? Well, son, 'cause there's a whole lotta clowns out there who voted for him

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

You're just not eating enough carrots, my dude. You got measles due to carrot deficiency.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

and dying is the cure to everything bad that can happen by living

smh

[–] [email protected] 81 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The measles can wipe out your other immunities! You'd be so much better getting the vaccine.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have a young child. I have absolutely ZERO interest in them being harmed by completely ignorant policy. Fuck this guy & fuck this regime.

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What a fucking dimwit.

This guy is dumber than a box of hammers.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Hey whoa, hammers catching strays. I’m no tradesman myself but hammers are quite useful (when used appropriately) and have a number of uses outside of just driving home nails. Edit*

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

They're useful, but you wouldn't ask one to help you with homework/run a government department.

We could continue testing their similarities by seeing what happens when we use RFK to smash the end of a nail into some wood. For science.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Give it time, there'll be a Department of Smashin' Shit soon enough.

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

What if my homework is specifically assembling a precut collection of boards, with nails?

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