RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vax Nonsense Has Helped Spread Measles to Mexico (newrepublic.com)
from return2ozma@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 06:43
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arrrse@piefed.social on 12 Feb 07:45 next collapse

I really dont understand whats the endgame with this anti-vax stuff, get diseases to spread and then what? Or does he (and the rest of the government) actually believe in this shit

MrMakabar@slrpnk.net on 12 Feb 08:00 next collapse

It probably is more like: “Government forces the people to take some evil vaccines due to those scientists, who lie to you. Also those evil scientists are telling the government to stop us emitting greenhouse gases, dump chemical waste and so forth. Also the shut downs during Covid were pushed for by those evil scientists.”

So less wanting to actually spread the disesas and more following science hurts our bottom line.

truthfultemporarily@feddit.org on 12 Feb 08:10 next collapse

For him he may actually believe it. Apart from that its just trying to appeal to the antivax crowd.

WanderingThoughts@europe.pub on 12 Feb 11:34 next collapse

It’s a mixed bag. Some just position themselves as anti establishment to get anti vaxer votes. Some really believe it. But the amount that got vaccinated sneakily makes me think the first group is bigger.

Spacehooks@reddthat.com on 12 Feb 12:13 next collapse

Then Grandpa Nurgle hugs you

arrrse@piefed.social on 12 Feb 13:11 collapse

Rfk jr might very well be a nurgling in disguise or even a cultist, who knows

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca on 12 Feb 13:04 collapse

It’s us vs them culture war. Same with transsexuals and people who drive a Prius.

kboos1@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 07:56 next collapse

I’m 99% sure that antivaxers are people that started out just using it as an excuse to not get a shot then it snow balls into conspiracy theories

FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 14:24 collapse

They just pick a word that sounds scary to stupid people, make millions of videos about it, and collect sponsorship checks. That’s all that matters.

Right now the scary word they’re making content about is ‘pasteurization’.

MrMakabar@slrpnk.net on 12 Feb 08:01 next collapse

And that is why rich countries genuinly want to help poor ones with containing disesas of any kind. Unless they are run by morons.

TrickDacy@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 12:40 collapse

Evil* morons.

karashta@piefed.social on 12 Feb 12:31 collapse

It seems pretty clear the uber rich think a lot of us should just die instead of us doing things like prevent climate change and the spread of communicable diseases.

This isn’t just weaponless incompetence. They are building bunkers. 

Literally, they would rather rule over the burnt out ashes of our beautiful earth.