• BlueLineBae@midwest.social
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    My nephew passed away this year because he was immunocompromised. He was only 8 and his family did all the right things. He likely contracted a bacterial infection from an unvaccinated classmate. As if that wasn’t enough, people sent the family death threats for suggesting that others not vaccinating was the reason he died. They are currently advocating to eliminate religious exemptions for vaccinations in Indiana, but with the current regime I doubt they’ll get anywhere. People are selfish and don’t seem to want to change. I try to find hope where I can but it’s getting harder every day.

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    Chaos cultists probably shouldn’t be tolerated. The world does not need grandfather Nurgle’s blessings.

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      You would think at this point, after a global pandemic, that people would understand that the unvaccinated aren’t just risks to themselves, they’re risks to everyone. Vaccination is not a silver bullet for viruses. It requires herd immunity. These people are essentially walking contagions, infecting everyone around them.

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        Unfortunately, the number of people who can understand things without the news telling them what to think is a much smaller segment than we’d like. And double unfortunately, the news is motivated by things other than the public good when deciding how to report on vaccines.

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          I mean I learned what I know from the news as well. I just don’t accept it as gospel, I expect them to cite authorities on the subject. But not the authorities that bathe in sewage runoff.

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            If you’re concerned with their sources and/or spend time verifying the legitimacy of their sources for yourself, you’re doing more work than like 90% of the population my friend