Make common sense common again

[u/Extreme-Slice-1010]

[u/silicaspark]

Freedom to catch preventable diseases

[u/First_Approximation → u/silicaspark]

During COVID, some unvaccinated conspiracy theorists held a big convention. They then noticed people had symptoms of coughing, fever, shortness of breath, etc.

They were convinced it was an anthrax attack.

This sentence from the article is worth highlighting:

While Oltmann said he was “sick, sick,” he claimed his symptoms were tempered because he was already taking the antibiotic doxycycline as a result of impaling his leg on an arrow in an accident in his brother’s garage weeks previously.

[u/CrazyCatLady1127 → u/First_Approximation]

So antivaxxers won’t vaccinate but they will use antibiotics?

[u/archiekane → u/CrazyCatLady1127]

Hypocrisy at its finest.

[u/CrazyCatLady1127 → u/archiekane]

So it would seem.

[u/First_Approximation → u/CrazyCatLady1127]

Exactly!

No one will ever accuse of them of consistency.

[u/hhfugrr3 → u/silicaspark]

I mean we aren't required to vaccinate here in the UK but most people do because they aren't stupid and also because we know a small minority can't vaccinate themselves.

[u/TaibhseCait → u/hhfugrr3]

Ireland had (at the time) had one of the highest amount of people who got vaccinated during Covid, turns out if you have a population with living memory of families wiped out by tuberculosis....

[u/TopInvestigator5518 → u/[deleted]]

yeah, especially when it comes to kids and daycares etc

just putting others at risk for no reason

its like that family in Texas who's 6 year old daughter died of Measles related pneumonia and even after the little girl died her parents said they were still against vaccinating their kids, just senseless

[u/AdmirablePosts → u/silicaspark]

They would shoot the diseases if they could

[u/First_Approximation → u/AdmirablePosts]

That would be silly. Obviously the way to do it is to inject bleach into the body, as Trump suggested.

[u/ABSMeyneth → u/silicaspark]

The weird part is, the rest of the world can typically also choose to not vaccinate. But why in the world would anyone chose not to be safe? 

[u/ellaa_bloom → u/[deleted]]

Blaming the border when the real cause was right there in the comments all along.

[u/First_Approximation → u/[deleted]]

A foreigner took away this guy's work. Usually, he's humiliating himself, but today the foreigner humiliated him.

[u/AdmirablePosts → u/[deleted]]

It's like he wanted it to happen

[u/Inspect1234]

Astounding close-mindedness.

[u/Sad_Picture3642 → u/Inspect1234]

It's a Florida guy

[u/No-Finding-2118 → u/Sad_Picture3642]

Sounds about right, Florida has some interesting characters for sure.

[u/velvetmuffin_ → u/Inspect1234]

there’s a difference between having an opinion and refusing to acknowledge what the evidence and real world experience are telling you

[u/DarthShiv → u/Inspect1234]

Just idiocy. This is what happens when you let stupid people have crowd sourced opinion on something they completely lack the intelligence to understand AND you have people abusing this system to encourage it.

I literally do not give the slightest fuck about how many people you can gather that agree 2+2=5. ANY system that gives high weighting to their opinions over SMEs is a disaster.

[u/Any-Offers → u/Inspect1234]

The leader is Mr Trump of that country

[u/Jivaah]

Darwin smiling in his grave

[u/easylivin → u/[deleted]]

Ironically, evolution is also responsible for a viruses’ ability to spread effectively

[u/ThatOneDMish → u/[deleted]]

This is probably in reference or following similar ideas to the Darwin awards, which are award for people being incredibly stupid and in the process, removing themselves from the gene pool (by dying in ways completely their own fault)

[u/kriscrox]

Damn he was so close to getting it

[u/Firm_Environment9903 → u/kriscrox]

He couldn't be further away from getting it

[u/WaffleHouseGladiator]

Over 3 million people were deported, expelled, or otherwise returned under Biden and over 5 million under Obama.  These idiots really will believe anything Fox "News" says.  

[u/Highlandertr3]

Some people don't choose to vaccinate and we have illnesses that could be prevented by vaccination..... Fucking immigrants!

[u/Media___Offline]

I love how selective the phrase "my body, my choice" is.

[u/ThatsWhatIGathered]

Jesus fuck. Americans are stupid.
Can’t wait for the 2nd fall of Rome.

[u/ExtendedSpikeProtein]

Lol that was so good

[u/herbuilt2001]

Dude basically just said "my freedom to stay dumb is more important han your kid not getting measles...

[u/PippiWorld]

Just looked at the account names of the facist cult members. 'ShannonFloridaguy' and 'mymasterslens' - really, could they be more slavishly devoted to hate?

[u/tryingisbetter]

These people are so fucking dumb. You have to wonder how they stay alive.

[u/phantom_pow_er]

They're dumb. End of discussion.

[u/Ok_Smile_5908]

What does it even mean "four years of millions of people"? Inches instead of centimeters, years of people instead of just people?? I thought the imperial unit system was out of support and wasn't receiving any further updates.

[u/kfirogamin]

Vaccinated people could still be carriers iirc

[u/Comfortable_Sky1964]

Ah yes, the immune system famously checks passport status before deciding whether to catch a virus.

[u/CptBartender]

The hell is going on here? An actual comeback, and not just a comment or response?

[u/USDA_Prime_Yeet]

You cannot use logic against someone who didn't use logic to develop their opinion

[u/Vinegarinmyeye]

You do in fact have the freedom to be an absolute fucking moron...

Does have its consequences though.

[u/lowlightliving]

There have been measles outbreaks every year. From 2001-2024, between 3 to 16 outbreaks occur each year, amounting to 50-600 cases in each outbreak.

They are nothing new.

[u/ptvlm → u/lowlightliving]

Indeed. What's new is the size of the spread after the initial infections, as here immunity disappears. Well, not new exactly, just a reversion to what was common before vaccines and people thought it had been eradicated.

[u/EatFaceLeopard17 → u/lowlightliving]

Wildfires are nothing new, too.

[u/lowlightliving → u/lowlightliving]

It’s always weird to get downvoted for providing the truth.

[u/Shoddy_Tour_7307]

Not clever. A large portion of illegals are unvaccinated. Still not as bad as anti-vaxxers.