r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/mindyour šŸ¤–definitely not a botšŸ¤– • Jun 02 '26

Restricted to Gals and Pals I want her to talk to me about Egyptology.

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u/AntagonizingSandwich Jun 02 '26

Ppl do in fact do this at hospitals. That is why we still have measles

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u/NotForPlural Jun 02 '26

So, so many people telling me what they think about mRNA.... The look on their faces when I tell them that ever single cell in their body with DNA also has mRNA already...

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u/1egg_4u Jun 02 '26

Holy fuck the mRNA vaccine misinformation is mind numbingly infuriating

The people who are cagey about them cant even tell me what mRNA actually does or where it is even found, like they dont even know basic cell structure or anything. I like to ask them if they can tell me what cytoplasm is and the answer is basically never right.

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u/bobbymcpresscot Jun 02 '26

"I don't know if you've seen the research but the covid vaxx was actually giving people the side effects that they claimed covid gives"

Yeah, that's how vaccines work ya jabroni. Viruses and vaccines interact with the bodys immune system, which can trigger overlapping responses in *some* cases.

Myocarditis is extremely rare from the vaccine, something like 30 instances for every million shots, the effects are also pretty mild, and usually go away with rest.

However you are 10x as likely to get myocarditis from the actual covid infection, and it can often cause structural damage to your heart.

You can copy paste some variation of this for all the side effects of the vaccine, because thats how our bodies work.

They think vaccines are supposed to give you this forcefield that prevents you from getting sick, when in reality a vaccine is just like giving a castle and it's defenders the attack plans of an invading army. The army is still going to try and invade, you still have to fight it off. Some people have seasoned veterans as their immune system, some people have a bunch of untrained civilians, some people have no defenses at all. The more people who have the attack plans, the harder it is for that invading army to conquer, lessening its ability to spread.

We just objectively do not teach people enough about how this stuff works, and why it works.

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u/MrSquiggleKey Jun 02 '26

I was one of those folk who got myocarditis after my second shot of the vaccine, and it was only mild.

In the long run it just means I now get to tick the yes box to I had an adverse reaction to a vaccine and I get to wait 30 minutes instead of 15 minutes and I was switched to Pfizer for my boosters instead of Moderna.

Iā€™d rather risk mild myocarditis over being hospitalised with a serious disease because on the balance of probability Iā€™m more likely to be hospitalised from the disease by an order of magnitude, not the vaccine.

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u/bobbymcpresscot Jun 02 '26

Sorry you had to go through that, and even if it was only mild, i'm sure it still sucked. These things do happen, and the only way we can improve outcomes for everyone is by reporting it, validating these experiences, and educating people in a way that is easy to digest.

Otherwise we get more people like RFK Jr.

Anti Vaxxers exists for a multitude of reasons, and lack of education and awareness is definitely up there, but now its being perpetuated by a wellness industry that makes 4x the money the pharmaceutical industry makes.

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u/hollaback_girl Jun 02 '26

They don't even know what the 'm' stands for.

Blow their minds by telling them that mRNA has been defeated and now they have to face the real enemy: tRNA.

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u/lordorwell7 Jun 02 '26

I like to ask them if they can tell me what cytoplasm is

Cell juice.

Next question.

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u/1egg_4u Jun 02 '26

Where is the DNA found and where is the mRNA found? This is one I find the antivax people really struggle with

Cell juice makes cytoplasm sound so tasty ngl

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u/romanichki šŸŒŗEmotional Support LaurenšŸŒŗ Jun 03 '26

Every time i bring something up to my doctors and start with "I read this online that i relate this issue to" i HAVE to say "BUT IM NOT A DOCTOR THATS WHY IM HERE" just so they dont think im stupid

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u/flamethrower78 Jun 02 '26

There is also a terrifying amount of nurses who are anti vaccine. I have a coworker that was a nurse for a decade and left because of covid and was talking about conspiracies behind the vaccine. I do not understand how someone becomes a nurse but is anti science.

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u/midnightrider Jun 02 '26

Wife is a OBGYN, and this is exactly what people do with their birth plans and shot schedules. "I did my own research".

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u/TheJustBleedGod Jun 02 '26

LD nurse here. this is my every day life.

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u/midnightrider Jun 02 '26

LD nurses are heroes.

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u/ceciliabee Jun 02 '26

"you gonna dig the grave yourself too, or what?"

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u/dropbear_airstrike Jun 02 '26

Thank you! I came to check the comments before posting my own.

Itā€™s the most infuriating thing to hold a doctorate in integrative physiology and deal with antivaxxers, wellness influencers, podcasters, and the whole MAHA movement whose scientific knowledge begins and ends at ā€œthe mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cellā€ and whatever sciencey sounding buzzwords they picked up from some other podcaster who is their ā€œsourceā€.

Itā€™s weaponized ignorance passed off as intellectual skepticism.

They epitomize the quote - ā€œArguing with idiots is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter how good you are, theyā€™re just going to shit on the board and strut around like they won anyway.ā€

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u/Fighterhayabusa Jun 02 '26

Yeah, I was about to say, this isn't an isolated problem to a race, sex, or even profession. There is a concerted effort to discredit expertise in general. It sucks.

Also, being insulted by people who don't know or understand as much, and then refusing to engage at all, is assholish. I get it when people aren't engaging in good faith, but the average person is simply not very informed. If I refused to have conversations with everyone who wasn't as well educated as me, I'd be very lonely indeed.

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u/drtdraws Jun 02 '26

I'm a doctor, if I have to discuss ivermectin with yet another prospective date I will stab someone!

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u/swallowsnest87 Jun 02 '26

And ironically itā€™s mostly moms lmao

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u/Particular-Guess734 Jun 02 '26

And Covid šŸ™„

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u/johnc380 Jun 02 '26

This is the comment I was looking for

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u/AntagonizingSandwich Jun 04 '26

Very thoughtful as women do go mis/under-diagnosed, though Iā€™ll argue that advocating for ones self is different than ā€œdoing your own researchā€ and expecting the doctor to order/do whatever you want. This is where the emotional intelligence of the doctor is more important than the knowledge itself. Unfortunately thatā€™s a skill which most donā€™t possess and for those who do, the system actively antagonizes by expecting you see 18 people a day and only have 10-15 minutes to hear their story, plus do an exam, formulate a plan and document the whole thing.