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I just learned 37% of Americans fear vaccinating their dog will cause the dog to develop autism. ๐Ÿ˜ (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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I read a news story about a guy who died from rabies after receiving a kidney transplant. Although nobody was aware when he died, the donor of the kidney had contracted rabies after being scratched by a skunk several weeks before he died and his organs were harvested.

I got curious about how the donor got scratched by the skunk, but instead only found this article from August, which informed me that the U.S. has a rabies outbreak, and has more deaths from rabies in the last year than several previous years...

Not sure if people were already talking about this outbreak, and I just missed it? It's been a bit of a weird year, and there's been a lot of crazy shit to keep up with.

Anyway, this is also how I ended up reading the sentence informing me some people are worried dogs are getting autism from vaccines.

Outbreaks of rabies seem to be rising across the U.S., CDC surveillance shows

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[โ€“] 6 points 11 months ago* (5 children)

Or instead of raising the voting question (also known as non-democracy, only-whites-can-vote etc), maybe better agree on the importance of accessible education. Such as, a well funded school system, free or cheap non-corporate universities etc.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Yeah that all would be great but people are uneducated -> regressive populists get voted in -> cut education because rhey want people dumb to vote for them -> repeat cycle.

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  • [โ€“] -5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    but people are uneducated

    So you're not? OK, as you say.

    I'm not subscribing to such statements, personally. I see varying levels of education around, and I see my job as educating when I can, learning when I can.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child)

    So you're not? OK, as you say.

    Way to mischaracterise. I never claimed anything about myself. Bu I do know one thing. I would not vote for people who campaign on reducing education access.

    My main point was the negative feedback loop. If you have enough people uneducated to get into power people who slash education budgets, it makes it very hard to restore those and make education more accessible.

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