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Measles cases are surging in Europe and the US. This is what the anti-vax conspiracy theory has brought us (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/collapse@slrpnk.net
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It’s probably the most depressing conspiracy theory there is, not because the impacts are so much graver than some cranks who believe the Earth to be flat, but because vaccination is the most concrete proof of how much we rely on one another’s care and rationality. That’s true beyond disease – we also need each other for democracy, science, culture, civic life and everything – but in no other area can you see that, count it and put it on a graph.

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[–] 7 points 1 year ago

Vaccinations are the greatest gift by humanity to humanity- and we manage to fuck it up.

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    [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    The most controversial thing about anti-vax people is their conservatism and devotion to the traditions that came from their ancestors. Those ancestors who just a couple of centuries ago were ready to pay huge amounts of money for the opportunity to get vaccinated because they understood the danger of these diseases 😵‍💫

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    [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I feel awful for the next generations (however few there may be left)... Science has done us so many favors and this is how it gets repaid.

    The lengths stupid people will go to think they're right ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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