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[–] 99 points 7 months ago (16 children)

The curse of vaccines is that they're victims of their own success. They are so successful in fact that people forget why we need them in the first place. That's why we unfortunately need a control group.

Thankfully some people volunteer for that role ...

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago (8 children)

    I feel like the antivaxxers are more concentrated in the developed north because of privileges; from having better access to healthcare, better economy, and less prevalence of deadlier diseases because of colder climate. So they get treatment more easily if they need one, and don't see nasty diseases. Meanwhile, the global south tend to believe more in vaccinations because diseases in warmer climate are more common and deadlier.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    yeah there's definitely a correlation between temperature and diseases/infection.

    it's well known for example that the Thai and Spanish people all eat very spicy food because it disinfects the body from the inside out. Which reduces diseases. That only works for bacteria though, not viruses.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (5 children)

    :o
    I never even thought of that.
    See, mom? I've been collecting ulcers for good reason!

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (4 children)

    ? what do ulcers have to do with it?

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    It was a joke, but the joke was that capsaicin causes ulcers.

    It's actually a common myth, it seems. Whoops. :p

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    I don't know what word I want to use. Not unintelligent, not really dumb or ignorant (although the people who blindly follow others who tell them they're bad are), stupid? But at the top it seems like there's people saying this stuff who are seemingly none of those. Malignant, I guess?

    Either way, people need to realize how important vaccines are.

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    I'm not from the states. But merely questioning the motives of whoever is starting these disinformation campaigns. Vaccines work and keep people safe. Bottom line. No one can successfully argue the contrary.

    Are you doing okay?

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  • [–] 53 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    I know a couple of anti-vax people who won’t take or get any vaccine, but they will happily buy unregulated dick pills from china.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    Wait you know more than one anti-vaxxer and they all/both order dick pills, what are the odds.

    Also, they don’t just sell them in the pharmacy like in the UK?

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    AFAIK, Cialis and Viagra (and their generics) are prescription only. So you can't just have a discussion with the pharmacist to get those.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

    There's often pills you can buy that contain those or similar compounds. Literally gas station boner pills. At least in my country the government is pretty good at finding/seizing them and releasing notices about it (if you look).

    Edit: Just to make sure, do not buy these. They're not regulated and can cause serious side effects. Go to your doctor if you need something like this.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Some of those illegal gas station pills cause priapism (erection for a dangerously long period of time), which could permanently destroy your ability to get an erection in the future if not treated.

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  • [–] 78 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Poor things, give them some homeopathic placebo at least

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  • [–] 43 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I can’t describe how many patients I see in an average week who are taking homeopathic stuff for their dental diseases and ask me hopefully if it’s working. No, magic toxin water has not cured your gingivitis or rebuilt your cavitated tooth.

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  • [–] 58 points 7 months ago (15 children)

    Sadly, the stupid tend to breed prolifically, and anti-vax idiots often have a gaggle of spawn, and are keen to whelp more litters as the others die from perfectly preventable diseases

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  • [–] 34 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I think about that often. The people who have the most kids are generally the ones who can’t afford them and have a harder time providing extra-curricular activities or those with more extreme religious beliefs who may opt out of scientific education. If your average Mormon has 3-4 kids and your average astrophysicist has 1-2, the population trend must eventually follow.

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  • [–] 21 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Of course they have many kids. They need to in order to survive their genes.

    Many of their kids never reach adulthood.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    In 1st world countries I don't think that's true at all...to the point where I'll say you're flat out wrong. At least for many, many years that hasn't been the case.

    Can't comment about less fortunate countries though.

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  • [–] -5 points 7 months ago (3 children)
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    A bullshit religious outfit?

    Fuck off with that crap.

    That has all the credibility of one of Trump's crayon drawings

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  • [–] -3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    That was just the first hit I got from DuckDuckGo. Look it up yourself and find whatever resource you trust, other than your gut feelings.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    Something reputable

    If you want to be taken seriously, don't just link the first thing you see

    Especially if it's from a bunch of religious dipshits.

    There are opinions, and then there are qualified opinions

    Maybe I'm showing my age, but you really put in the minimum of effort by your own admission, and obviously didn't read the article to which you linked

    I don't think you're stupid

    I think you're lazy.

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  • [–] 43 points 7 months ago (14 children)

    Not making a choice, is a choice.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    I'll never forget that woman i saw on tinder quite frequently who had a bunch of low to high key antivax stuff on her profile. One was a picture of her when she was on a antivax demo with a lot of other people and she was holding a sign that said something like: we don't follow the masses... While following a mass of people, quite literally

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (11 children)

    A comma is grammatically incorrect in that context.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (10 children)

    It was a deliberate choice. I like the pause.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (9 children)

    I don't like the use of commas to signify pauses. Commas are better for grammatical structure in my opinion. Better to use an ellipsis (…), or an em dash (—). My two cents.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I used both of those elements often, when I feel they express whatever I've trying to say. I wanted a slight pause between the two clauses, and felt the comma did that better that your suggestions, which indicate longer pauses.

    It's not "grammatically incorrect," it's just one alternative approach.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (5 children)

    How do you feel about semicolons

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (4 children)

    I welcome them when they make grammatical sense. 🙂 I'm also partial as I'm a developer by trade.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (3 children)

    I, as an avid reader, have always tried to depend on semicolons; for when sentences have ended but deserve the epilogue.

    Approved?

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    Agreed, but somehow your use of it here still feels off. Like it isn't necessary at all right there; at least that's how I feel. The thing that comes after the semicolon needs to be able to stand on its own. Or use it when counting: Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries; flour, sugar, and cereal; milk, and cream.

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  • [–] 20 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    We should thank the antivaxxers. There was a suspicion for years that vaccines over age 60 reduce the incidence of neurodegenerative diseases but due to high uptake, a control group was not obvious, nor ethical to impose.

    Now, the control group has appeared and vaccines, especially Shingrex, lower Alzheimer incidence by 20-30%.

    In fact, vaccines work far better than the last two FDA approved antibody therapies for dementia costing $26000 a year.

    This was a very promising route to prevent neurodegenerative diseases but Trump ironically cut all this research in 2025. So he'll die of literal brain rot, because Tony Fauci make him feel inferior.

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago

    Well, their kids are. They, no doubt, were vaccinated by their parents.

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