• GiddyGap@lemm.ee
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    9 days ago

    Quite the difference from how half the US population reacted to a Covid vaccine. The power of political propaganda and social media conspiracy theories.

    • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      And how those same people are cheering about Captain Brainworm’s intentions to discontinue the polio vaccine.

      Behold the power of mass lead poisoning. We truly live in the most stupid timeline.

      • tempest@lemmy.ca
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        I think this is just the US returning to its pre super power roots. More and more it seems like the last 80 years were seen exception and now they are returning back to where they were before the world wars.

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          9 days ago

          The rise of the middle class in the 50s has definitely been proven to be an anomaly in our history.

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        9 days ago

        (edit: I think I misunderstood your comment so deleting my comment which wouldn’t have made sense)

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      9 days ago

      I think if COVID was leaving people paralyzed it would never have been what it became. The fallout from COVID was bad but maybe not bad enough.

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        I remember semi trailers being used as morgue extensions at hospitals. Every ventilator in the nation being claimed. People rasping out a good bye over FaceTime before going on a ventilator to probably die. It claimed a million people and the only reason that isn’t the official number is because Trump and the GOP refused to count the bodies.

        It was absolutely bad enough. But humans are capable of great self deception.