All a distraction from the Epstein files
this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2026
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The core problem with all this anti-vax bullshit, is that Vaccines worked..and they worked too well.
We have entire generations now that have never seen the terrible consequences of Polio, Smallpox, Measels (Although thats quickly changing, Go America! /s), or any other disease thats been eliminated (at least at one point.. Go America! /s) from popular concern and conscious.
and as a result, they have no idea what crippling horrors that they have been, and are actively, protected from.
and because humans are, generally, stupid and irrational and a lot of them lack the capability to think about anything beyond what they can see within 3 feet around them, they scream about the vaccines and call them evil because they have absolute no experience with the alternative, which is the diseases themselves.
True for peace time as well. Very few people arguing for war has actually ever seen combat.
Yep. In this case: rules are written in blood, yet some people forget why they are here in the first place.
Only to inevitably find out "holy shit, now i get it"
Yep.. its the same with almost all regulations, too.
You know, those pesky things conservatives and big business say stifle innovation and reduce money making.
and its true, they reduce innovation and reduce money making.. because it stops them from cheaply dumping toxic waste in drinking water, then innovatively selling us filters to clean out the toxic waste.
It stops them from innovating by putting powdered chalk in spoiled milk to whiten it back up, to save profits from loss and sell what would have been losses to the public.
It stops them from mixing coal dust in pepper.
It forces them to provide safety equipment to workers, and cover injuries caused on the job, rather than innovating by letting workers get black lung and be fired once they can no longer work, to die miserable deaths.
Regulations are to the benefit of workers, customers, and the general public. Which is why conservatives and big business hate them, because keeping the public safe and having healthy markets means taking a small portion of money away from million/billionaires.
Don’t forget scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, puerperal fever, and the plague!