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[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 228 points 1 year ago (4 children)

They are still going on about the vaccine??

[–] ZeroCool@feddit.ch 123 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

The CDC just recommended a new round of boosters for everyone the other day. And as expected, conservative media is melting down about it again. But even beyond that, they’ve been getting back into “COVID temper tantrum” mode for about a week or so now that we're moving into the fall.

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I came for the discussion, I stayed for the username.

Trash the planet.

[skates away]

[–] crashoverride@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then you might like mine, lol

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes! Just need Acid Burn and the whole gang will be here. Crash&Burn

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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Oh, thanks for the heads up that the Omicron vaccine is available now! Will schedule it and a flu shot this weekend.

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 7 points 1 year ago

Well at least I can commend Faux News for their consistency.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 82 points 1 year ago (11 children)

I miss the days when antivaxxers were just a source of amusement, like flat earthers. Now they seem to be everywhere and it's just sad.

[–] MartinXYZ@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was never amusing. Earlier it was "only" kids dying of the measles because their dumbass parents were antivaxxers. With COVID-19, it started affecting adults so that's why they get more attention. The public seems to be better able to tolerate children dying of preventable shit than adults.

[–] msage@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago

It was way less children than Covid has killed.

And it wasn't like nobody cared, those parents had to go out of their way to not vaccinate their children.

[–] polle@feddit.de 30 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Do want another level of insanity? Here in Germany, we got the news today that WEATHER TV persons get harrased by people that think there is no climate change and its just propaganda.

[–] ObiGynKenobi@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago (10 children)

There was a meteorologist in the US, in Nebraska iirc, that resigned a couple of months ago after receiving death threats for daring to mention climate change during his weather report. They're fucking unhinged.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In France, on one of the main channels (the public TV, something like 5 or 6 channels, one of which is 24h news), the weather is now called "climate news" and addresses frontally climate stuff, with a link where you can send questions that they answer on air (whether what they answer are real questions or not is left as an exercise to the reader).

Of course that ruffled some feathers with the lunatic fringe, but they stuck with it, which is nice.

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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Some weather people have shown a spherical Earth instead of a disc! Heathens!

[–] jasondj@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 year ago

Oh that’s been going on everywhere for a while.

For most people, the TV weatherman is legit the only scientist they know. Of course they’re gonna take it out on them.

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[–] Maslo@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

checks Russel Brands YouTube

Yeah....yeah they are

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Russel Brand turning into a conservative hack was not on my apocalypse bingo card.

[–] CeeBee@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to really like Russell Brand. Not to say I don't like him. I've never met him but from all accounts he seems to be a decent and caring person. But his recent weird ramblings are just... odd.

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[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 144 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They have to be vaccinated to keep working, despite the bullshit they peddle.

[–] ZeroCool@feddit.ch 104 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yep and the only people unaware of that mandatory vaccination requirement seem to be Fox News’ viewers. So I find this very amusing.

[–] flipht@kbin.social 27 points 1 year ago

That's the thing about everyone posting about publication of private fact...there's no private fact here.

It's been well publicized that Fox required all their employees to get vaccinated in order to continue there.

If she was there during that time, and she's still working, it's public knowledge that she's vaccinated.

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

"but, but, they have to be! Otherwise the man won't let them get the truth out to us. They're sacrificing themselves and conforming so we can get THE TRUTH"

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 89 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You are anti-vax because youre a paranoid conspiracy theorist.

I am anti-vax because I crave death.

straightens tie

We are not the same.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm antivax because I sell tiny coffins and business was slow

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

slaps roof of tiny coffin

"This bad boy can fit exactly one antivaxxer's kid..."

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (4 children)

There are nicer ways to go than covid. Like overzealous erotic asphyxiation. Get you a nice hunk to choke you to death.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

You offering? 👉👈

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[–] style99@kbin.social 60 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Venat0r@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago
[–] willsenior@lemm.ee 35 points 1 year ago

Well, "fine" is debatable when describing Jeanine Pirro

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

She had to get vaccinated to work there. Her job was more important than the "evil" vaccine I guess.

[–] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

DURRRRR ONLY LIBTURDS EAT THEIR OWN WHY CONSERVATIVE EAT SELF NO STEP ON SNEK OR EAT OR SNEK TAIL

DURRRR

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