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'You're fine. You're vaccinated': Anti-vax Fox News host goes dead silent after co-host calls her out for vaccine status (www.dailydot.com)

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[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 229 points 3 years ago (48 children)

They are still going on about the vaccine??

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[–] ZeroCool@feddit.ch [S] 124 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (7 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.

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[+] railsdev@programming.dev 28 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago (3 children)

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

Trash the planet.

[skates away]

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[–] crashoverride@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Then you might like mine, lol

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[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

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

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[–] crashoverride@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago

Also cereal killer, Nikon, and master of diaster

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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago

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

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[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 7 points 3 years ago

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

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[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 82 points 3 years ago (33 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.

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[–] MartinXYZ@sh.itjust.works 45 points 3 years ago (1 child)

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.

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[–] msage@programming.dev 13 points 3 years 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.

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[–] polle@feddit.de 30 points 3 years ago (21 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.

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[–] ObiGynKenobi@lemm.ee 13 points 3 years ago (15 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.

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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

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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[–] whome@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 years ago

That's pretty cool.

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[+] cheesemonk@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (4 children)

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[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

They fall over themselves denying it still. "Last winter sure was cold, no climate change here!"

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[+] cheesemonk@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

I bet it's from Republicans sucking dick under the stalls but they'll never admit to it

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[–] ObiGynKenobi@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago

They'd be quicker to believe that tbh. Anything that lets them shirk all accountability for their own actions and justify their bigotry. Your facts << their feelings because skydaddy told them they're special and he's got it all under control.

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[–] RedBaronHarkonnen@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (7 children)

Polarized. Two nearly identical people can easily be convinced to hate each other over all sorts of silly nonsense because of what media they choose to consume.

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[–] ObiGynKenobi@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (6 children)

Nah, if you're so unhinged that you're making death threats simply because someone referenced objective and observable scientific facts that your warped fairy tale reality doesn't let you accept, there's no "once you cut through all your regressive, batshit beliefs, we're really the same". There's no reasoning with them because the delusion (e.g. "owning the libs") is their whole identity.

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[–] RedBaronHarkonnen@lemm.ee -1 points 3 years ago* (5 children)

Thank you for the example of someone dehumanizing other people.

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[–] ObiGynKenobi@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (4 children)

How's the view from your high horse?

I've learned that trying to take the high road with people that revel in bigotry and corruption is a fruitless endeavor. I'm done being naive and giving them the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps that's because I live in the real world and actually deal with these people, rather than the pontificating about the intellectual concept of these people.

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[–] RedBaronHarkonnen@lemm.ee -1 points 3 years ago (3 children)

You are interesting. Go ahead and doubledown on hatred. Thanks. Have a great day!

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[–] ObiGynKenobi@lemm.ee 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Speaking of interesting, you should read up on the paradox of tolerance. It's very enlightening stuff! Thanks for sharing your perspective!

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[–] RedBaronHarkonnen@lemm.ee 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

You should learn empathy.

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[–] ObiGynKenobi@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago

You should learn the difference between lacking empathy and reserving it for people that aren't bigots.

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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago

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

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[–] jasondj@ttrpg.network 5 points 3 years 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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[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago

That's just any day ending with the letter y in parts of America, must notably in Florida.

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[+] IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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[–] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago

Oh please please do you have a link or a name that i can google?

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[+] FontMasterFlex@lemmy.world -55 points 3 years ago (8 children)

Just because someone's against THIS "vaccine" doesn't mean they are an 'antivaxxer'. Lumping everyone together for one view is dangerous.

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[–] Goblin_Mode@ttrpg.network 39 points 3 years ago (6 children)

Yes it does.

There is literally nothing of substance behind the claims that "this one is different" it's the exact same argument from the exact same unreliable sources. Literally the ONLY difference is that this vaccine was made controversal by American politics.

If you are against the covid vaccine then you are an anti-vaxxer, whether you realize it or not.

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[+] DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world -11 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (5 children)

That's not strictly true.

This was the first FDA-approved mRNA vaccine, so it is "different".

Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is the first mRNA product to achieve full FDA approval in the U.S.

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[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Technically correct, but that doesn't mean it's any less safe by all accounts.

https://www.vumc.org/viiii/infographics/how-does-mrna-vaccine-compare-traditional-vaccine

https://www.pfizer.com/news/articles/what_makes_an_rna_vaccine_different_from_a_conventional_vaccine

https://healthcare.utah.edu/coronavirus/vaccine/mrna-vaccine

I imagine you're not actually against the Vaccine, just pointing out the factual truth that it is indeed different then prior vaccines, however that doesn't on it's own make it unsafe.

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[–] DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world -4 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

I never said (or even implied) it was less safe, only that saying it's no different than previous vaccines is not true.

You're putting words in my mouth

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[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

I agreed with you?

Even said, "I imagine you're not against the vaccine" because you were getting down voted because people are weird about facts that sound like something a nut would say even if factually true.

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[–] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee -1 points 3 years ago

You're technically correct so I don't understand the downvotes, you most obviously didn't imply anything else. Love the mrna technology, went out of my way to get vaccinated during pregnancy (because Germany was a bit slow with that), literally worked on Covid, Anti-Covid meds and mRNA in the lab, and you'll have my upvote. You're the best kind of correct after all. Don't get discouraged.

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[–] SCB@lemmy.world -2 points 3 years ago*

Most people here do not have fully functioning brains and cannot distinguish someone being correct from someone blathering nonsense.

Upvotes and downvotes are purely based on whether or not your vibes match their expectations.

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[–] Staccato@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago

The thing is, there are several vaccines for covid available worldwide.

I've never heard an anti-"THIS"-vaccine person ever say "I just don't want to use mRNA so I want the J&J vaccine" or anything of that nature.

All I ever heard was lies, pretending covid wasn't severe or that ivermectin is a protective or that there's 5G magnetism in the vaccine.

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[–] Maslo@lemmy.world 25 points 3 years ago (4 children)

checks Russel Brands YouTube

Yeah....yeah they are

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[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 years ago (3 children)

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

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[–] CeeBee@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

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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[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago

Still trying to find relevance. It's a hard gig.

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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

I thought that was Russell Howard for a second and kinda chocked. I could believe it, too, nothing is sacred anymore! Lol

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[+] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago

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