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IronLionZion

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8. Make Preventable Deaths Great Again

Reply to swag (Original post)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 01:05 PM

Dec 13

so stupid and unnecessary

Polio was close to eradication. The last wild case anywhere in the Americas was in the 1990s. The only countries where it is still circulating are Afghanistan, Pakistan, and some war-torn areas like Gaza. Let's not go backwards.

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Kennedy's Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine [View all] swag Dec 13 OP

Maybe Kennedy can save trump the trouble Turbineguy Dec 13 #1

And the stupidity begins/continues. republianmushroom Dec 13 #2

The Stupid! GB_RN Dec 13 #4

It kills, too! (BTW) dchill Dec 13 #23

On What Grounds? GB_RN Dec 13 #3

I have an Internet address. You know, because they can't put anything on the internet that's not true. Ray Bruns Dec 13 #16

my God, I remember the doctor's waiting room filled... mike_c Dec 13 #5

I got mine while in grade school from the school nurse. Every kid got it from the same syringe. Pre sugar cube LiberalArkie Dec 13 #20

Schools in Long Beach, CA opened vaccine 'clinics' to ALL family members, in the evenings, when I was a kid there Attilatheblond Dec 13 #31

To be historically correct he needs to have the SmallPox vaccine banned. LiberalArkie Dec 13 #32

Jonas Salk will go from hero status to public enemy number 1 in the history books via RFK Jr andym Dec 13 #6

I've wondered if the Kennedy name will be forever tarnished. BadgerMom Dec 13 #14

It's always been tarnished Kev80 Dec 13 #19

No...because people are smart enough to know that IDIOT is a Kennedy in name only Bengus81 Dec 13 #27

These bastards deserve to wake up as ventilator-dependent quadriplegics Girard442 Dec 13 #7

No, if they live like that for many years, it means we are paying AllyCat Dec 13 #12

Make Preventable Deaths Great Again IronLionZion Dec 13 #8

Great we get polio back and a healthcare system that is for profit and no government help for people kimbutgar Dec 13 #9

To make America great again IronLionZion Dec 13 #11

Not much. Mr.Bill Dec 13 #13

CEOs could double insurance rates and make a killing. Irish_Dem Dec 13 #28

Unlike corporations, Sideshow Bobby CAN be sued for murder Wild blueberry Dec 13 #10

Trump would just pardon him. Irish_Dem Dec 13 #29

Giving a special thanks here to Moscow Mitch City Lights Dec 13 #15

Jonas Salk Kev80 Dec 13 #17

Idiot. byronius Dec 13 #18

There would be absolutely no downside to RFKJ dying in agony Orrex Dec 13 #21

F Bobby. area51 Dec 13 #22

so the kennedy lawyer is as fucking crazy as "bobby" is nt orleans Dec 13 #24

Polio will go away when it warms up........n/t Bengus81 Dec 13 #25

My brother had polio as a kid maptap22 Dec 13 #26

Yep...with a sugar cube for myself and my family. Parents were taking NO chances back then Bengus81 Dec 13 #30

That's right it was a sugar cube maptap22 Dec 14 #33