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BidenRocks

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9. The Rules Of Society

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Sep 8, 2025, 09:58 PM

Sep 8

Things we do to get along in the world.

We did the 'No Vaccine' thing. Remember Columbus? How about the Aztecs getting killed by new diseases. Native Americans? Smallpox?

Every explorer killed the people they met.

Let's do that again!

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Florida surgeon general says decision to end school vaccine requirements wasn't based on data [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sep 8 OP

So in short, boonecreek Sep 8 #1

We're going to have to go way down this road before antivax dumb fucks experience regret. maxsolomon Sep 8 #2

They won't have time to experience regret, mwmisses4289 Sep 8 #12

The residents of Florida will face a steep learning curve. Irish_Dem Sep 8 #3

Don't hold yer breath mdbl Sep 9 #15

Their ignorance and immorality may be their downfall. Irish_Dem Sep 9 #16

But FloriDUH is also extremely short..... SergeStorms Sep 9 #30

So if they don't report that bad news, it doesn't exist. Irish_Dem Sep 9 #31

Republican "alternative facts" at their finest. SergeStorms Sep 11 #34

Are abortion rights bodily autonomy? Marthe48 Sep 8 #4

Isn't Matthew28 Sep 8 #5

Right on! Marthe48 Sep 8 #6

That was my first thought.. weird ideas about "bodily autonomy"! slightlv Sep 8 #11

What about my childrens' and my right to not be exposed to easily preventable diseases (for most of these) progree Sep 8 #7

They don't care Rebl2 Sep 8 #8

They are too damn uneducated to understand infectious diseases. Walleye Sep 9 #27

The Rules Of Society BidenRocks Sep 8 #9

At one time, Florida had the strongest and most comprehensive vaccine insurance coverage mandates yellowdogintexas Sep 8 #10

Yeah, no shit . . . hatrack Sep 8 #13

Start ordering iron lungs in about a year...polio will be comeback player of the year JT45242 Sep 9 #14

Iron lungs have been replaced with modern ventilators womanofthehills Sep 9 #22

Yeah, we know. Republicans--least of all in 2025--never base their decisions on data. They base them on spite and Karasu Sep 9 #17

Evidently it won"t affect private schools Old Crank Sep 9 #18

There is no right to spread disease ninjanurse Sep 9 #19

Except for guns, of course. Endanger away! travelingthrulife Sep 9 #24

Children died of religion ninjanurse Sep 9 #20

I remember having to tell a young woman that her Jehovah's Witness brother travelingthrulife Sep 9 #25

"Florida surgeon general says decision to end school vaccine requirements wasn't based on data" Ray Bruns Sep 9 #21

This fool needs to lose his license. travelingthrulife Sep 9 #23

I wonder if private schools in Florida have implemented their own vaccine protocol Walleye Sep 9 #26

When he said that kacekwl Sep 9 #28

Harvard educated. Pfftt. I'm 74 and a retired nurse practitioner. I spent most of my adult life... 3catwoman3 Sep 9 #29

No kidding, dickhead. Aristus Sep 9 #32

"Fuck people who actually know what they're talking about! Whenever I'm sick, struggle4progress Sep 9 #33