• Alteon@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    Oh, the irony…you’ve managed to out yourself as not even having read the article. But go you for managing to try and shit on the subject.

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      22 hours ago

      I read it. It’s a politically slanted article trying to link a TB outbreak with anti-vaxxers and magats, implying it happened because people refused to get vaccinated against TB, implying that the TB vaccine is even recommended or routinely given in the US, WHICH IT ISN’T, which I explained in my post with links to reliable sources backing up my statements.

      You apparently didn’t read either the article or my post, or maybe just didn’t understand them. If you think I said something incorrect, state what it was and back up your statement.

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        20 hours ago

        this has nothing to do with any maga anti-vaccine laws. Although this outbreak is in Kansas, the TB vaccine is not used in the US, not even in blue states, except in rare special cases.

        Mate. It literally explains in the article that:

        • Tuberculosis vaccine is not mandatory and hasn’t been required for almost 20 years.
        • That the controversy around COVID vaccination and the laws they pushed validating those imaginary fears made people fearful of vaccines, and by proxy, basic preventative healthcare.

        The whole point of the article was to point out that the unintended consequences of pushing laws and regulations built on fear have harmful repercussions - i.e. you now have a population that thinks COVID isn’t that bad, that won’t wear masks, isolate, or go to the doctors…in the middle of an outbreak that is extremely similar to COVID.