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Re:Social contagions can cause genuine illness, and TikTok m... by kelipso on Sunday January 08, 2023 @12:37PM (#34301123)
Well you don't need to have had covid or someone you know to have had it to take the usual precautionary steps to avoid it.
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Re:Social contagions can cause genuine illness, and TikTok m... by kbos87 on Sunday January 08, 2023 @12:50PM (#34301262)
The difference between the two things being mountains of evidence about the risk one, and little reputable evidence about the risk of the other.
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Re:Social contagions can cause genuine illness, and TikTok m... by kelipso on Sunday January 08, 2023 @08:13PM (#34305484)
Reputable being the key word here, where their reputation is based in how well their science adheres to the popular discourse among the intelligentsia.
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Re:Social contagions can cause genuine illness, and TikTok m... by antifa on Sunday January 08, 2023 @03:55PM (#34303000)
Maybe you actually do? Lots of people hurt themselves taking livestock medicine.
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Re:Social contagions can cause genuine illness, and TikTok m... by kelipso on Sunday January 08, 2023 @08:12PM (#34305474)
Guess they shouldn't have taken the vaccines either.
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