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Re:The Norway Model: How the Scandinavian country became a l... by hilux on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @04:35AM (#38528666)
Check out the tsunami of white American kids refusing to get even the most basic vaccines (because Jesus) ... polio and other long-forgotten diseases are about to make a big comeback.

NY Times had a big story about this.

"Insane" doesn't do it justice. We need new words.

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Re:The Norway Model: How the Scandinavian country became a l... by vidarh on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @05:04AM (#38528892)
> "Insane" doesn't do it justice. We need new words.

Norwegian has another US-inspired term for crazy: "Helt Texas" ("completely Texas") [1]

(Though to be fair, that is mostly used for a hyperbolic allusion to the Hollywood version of the wild west, and translating it as something being "wild west" would perhaps better carry the meaning, but I still find it funny)

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/2...

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Re:The Norway Model: How the Scandinavian country became a l... by DeathArrow on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @05:23AM (#38529084)
>Check out the tsunami of white American kids refusing to get even the most basic vaccines (because Jesus)

There's no need to be racist.

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Re:The Norway Model: How the Scandinavian country became a l... by hilux on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @11:35AM (#38546143)
MENTIONING race is not racist.

Being white, voting for Trump, and claiming a Christian-evangelical religious exemption is core to these vaccine objectors' identity.

If you're American and you don't know this, you should definitely read one of many article about this trend. Because it is about to kill many people.

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