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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by moralestapia on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:33AM (#45889297)
100% agree.

I don't blame anyone for not trusting the government. Anyone who's read (or lived) history and with a rational mind would scrutinize every single thing coming from them, particularly if their health is involved.

Another thing that doesn't help, but this is almost exclusively a memerican problem, is that people enjoy polarizing these issues to their absolute extremes. Things are either vantablack or HDR-white. And if you happen to be on the other end "you should die or go to prison".

Chill. It's OK to question things.

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by fabian2k on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:35AM (#45889335)
You don't have to trust the government. There are plenty of institutions that can explain the value of vaccinations. If you only distrust your own government, just look at the recommendations in other countries.
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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by 9rx on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:43AM (#45889461)
That's the problem, though. It is those other countries that the pro-nationalist movement, where a lot of this stems from, don't trust. Things like worldwide consensus on the need for vaccinations are seen as an attempt to subvert their own nation.
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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by gtirloni on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:35AM (#45889336)
So after all this scrutinizing, they come to the conclusion vaccines don't work? Like, we the vaccine experts doing web searches and trusting social media posts from unknowns? Not the people that actually do work with it like scientists? Super interesting conclusion.
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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by moralestapia on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:50AM (#45889561)
Oh la la.

I happen to have degrees and 15+ yoe doing Bioscience, a couple of those years in virology labs.

Find a better argument, bro. You can still edit your comment or something, lmao.

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by gtirloni on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @12:36PM (#45890317)
Have you come to the conclusion that vaccines don't work though? If not, what's even your point replying to me?
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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by moralestapia on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @04:10PM (#45892903)
>Have you come to the conclusion that vaccines don't work though?

Yes. The vast majority of them don't work or are more harmful than good. Hence why the need for clinical trials.

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by gtirloni on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @05:13PM (#45893600)
Of course, we're not talking about experimental vaccines in labs. I think it's pretty clear everyone here is talking about FDA-approved vaccines that reach the population. The fact you want to argue this shows a severe lack of reading comprehension.
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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by energy123 on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:39AM (#45889398)
The effectiveness of vaccines has nothing to do with what a government says or does.
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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by moralestapia on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @11:41AM (#45889422)
Made another comment so you can downvote me even more :).
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