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Marjorie Taylor Greene Promotes “Measles Parties” for Kids Amid Deadly Outbreaks (meidasnews.com)

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Marjorie Taylor Greene, a prominent Republican congresswoman and a staunch ally of Trump, suggested a return to "measles parties" for children. She criticized contemporary attitudes towards vaccination, stating, "Now, they demonize parents who refuse to vaccinate their kids."

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[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 23 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Another worth noting is if an antivaxxer says "we don't know what they put into vaccines", respond with "we don't know what they put in painkillers and yet you take them no problem". Nine times out of ten, these antivaxxers would take painkillers willy nilly without question. Saying this makes them question their line of thought. Heck, the same could be said just about anything. We don't know what cooks in restaurants put into the food we ordered, and yet there is no significant movement advocating to stop ordering takeaways or eating outside of home.

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 4 points 6 hours ago

....except that we do know what gets put in every medication. Every ingredient has to be registered and tested, and if they change the formulation at all, they have to test it again to make sure it's safe.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 6 points 9 hours ago

respond with “we don’t know what they put in painkillers and yet you take them no problem”

But we do know exactly what goes into both.

Saying this makes them question their line of thought.

They don't think. There is no line of thought. They just react to memes with brainless conformity.