• then_three_more@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      This was said by a British politician about the UK, but it feels a lot like it applies to the US too:

      I think the people of this country have had enough of experts

      • Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 months ago

        It seems to be a common social phenomenon, something about how our human brains are wired. People have expert knowledge - burn the witches! China’s Great Leap Forward, the Cambodian genocide under Khmer Rouge, and on and on. I hate that we as a society haven’t figured out how to avoid this yet.

      • DamienGramatacus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Wasn’t that said to minimise the authority of experts rather than as a statement on the public? Specifically, Gove was trying to pass policies that the so called ‘experts’ were saying wouldn’t work so he tried to spin the narrative by saying politicians shouldn’t listen to experts and people should do what they’re told.

  • nexguy@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I can provide LIBERTY FREEDOM coffins at a discount for true patriots. Each coffin comes with an engraved American flag and a gun holster. Today’s your can pre-order your LIBERTY FREEDOM coffin for $4,747.47. Don’t 86 your rights!

    • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      You joke, but some gullible idiot will buy that.

      I know people who get their phone service through “PureTalk” to escape the “liberals at AT&T”. I’m still not sure which is the greater irony: the fact that AT&T is an extremely conservative stick in the mud Corpo of the fact that PureTalk is an MVNO whose network is provided by – wait for it – AT&T

  • Casterial@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I already said it doesn’t matter if this virus becomes wide spread or not, US will never do another shut down - I’m fact to wipe us out just release a virus, most would rather die than stay home for a few weeks

    • Soulphite@reddthat.com
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      2 months ago

      The US was lucky to have an administration change when it did right as COVID19 took hold. Had the pedophile been running things any longer, the entire country would have burned to the ground.

      “Inject bleach to kill the virus?” “Fire our smartest guy for… reasons…” etc. etc.

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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      2 months ago

      and we already seeing significant amount of other viral infections going around as of recently because of the lack of protocols and vaccinations. currently theres ones that is going around causing sore throats, last year was the year of covid painful sore throats.

    • zarathustrad@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      When the terrorists get that bio weapon, just expect absolute destruction of this Nation.

      The Maga cult has fucked our ability to respond.

      • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 months ago

        No no! Settle right there to establish dominance.
        I would just for shits and giggles paint the house very blue (probably mostly accents) and if confronted deny any political affiliation (though there will be many hints) and say “It’s to represent the sky” or smth :D

        • anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          2 months ago

          I get your point and joke, but I don’t want my tax money going to gerrymandered politicians that want to imprison women because of their private health decisions.

    • KatherinaReichelt@feddit.org
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      2 months ago

      Isn’t it obvious? There is no vaccine. We’ve seen human-to-human transmission even with short contacts like a flight. It’s able to kill people. And we know that at least in the USA the government will not do anything to protect the people.

    • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      All the losers are having sudden flare-ups of their persecution complex and are desperately using something that will never happen to create a feeling of power in their sad empty lives.

      • snoons@lemmy.caEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Yep, and scientists were saying for just as long how easy it could mutate and cause a global pandemic so governments should be prepared. >.>

    • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      At the moment, there is no cure or vaccine. Just like with Ebola, until a few years ago when some non-African people got infected, and they suddenly whipped up something.

    • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Yeah, the irony of this kind of meme saying “I will not live in fear” and yet they quite obviously are living every day in fear of conspiracies. Anyone who has read a few sentences of commentary is aware that Hantavirus is not going to be a pandemic.

    • Aedis@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Yup. There’s also deaths from hantavirus every year in California. The problem is the variant, its the first time a lot of these countries are being exposed to the more contagious than usual form of hantavirus that in Chile & Argentina is known as Andean Hantavirus.

      Chile has a long history of dealing with this and usually takes all the necessary precautions, but add some dumbass gringos (north americans and Europeans) into the mix and they basically go into a remote area and snort lines of mouse shit and then are surprised when they caught a really bad virus.

      Argentina doesn’t really take any precautioms afaik.

  • HeHoXa@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    Seems like he has a typo at the top. From the context, seems like it was meant to say:

    “I will NOT protect my home.”