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Written by Violet Blue on 2025-01-24 at 23:15

Antivaxer and "let it rip" / "herd immunity" advocate:

"Veteran researcher who was critical of U.S. response to Covid named acting NIH head"

https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/24/trump-nih-acting-director-matthew-memoli-infectious-disease-researcher-fauci-critic/

This is your reminder that "herd immunity" re: #Covid is widely-debunked and now widely-disproven, with data this week regarding its particular failure in Sweden: https://kevinmd.com/2025/01/swedens-controversial-covid-19-strategy-lessons-from-higher-mortality-rates.html

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Written by smellsofbikes on 2025-01-24 at 23:30

@violetblue we tried herd immunity for a couple thousand years with polio and all it got us was millions of dead people, and then we tried vaccines and they worked immediately, and why anyone would think covid was different is a testament to our addiction to magical thinking.

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