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They are just not aware that they have this fear and can't therefore understand and work on it effectively. Some people just seem to be stuck in emotional toddlerhood.

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[-] Objection@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

A picture of a suffering child does not prove vaccines eradicated smallpox.

THEN WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK DID?

All of human history, plagued by this disease, 300 million deaths in the 20th century alone, someone developed a vaccine, and poof, it's gone. Just like that. Country by country, as the vaccine spread, the disease disappeared. Countries that didn't have the vaccine yet, like the one where that picture was taken, still had smallpox, when other countries had eradicated it. Then they got the vaccine and it was gone.

How the fuck do your conspiracy theories explain that?

Why do you believe what you believe?

Because of overwhelming scientific evidence.

Why do you get triggered when your identity feels attacked?

Because you are promoting lies that are getting innocent people killed as we speak.

this post was submitted on 22 Oct 2026
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