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In reply to the discussion: A very powerful message from a friend of mine about vaccine mandates: [View all]IronLionZion
(45,427 posts)15. Not sure if there was much anti-vax sentiment for polio vaccine when it came out
Some dumbasses thought the cowpox derived smallpox vaccine would turn people into cows or some such nonsense. Thankfully smallpox has since been eradicated from the earth. Polio has been eradicated from most developed countries.
Mitch McConnell is a childhood polio survivor.
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The saddest thing about the no-vaxers s that they're making it political. The virus doesn't GAS
napi21
Sep 2021
#2
It appears to me that the virus has a strong preference for the flesh of Republicans.
lagomorph777
Sep 2021
#4
Right-wing hate-media has weaponized the word 'freedom' to the point where it is essentially
Aristus
Sep 2021
#5
How did you get a third Moderna? It is not being offered yet, as far as I know.
HUAJIAO
Sep 2021
#16
Not sure if there was much anti-vax sentiment for polio vaccine when it came out
IronLionZion
Sep 2021
#15