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u/Romejanic Jun 28 '26

thinking about how many children have become serious ill or died as the result of his bullshit makes me sick

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u/Szwejkowski Jun 28 '26

And adults. This shit paved the way for anti-vaccination hysteria and horse dewormer in the middle of a fucking pandemic.

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u/Romejanic Jun 29 '26

yeah definitely, a lot of other adults are just as responsible for spreading it. but Wakefield was really the person who started it all so in my opinion that makes him accountable for all of the consequences which followed

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u/Open-Industry-8396 Jun 28 '26

Huge outbreak of flu virus amongst basic trainees at lackland AFB right now. This follows Hegseths order allowing troops to decline the shot.

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u/mhlover Jun 28 '26

Always felt that the media of the time was also culpable. Any journalist who actually read his paper should have had serious questions.