The Problem with Vaccines

[dcmfox]

— Sunseeker (@sunseekeer.bsky.social) 2025-09-07T04:30:56.861Z

[Crunchy Frog]

1. Apparently that photo was from the early 1900s, and both boys were infected with smallpox, but the one on the

right had been vaccinated and the one on the left hadn't been. According to this article, the unvaccinated boy's parents had been influenced by the anti-vax hysteria of that time period, so I guess it's something that's always been there.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/one-vaccinated-one-not-smallpox/

[calimary]

2. Poor kid!

He deserves better.

He deserves better PARENTS!!!

[AZ8theist]

3. That image is HORRIFYING...

[C Moon]

4. I don't know why there were called small pox. Christ!

[tblue37]

6. Because syphilis was called the great pox, if I remember correctly.

[C Moon]

5. I think that's the same reason we have problems getting Democrat candidates as President for a long haul:

because the public forgets the hell the republican put them through beforehand.

We are always there to clean up and fix up after the republicans, and once everything is working and shiny clean, they get voted back in to steal and make a mess.

[tanyev]

8. +1. Democrats work and work on cleaning up the mess,

and once they accomplish that, start thinking about ways to continue improving constituents’ lives.

Meanwhile, Republicans have been doing nothing but plotting new ways to get back into power and destroy everything. Again.

😠

[littlemissmartypants]

7. I think it's because...

Stupidity breeds stupidity.

And in the words if the famous Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump...

Stupid is as stupid does.

https://blog.scuolaleonardo.com/2022/03/14/language-can-reflect-a-radical-change-of-perspective/

[RoeVWade]

9. Maybe Republicans should be offered "virus" shots.

Come get your infection. It will help you get natural immunity.

You would think people concerned about what is going into their body, might be more concerned about all the environmental pollution they regularly support deregulation for.

[Iggo]

10. I survived a chicken pox party (sleepover) back around 1970-ish.

What I’m saying is, there are people who absolutely will go for that.

[drmeow]

11. When people first started reacting

badly to COVID restrictions I told my friends that it was a testament to the success of US public health efforts.

I lived in the middle east (Lebanon) as a child in the 60s and 70s - I had to get a small pox vaccine even though they were not longer common in the US where I was born. I also knew people who were just 5 years older than I was who walked with crutches because of a bout with polio.