An anti-vax blogger licked grocery store items in a viral video amid growing germ-theory denialism

[Judi Lynn]

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Source: Business Insider

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An anti-vaxx blogger went viral and drew sharp backlash after sharing a video where she appeared to lick supermarket surfaces. Screenshot/Reddit

A blogger with a history of promoting medical misinformation and questioning vaccines went viral for licking items in a grocery store, falsely claiming that it would fortify her "immune system."

The 20-second clip, which was originally posted on Instagram, appeared to show a maskless Jodie Meschuk going around a supermarket and licking various items, including the plastic wrap used to carry produce, a handle to open a freezer door, and the handle of her shopping cart.

During the video, Meschuk, who runs the blog "Speak Up Butter Cup," overlaid the video with several misleading medical claims.

For example, Meschuk said exposure to germs "builds defenses against asthma and allergies." However, research has shown that exposure to bacteria is only beneficial in preventing asthma or allergies if it's exposure to good bacteria, as reported by the BBC.

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[SoFlaBro]

1. She looks like a real nasty turd of a human.

UGh!

[chowder66]

2. Maybe there's a market for Covid-Pops and STD-Suckers. nt

[reACTIONary]

29. +10 nt

[rampartc]

3. i'm sure this will be its own punishment

but i don't want to touch that cooler handle. who knows where that tongue has been?

[Iris]

7. Right? We already know it's been on a shopping cart handle

which scientists have found fecal matter and a lot of other really gross stuff.

[DemocraticPatriot]

38. Yeah, do we have to start wearing gloves now, too?

Ewww. Just ewwww.

There is something seriously wrong with these people. (Yeah, we already knew that, but it seems to keep getting worse....)



I may have to consider sanitizing my grocery purchases again, after reading this...

[Rhiannon12866]

4. What is wrong with these people??

And when I come home from the store, the first thing I do is scrub my hands, obviously I've never been tempted to lick anything there.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Time for Instagram to begin the ban process

and start the increasing suspensions until she is toast.

[area51]

18. +1 n/t

[bucolic_frolic]

6. The supermarket and public health officials should be after her

Those are damages. Contamination. An assault on their customers, their reputation and good will.

This is one real sicko!

[Farmer-Rick]

27. She could pass on herpes.....

Cholera, HIV, bird flu swine flu, hepatitis, measels, dysentery, yellow fever, and bubonic plague just to name a few diseases she could spread by doing this.

So she literally does Not believe in the germ theory.

And people wonder why we have a 3rd wave of COVID-19 killing us.

[Grokenstein]

10. This cretin is why I wash my hands every time I go out.

(Wow, you really can tell how old this toon is, can't you!)

[cstanleytech]

11. I would hope that the store she did that at would ban her from shopping their in the future.

[KS Toronado]

15. The very least they should do is banning her for life

And then find something to charge her with so she can go stand in front of a Judge
who shops in the same grocery store.

[lagomorph777]

42. That's got to be some kind of assault.

[Marthe48]

12. I'll keep sanitizing my groceries

I have a pain in the ass routine for when I get groceries, either pick-up or delivered. Everything I buy is sanitized or repackaged before I use it. Even if I want my 'grocery day feast' I wait at least 1 day before I dive into any food I buy.

[Ramsey Barner]

13. She doesn't care about the germs SHE'S spreading!

It's all about her and her immunity. As one co-worker once said to another, "They have streets named after you. 'One Way'"!

[mountain grammy]

14. She never should have reproduced.

[Orrex]

16. That's bioterrorism and should be prosecuted as terrorism

[durablend]

17. Why the hell wasn't she arrested?

[Siwsan]

19. What are the odds she sanitized that handle before she filmed herself licking it

If not, she deserves everything she catches. Unfortunately, her children don't.

[BumRushDaShow]

20. For more info since the media is treating this like "entertainment"

This woman is from Colorado - https://www.newsweek.com/woman-filmed-licking-items-supermarket-anti-vaccine-covid-apology-coronavirus-1617925

And why the authorities wherever she was, haven't done anything (or haven't been contacted by the "entertainment" media rather than their claiming to "contact Facebook" for comment) goes to show how far down the rabbit hole the criminal justice system is.

[NewEnglandAutumn]

21. I wonder

how she would feel if people threw shit at her or spit on her. She most likely did not consider how she would feel if she were on the receiving end of disgusting behavior.

[PatrickforB]

22. She will end up on a ventilator.

I wonder how many other people will lose their lives because of her love of free-dumb.

[dreamland]

23. Why the hell doesn't she just volunteer at a covid ward instead

She'll get her virus "immunity" buildup faster, rather than spreading her germs.

[bearssoapbox]

24. How is this any different than buying, or stealing products.

Poisoning them with bacteria, cyanide, whatever.

And putting it back on the store shelves, and then being charged & prosecuted?

It doesn't seem any different to me.

[Javaman]

25. if this idiot is so convinced, she should try this on the NYC subway. nt

[Farmer-Rick]

28. Or a public toilet seat?

She picks and chooses where she spreads her diseases.

[Crowman2009]

26. Must be reliving her drunken' sorority years.

Gone are the days of licking liquor store windows, having her friend hold her hair while she puked, and drunk girl karate when she caught someone with her man. Now she's making it all legit by just being another attention seeking nutjob.

[DiverDave]

30. Disgusting

She will get sick. And blame "the libs", no doubt.

[LiberalFighter]

31. How would she feel if she was forced out into a cow pasture?

And covered with salt that the cows lick off of her?

[Hekate]

32. For this idjit I wish a very special case of salmonella, with a side order of social shunning

[Texaswitchy]

33. The virus will find her.

Or some other disease.

Ewwwwwweee

[The Unmitigated Gall]

37. Disgusting people.

This is you, crazed, dirty, know-nothing death-cult puketards.

[leftyladyfrommo]

39. These people are just plain nuts. nt

[LiberatedUSA]

40. Foul. Foul even if no virus was present.

Just fucking foul.

[lagomorph777]

41. Is she in jail yet?

[crim son]

43. Can we at least determine where she shops

so we can stay the hell away from that particular store? If law enforcement isn't motivated by her behavior alone, maybe they can be motivated by business owners who lose customers who won't tolerate it.

[rockfordfile]

44. Where's she really from?