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1. THE ONLY VACCINE THAT HAS PROVEN UNNECESSARY (since 1979) IS SMALLPOX!!!!!

Fri Jan 23, 2026, 02:39 PM

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The only vaccine-preventable disease to be eradicated because there were not pockets of humans or other species that remained susceptible with ongoing transmission. That is not the case with any others, although measles was (ONCE)amenable to ELIMINATION (NOT ERADICATION) through vaccination and strict public health surveillance/interventions.

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Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional [View all] BumRushDaShow 17 hrs ago OP

THE ONLY VACCINE THAT HAS PROVEN UNNECESSARY (since 1979) IS SMALLPOX!!!!! hlthe2b 17 hrs ago #1

Smallpox killed 90% of the population of the Americas when Europeans first arrived iemanja 14 hrs ago #18

Yes and it was CDC with WHO who worked throughout the world to ERADICATE it hlthe2b 14 hrs ago #21

While this policy would affect people of all ages, a pundit on CNN last night said something that stuck with me... EarlG 17 hrs ago #2

And yet many of them are obsessed with increasing the (white) birth rate. tanyev 16 hrs ago #5

Ironically it would be MAGA parents causing the deaths of their own children IronLionZion 10 hrs ago #37

Exactly. It's anti-child, and it's horrifying. highplainsdem 16 hrs ago #6

It's Eugenics in action. Bohunk68 10 hrs ago #39

I'll extend your viewpoint and say that the anti-child extends to all children - white or brown. erronis 11 hrs ago #26

WOW! quite a bunch running our America today! bluestarone 17 hrs ago #3

unvaccinated children should not be permitted to attend public school. Period. Greybnk48 16 hrs ago #4

I'd agree, but there will objectors due to their religions. n/t BadgerKid 16 hrs ago #8

Then they can go to religious schools where slightlv 14 hrs ago #14

Exactly! Well, said. Greybnk48 6 hrs ago #45

That is the Objective eringer 15 hrs ago #13

Hurting public schools even more? not fooled 10 hrs ago #40

The exact same logic could be applied to illegal drug use AZJonnie 16 hrs ago #7

I can see where you say it's a converse, but I agree with you. slightlv 14 hrs ago #15

Well, surfered 15 hrs ago #9

Dr Kirk is a Quack Doctor eringer 15 hrs ago #10

My grandma EuterpeThelo 15 hrs ago #11

wow Skittles 15 hrs ago #12

A man died recently in his (I think) late 70s who spent his entire life in an iron lung. dedl67 11 hrs ago #28

So the next generation will have the option of getting polio. milestogo 14 hrs ago #16

Most people are poor at evaluating risks dedl67 11 hrs ago #32

The goal must be to cull the population iemanja 14 hrs ago #17

This is so fucking stupid that I feel like screaming here in my kitchen 3catwoman3 14 hrs ago #19

Die, Americans, die. Solly Mack 14 hrs ago #20

Unvaccinated people should be made to wear a bell while in public. Talitha 14 hrs ago #22

Unfortunately, it will require a major tragic outbreak to convince these morons of the error of their ways Mysterian 12 hrs ago #23

Over 1 million died of covid. SamKnause 11 hrs ago #33

Insurance companies JPK 12 hrs ago #24

I have no doubt they will indeed refuse coverage. Bristlecone 11 hrs ago #35

Does anyone want to associate with idiots who purposely choose to spread diseases? mdbl 12 hrs ago #25

"Medical battery". travelingthrulife 11 hrs ago #27

I got vaccinated for polio in grade school in the 1950's when the vaccine first came out. patphil 11 hrs ago #29

Jonas Salk was a hero - one of many great persons who graduated City College of New York dedl67 11 hrs ago #34

Yes, he was. patphil 8 hrs ago #44

God told them so. nt BootinUp 11 hrs ago #30

Seems their intentions are to fill up the cemeteries with babies and small children. SamKnause 11 hrs ago #31

That is quite possibly the stupidest thing I have heard... lonely bird 10 hrs ago #36

Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly of total US population IronLionZion 10 hrs ago #38

"A diseased population is easier to control." not fooled 9 hrs ago #41

Republicans want to save the "unborn " mountain grammy 9 hrs ago #42

Those of us who remember the 1950s be damned. Sneederbunk 8 hrs ago #43

The kid across the street from me, a very close friend, had those big clunky Forrest Gump braces on his legs Greybnk48 6 hrs ago #46

The rich & well-connected get them. Zelda_Orchid 1 hr ago #47