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32. Most people are poor at evaluating risks

Fri Jan 23, 2026, 08:28 PM

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In particular, many people seem to attach more weight to the risk that a vaccination may cause them some harm than they do to the risk of getting a disease that vaccination is intended to protect them from.

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

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

Smallpox killed 90% of the population of the Americas when Europeans first arrived iemanja 23 hrs ago #18

Yes and it was CDC with WHO who worked throughout the world to ERADICATE it hlthe2b 22 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 Yesterday #2

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

Ironically it would be MAGA parents causing the deaths of their own children IronLionZion 19 hrs ago #37

Exactly. It's anti-child, and it's horrifying. highplainsdem Yesterday #6

It's Eugenics in action. Bohunk68 19 hrs ago #39

I'll extend your viewpoint and say that the anti-child extends to all children - white or brown. erronis 20 hrs ago #26

WOW! quite a bunch running our America today! bluestarone Yesterday #3

unvaccinated children should not be permitted to attend public school. Period. Greybnk48 Yesterday #4

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

Then they can go to religious schools where slightlv 23 hrs ago #14

Exactly! Well, said. Greybnk48 15 hrs ago #45

That is the Objective eringer 23 hrs ago #13

Hurting public schools even more? not fooled 18 hrs ago #40

The exact same logic could be applied to illegal drug use AZJonnie Yesterday #7

I can see where you say it's a converse, but I agree with you. slightlv 23 hrs ago #15

Well, surfered Yesterday #9

Dr Kirk is a Quack Doctor eringer Yesterday #10

My grandma EuterpeThelo Yesterday #11

wow Skittles 23 hrs ago #12

A man died recently in his (I think) late 70s who spent his entire life in an iron lung. dedl67 20 hrs ago #28

So the next generation will have the option of getting polio. milestogo 23 hrs ago #16

Most people are poor at evaluating risks dedl67 19 hrs ago #32

The goal must be to cull the population iemanja 23 hrs ago #17

This is so fucking stupid that I feel like screaming here in my kitchen 3catwoman3 23 hrs ago #19

Die, Americans, die. Solly Mack 22 hrs ago #20

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

Unfortunately, it will require a major tragic outbreak to convince these morons of the error of their ways Mysterian 21 hrs ago #23

Over 1 million died of covid. SamKnause 19 hrs ago #33

Insurance companies JPK 21 hrs ago #24

I have no doubt they will indeed refuse coverage. Bristlecone 19 hrs ago #35

Does anyone want to associate with idiots who purposely choose to spread diseases? mdbl 21 hrs ago #25

"Medical battery". travelingthrulife 20 hrs ago #27

I got vaccinated for polio in grade school in the 1950's when the vaccine first came out. patphil 20 hrs ago #29

Jonas Salk was a hero - one of many great persons who graduated City College of New York dedl67 19 hrs ago #34

Yes, he was. patphil 17 hrs ago #44

God told them so. nt BootinUp 19 hrs ago #30

Seems their intentions are to fill up the cemeteries with babies and small children. SamKnause 19 hrs ago #31

That is quite possibly the stupidest thing I have heard... lonely bird 19 hrs ago #36

Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly of total US population IronLionZion 19 hrs ago #38

"A diseased population is easier to control." not fooled 18 hrs ago #41

Republicans want to save the "unborn " mountain grammy 18 hrs ago #42

Those of us who remember the 1950s be damned. Sneederbunk 17 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 15 hrs ago #46

The rich & well-connected get them. Zelda_Orchid 9 hrs ago #47

Trump knows what works when it comes to Turbineguy 5 hrs ago #48