• Limcon@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    Wtf did i just read? The US health secretary swimming in shit water???

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      1 month ago

      I get sometimes going “I’ll roll the dice”

      • Me: I’d like my steak medium rare
      • Government: That could expose you to some health risks because it’s not cooked well done.
      • Me: Yep, I’d rather enjoy a medium rare steak and take my chances.

      What the fuck was the logic on this one though?!

      • RFK: I want to swim in sewage
      • Government: it’s a bad idea to swim in sewage
      • RFK: I LOVE SEWAGE!!!
      • Government: you are a Kennedy right? You all dont have a pool?
      • RFK: worm in brain need poop, poop in water, yum yum poop
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      1 month ago

      In images shared on social media, Kennedy can be seen getting fully underwater, including his head, and then splashing around with several of his grandchildren. Kennedy, who does not have any background in medicine or science, was a long-time anti-vaccine advocate before President Trump appointed him to be health secretary. In a 2021 book, Kennedy indicated that he does not believe in germ theory, the fundamental concept that microscopic pathogens, such as those abundant in sewage, are the cause of disease.

      Prions have the opportunity to do the funniest thing

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        1 month ago

        Heroin will turned his brains to mush after parasites turned it into swiss cheese

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        1 month ago

        Did the brain worm leave anything for the prions to replicate in or for the poor brain-eating amoeba?

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    1 month ago

    If he gets some insane new parasite from this what are the odds it kills the one driving his brain now and takes over with a more normal personality?

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    the creek’s bacterial counts—particularly E. coli counts—were dangerously high all the time.

    Sorry for those children.

  • MangoCats@feddit.it
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    1 month ago

    Stuff like this isn’t a problem, until it is.

    What was in that sewage? Anybody with typhoid? Diphtheria? Probably not because vaccination and treatment is still over herd immunity levels. Then, of course, there were the kids who used to get vaccinated for Polio naturally by exposure to untreated sewage, and us rich countries having terrible cases of polio survival in older people because we didn’t bathe in toilet outflows.

    Thing is, it’s a numbers game. The first hundred people might not get sick, immediately, but if you form two lines, one bathing in the sewage pool and the other bathing in a treated sanitary pool, run 100 people a day through each one and track them for two weeks, you’ll see the differences. That’s why we have scientific publications, so we can read about these kinds of past experiments and don’t have to repeat them.

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      1 month ago

      Yes, but… have you considered that no one who listens to this dispshit cares about all that? That’s the issue at hand. Everyone with common sense knows this is an idiotic publicity stunt.

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        Just like DeSantis & Co. getting their COVID jabs on camera, sitting around for 5 minutes and then saying “see: I’m fine, it’s not harmful.”

        Bashing low flow shower heads, engine stop-start at red-lights, and everything they hear anyone bitching about - this is the party of “give the people what they want!”

        What I want to know is: besides John McAfee, who wants to bathe in poo?

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    Wouldn’t it be an absolute riot of a “leopards ate my face” situation if he ends up croaking because of this?

    To clarify: I don’t wish any harm on his grandchildren, but this man’s level of willful ignorance and sheer recklessness makes it hard for me to sympathize with any negative outcome he may suffer personally.

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    One day is no big deal. If he really wants to make his point, he should do it every day for a month.

    (Leave the grandkids at home, though.)

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    ROFL What is this worm driven host doing?! Doesn’t the worm know that E. Coli infections can be deadly for the elderly? (Yes, I am being super facetious because reading about a Germ Theory Skeptic in the modern age has effectively broken my brain. The evidence that proves microorganisms like bacteria, parasites, and viruses are real is truly a massive amount. That’s a lot of knowledge that this dumb, incompetent human being is simply ignoring). Ugh, this wasn’t on my bingo card for this month. A small part of me hopes that E. Coli proves to him that germ theory isn’t something that can be dismissed, and he dies from his foolishness.

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      It is crazy that the director of health services doesn’t believe in germ theory. I don’t care what your political beliefs are but the health secretary should have some medical background.

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        He’s not there because of his qualifications, but his allegiance to tRump. Same with all of his picks. It’s all calculated so when they pull the noose tight no one will be able to stop 'em!

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      1 month ago

      Parasitized insects often manipulate it’s host to jump in the water so the parasite can release its eggs