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Don's avatar

Gotta disagree here, given a one-sided statement like that. Like most things in life, it's a matter of balance. Yes, much of the "Movement" has been co-opted to serve other interests, but resource depletion, toxic chemicals, and complete disregard for waste flows were (and still are) real and legitimate issues. Anybody who has ridden over brown wood pulp factory waste on waterskis (as I have) will tell you that corporate environmental abuse is not some figment of the imagination. If RFK Jr.'s campaign to clean up rivers (for example) was an effort to bankrupt corporations, it has failed dismally; CEO's are still receiving very fat paychecks.

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okboomer's avatar

I've heard recently that autism occurs in one out of 35 children. In 1980 it was one in 10,000 children. That a 16,000% increase, and yet no one ever mentions it or shows any concern. All the poisons dumped into the environment are having this effect, and probably many more.

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Featherjourney's avatar

Studies have been done and conclusively prove that the vaccination rate is making our children sicker.

“ children receiving fewer vaccines are incredibly healthy when compared to the fully-vaccinated children.”…same environment

“vaccines shift the immune system to allergy and autoimmunity [so] you have more and more infections of other kinds” and “too many vaccinations too soon causes immune problems.”

https://deeprootsathome.com/compared-vacd-vs-unvacd-in-large-pediatric-practice-whos-healthier/

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The Radical Individualist's avatar

I'm old enough to remember when parents had Chicken Pox parties. Kids were deliberately exposed to someone with chicken pox, in order to get it over with.

I also remember reading an opinion by a doctor, who stressed that it was only an untested opinion, that allowing oneself to be exposed to some septic conditions and thereby ingesting "germs" was good practice for your body in learning to fight more serious disease.

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

I'm that old. And the entire neighborhood's children had chicken pox at the same time.

It was a badge of honor when I was a kid.

These days my parents would be in solitary confinement, next to the J6 protesters, for being "domestic terrorist".

What's funny is that when we had that party, I was 9, and thought it made perfect sense.

The best part of the party is my dad made us ramps, for our bikes, to see who could get the longest "jump".

Of course none of us wore helmets so my parents would be both domestic terrorists and Nazis if that happened now.

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Mickey Free's avatar

Wow! A party! GOOD parents! Where I lived, if someone got chicken pox or measles, parents made sure we all were sent to "visit" them while ragingly contagious. Worked fine. No one died or got the disease later. There is a reason they are called "The Good Ol' Days"!

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Indrek Sarapuu's avatar

The late, great George Carlin had it right...

Look up his stand-up "germs"...

Way ahead of his time...

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The Radical Individualist's avatar

I noticed that I wrote "antiseptic", when I meant "septic". Efforts to edit my comment did not succeed.

I'll pass on endorsing AI, until I see all the bugs worked out on plain old software.

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Doug Thorburn's avatar

Immunity is strengthened by sharing pathogens. Absolutely.

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okboomer's avatar

The only vaccine I recall getting as a child was the polio vaccine. There may have been others. I had chicken pox and regular measles, and survived! This was in the early 1960s.

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