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The World Health Organization has announced time and again that COVID-19 vaccines have proven to be safe, effective and life-saving.

What’s even better is that the new analysis by PHE found for the first time that 2 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have proven to be “highly effective against hospitalization from the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant.” So as the contagious new variant is sweeping across the country, getting a COVID-19 shot is now basically a matter of not getting severe complications, and for some, it’s a matter of life and death.

But when it seems like all the evidence of the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination is more than obvious, some people still find the excuse of not getting it. And honestly, some of their reasoning is beyond insane.

From believing that a COVID-19 shot will turn you into a living zombie to claiming that Jesus himself is enough of “a protector and a mask” to protect from the virus, it’s one hell of a read. Treat it as a sci-fi read at most or utter craziness, and scroll through some of the worst excuses people shared online down below.

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Celsius

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Devil's Advocate
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Considering England developed and authorised the first vaccine, using it first is what you would call "making sense"

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    Anti Vaxxer Pretends To Be Educated

    Anti Vaxxer Pretends To Be Educated

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    What Are A Vaccine For?

    What Are A Vaccine For?

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    Hugh Willie Mungous
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anyway, it didn't disappear. It came back again and again and . . . . . . . . again. It still exists to this day.

    Megan The Viking Traveler
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    3 years ago

    Oh just 1/3 of Europe, you know

    Foxxy (The Original)
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It hasn't disappeared, people still get the plague. The differences are that is easily treated now because of a wonderful medical invention called antibiotics AND sanitisation is more advanced so you don't often see rats in plague proportions in hugely built up areas like the olden days.

    Kate
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Easily treated IF you catch it early enough. Dude in New Mexico died of it just last year.

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    Fred L.
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No reason to drag innocent potatoes into this though - they have a place in this world, anti-vaxx hasn´t.

    Eppe
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They're only talking about uneducated potatoes, who let's be honest kind of have it coming

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    Ragnhild Nilsen
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Black Death killed almost half of Europe. And it still turns up from time to time, but luckily not more than a few cases at a time, and most survive thanks to modern medicine. From 2010 to 2015 there were 3248 cases reported worldwide, including 584 deaths. https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/plague But natural herd imunity is impossible.

    Mazer
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    PS - The plague is still an issue in the western US for one.

    Louloubelle
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can you imagine this conversation "Oh, I'm sorry, how did they die? Oh, you know, plague". I know it exists, but it sounds so "medieval". I'd be embarrassed to die from plague.

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    Leo Domitrix
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because it's bacterial, nimrod. And didn't disappear. We figured out antibiotics. Like we figured out vaccines. Shockingly, this is part of why we have what, 7 billion people on the planet.

    Vicky Z
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Technical detail is that it disappeared along with many many people and another technical detail is that it didn't really disappear

    Joanne Bersin-Taroco
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or the fact that bubonic plague was not a virus but rather a bacteria spread by bites of infected fleas.

    Colin Matthews
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually it didn't. It made several sweeps across Europe and didn't really fade away until wide spread sanitation saw the end of rats everywhere

    Leodavinci
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The plague never really disappeared. It came back in successive waves every 15 to 25 years until the mid 1600s... when the Renaissance was in full swing. Two events I have no doubt are not unrelated. It's still around btw and about a dozen cases pop up in the southwestern U.S. every year.

    Ritchat
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The plague wiped out 1/3 of Europe's population alone and ~120 million people in total. Does it still sound more desirable than a vaccine?

    Sofie
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Totally agree, but "people died" sounds to me like just a group of people died when in reality it was a huge part of the population that died. I don't know why that wording sounds comical to me but it does 😂

    Caro Caro
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wahaha. The potato has more intelligence, it's at least good for one thing!

    Susie Swearingen-Kamachi
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They found out other ways to fight it tho and didn’t just sit back and say not for me!

    Riley Quinn
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not only did the Black Plague wipe out 1/3 of Europe, it remains active in multiple areas of the globe. Like right here in the good ole US of A. You're on the Internet. Do your research BEFORE posting.

    Cora Fields
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What are a vaccine for? Is that a proper sentence sentence structure?

    Betty Ainsley
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The plague has not disappeared. It is carried by fleas and it crops up in different places around the world today. Luckily, we have medicines that cure it.

    AspieGirl88
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    3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah ... especially after the Great London Fire happened, which got rid of the rats & they took the diseased fleas with them. I understand this only solved the problem in London, but I presume that’s when they put 2 & 2 together & realised it was the rats or the fleas causing the problem (& perhaps they spread word on how to get rid). 🤷‍♀️

    Luther von Wolfen
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The plague didn't disappear. It's still around. People still get it, but it's easily treated with antibiotics.

    Donna Rakowiecki
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nobody dare go outside because they were bodies in the streets they will come around twice a day to pick up the dog carts up and down the street

    Mystery Egg
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually the plague still exists. There are a handful of cases every year in the States. Mostly south western states.

    Jo Choto
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Around 1/3 of the entire population of Europe, especially the uneducated potatoes.

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    People are still dying with the vaccine though....soooo....

    Leo Domitrix
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And every year up to 400K globally die of flu b/c people don't get their flu shots. What's your point? Vaccines don't stop a disease until EVERYONE IS VACCINATED and HERD IMMUNITY IS ACHIEVED.

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    Ever since the pandemic emerged, vaccine skeptics have pointed to the fact that the coronavirus vaccines were available only under emergency-use authorizations. So when the Food and Drug Administration this week fully authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, COVID-denialists and anti-vaxxers have taken desperate measures to prove their points.

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    The Virus Is Targeting The Unvaxxed

    The Virus Is Targeting The Unvaxxed

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    Beautifully Pointing Out How Jack Doesn’t Know Why A Vaccine Is

    Beautifully Pointing Out How Jack Doesn’t Know Why A Vaccine Is

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    Taking Vaccine = Having No Faith In God

    Taking Vaccine = Having No Faith In God

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    JiminKimLip7
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For everyone who doesn't understand, in the first post, the person in the profile picture is wearing glasses. This doesn't really makes sense if you blur the profile pictures.

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    Some employ arguments found on fake news websites, others go deep into conspiracy theories that revolve around mistrust in government and science. So in order to find out what’s at the root of the mind of vaccine sceptics and COVID denialists, we reached out to Robert Gifford, a Professor of Psychology and Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria.

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    Robert is best known for his “The Dragons of Inaction: Diagnosing and Slaying the Barriers to Positive Climate and Environmental Action” study. According to this theory, these dragons are a compendium of psychological barriers that hinder a person’s desired actions. Robert argues that “they have mainly been gathered to help explain why a person agrees that climate change and environmental sustainability are important problems, yet does not take enough action to effectively deal with those problems.”

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    Vaccines Now Cause Genetic Disorders

    Vaccines Now Cause Genetic Disorders

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    Susie Elle
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I really don't get how people can think of science and be like "Well why do the scientists get to decide what's truth and what's not?". You really have not been paying any attention in school. Like, at all, for consecutive years.

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    Why Get A Vaccine If I Don't Have The Virus

    Why Get A Vaccine If I Don't Have The Virus

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    3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know someone who uses this. Also says"I've never worn a mask and I'm still here" claiming they're immune without a vaccine

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    “However, the dragons may apply to other things, such as COVID denial,” he explained and continued: “In particular, without data, my opinion is that COVID denial is strongly related to Mistrust, one of the Discredence genus of dragons. Deniers do not like scientists and governments (unless they are populist governments that also are skeptical about both COVID and climate change).”

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    Ah, Yes. The Old “Ya’ll Are Gonna Get Microchipped” Statement

    Ah, Yes. The Old “Ya’ll Are Gonna Get Microchipped” Statement

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    Hendra Lim
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    3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    via his iPhone that already has a chip, built in gps, voice recorder, and video camera.

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    #11

    Pass The Vaccine

    Pass The Vaccine

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    Anti-Vaxxer Logic

    Anti-Vaxxer Logic

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    Panda Kicki
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    3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had Covid spring 2020, got vaccinated spring 2021, had the bloody Delta aug 2021. I can assure you the second covid was nowhere near the horrible first one where I couldnt breathe properly for 3 months... Vaccines protects!

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    The professor continued: “Of course the Mistrust dragon is rooted in the Limited Cognition genus dragons called Ignorance and Confirmation Bias (that is, lack of factual knowledge and the tendency to pay attention to media that echoes one’s existing beliefs).”

    When asked what to do when encountering a COVID denier, Robert suggested keeping an extra-large distance. “That’s about all that one can do. The other approaches are futile,” he said.

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    #13

    It's A Tragic Day For All Of Us

    It's A Tragic Day For All Of Us

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    “Pro-Choice”

    “Pro-Choice”

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    Zet
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it's interesting how keeping a pregnancy of one single mother, is everyone's business.... But taking a vaccine against a virus that can affect anyone, and kill them even tho the "immune system is strong" , is a private choice, that should be respected.

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    Anti Vaxxers Lurk

    Anti Vaxxers Lurk

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    Carmen Sandiego
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    3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay, all jokes aside, mRNA is awesome, it's really flexible, and could come in handy for any future diseases like this. Imagine vaccines developing in a matter of months! I'm not wrong am I plz tell me I'm not spreading disinformation. EDIT: Ooh, that's interesting! Thanks!

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    Anti Vaccine Geniuses (Friend Found This On Facebook)

    Anti Vaccine Geniuses (Friend Found This On Facebook)

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    Little Phoenix
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Having brain damage is indeed the only explanation for someone to decide not to get vacinated.

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    #18

    Oh Yeah, That Too. (#antivax)

    Oh Yeah, That Too. (#antivax)

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    Susie Elle
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also it didn't disappear, people still get the plague but we have antibiotics now, and not wading around in our own muck anymore also helps.

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    If Vaccines Were Healthy...

    If Vaccines Were Healthy...

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    Carmen Sandiego
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unless I'm mistaken, I'm pretty sure there are vaccines that can be sprayed into your mouth.

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    Probably Not Even The Full 30 Minutes

    Probably Not Even The Full 30 Minutes

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    Healthier

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    Mazer
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Breaks my heart that the kids getting Covid are now more common than ever, a tragedy in itself, the ripple effect on the hospital staff is brutal

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    Anti-Vax Logic

    Anti-Vax Logic

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    Phil Boswell
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's Ok to ask questions so long as you haven't already decided the answer…

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    Got Em

    Got Em

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    Sleazy Weaver
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Literally nothing in life is risk-free, but which risk would you rather take: the slim risk of side effects from a highly tested & researched vaccine being used by a large portion of the world, or the risk of losing your child to an easily preventable disease?

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    Caught This Gem On A Friend's Post About The Vaccine

    Caught This Gem On A Friend's Post About The Vaccine

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    #27

    Plastic Is Magnetic!

    Plastic Is Magnetic!

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    Samantha Lomb
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How to tell the world you failed the 3rd grade and don't take regular baths without actually saying it

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    #28

    You Can’t Vaccinate Your Lungs

    You Can’t Vaccinate Your Lungs

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    Who Needs Vaccines?

    Who Needs Vaccines?

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    Jon Steensen
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do not know about you, but I normally set the goal a bit higher than just surviving.

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    On A Post Asking If Anti Vaxxers Would Want To Get The Covid-19 Vaccine If It Gets Released Officially

    On A Post Asking If Anti Vaxxers Would Want To Get The Covid-19 Vaccine If It Gets Released Officially

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    An Interesting Vaccination Strategy

    An Interesting Vaccination Strategy

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    Bri
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sure, let's spread the news that this works. Now everyone, go get vaccinated to get the government off your back then do this potato thing that's definitely going to work. Go ahead, go get jabbed. I'll buy potatoes for everybody, just go get your shot.

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    The Ancient Spartans Didn't Need Vaccines

    The Ancient Spartans Didn't Need Vaccines

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    Nah

    Nah

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    #35

    Gotta Love The Bible Belt Where Only 44 Percent Of Residents Have Received The Actual Vaccine

    Gotta Love The Bible Belt Where Only 44 Percent Of Residents Have Received The Actual Vaccine

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    I Ventured Where No Sane Person Should Go

    I Ventured Where No Sane Person Should Go

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    Trust Him, He Is A "Doctor" (Found On Tiktok)

    Trust Him, He Is A "Doctor" (Found On Tiktok)

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    "God's Vaccine"?? I Can't Anymore Y'all...

    "God's Vaccine"?? I Can't Anymore Y'all...

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    She’s Made For This Sub

    She’s Made For This Sub

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    #41

    Apparently, Getting The Vaccine Makes Any Girl You Have Sex With Infertile?!?

    Apparently, Getting The Vaccine Makes Any Girl You Have Sex With Infertile?!?

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    #43

    This Person, Who Claims They Want Businesses To Reopen...but Isn't Willing To Do The One Thing That Would Get Them To Reopen

    This Person, Who Claims They Want Businesses To Reopen...but Isn't Willing To Do The One Thing That Would Get Them To Reopen

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    Vicky Z
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want everything to go back to normal without having to do anything myself!! What do you mean it's not possible? I believe in magic

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    #44

    What Is This?

    What Is This?

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    Mazer
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is some truth to this “SOME” being the operative word. Kids raised in super clean environments are more likely to suffer from things like allergies, this is due to the immune system not having to work, so it ends up attacking more things we commonly come into contact with, like asthma which can result in death. Google the term “Bored Immune System” to start your education

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    #45

    Counterpoint... No You Are Not

    Counterpoint... No You Are Not

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    Covid Is The Devil! [via A Facebook Atheist Group]

    Covid Is The Devil! [via A Facebook Atheist Group]

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    Bee / she/her
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, 2020 is scary because 2+0+2+0=4 which is the exact number of nipples Hitler had if he had 2 more nipples

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    #49

    Parent's Response To My Encouragement For Getting Covid19 Vaccine

    Parent's Response To My Encouragement For Getting Covid19 Vaccine

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    That's Not How It Works, That's Not How It Works At All

    That's Not How It Works, That's Not How It Works At All

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    #51

    “Our Doctor Told Us To Vaccinate, But My Cousin Said It’s Bad News So We Didn’t.” This Person And Their Partner Are Both Hospitalized With Covid Now, By The Way

    “Our Doctor Told Us To Vaccinate, But My Cousin Said It’s Bad News So We Didn’t.” This Person And Their Partner Are Both Hospitalized With Covid Now, By The Way

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    Samantha Lomb
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seems like the problem is solving its self. Sadly possibly infecting others and eating up resources along the way though

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    #52

    Has Repeatedly Objected To Thimerosal — Which Was Ironically Added To Vaccines During The 1930s To Help Prevent Potentially Life-Threatening Contamination With Harmful Microbes

    Has Repeatedly Objected To Thimerosal — Which Was Ironically Added To Vaccines During The 1930s To Help Prevent Potentially Life-Threatening Contamination With Harmful Microbes

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