Trying to follow the measles anti-vaxxer arguments
Apparently, the latest conspiracy theory is that the measles epidemic in Texas was a bioweapon attack:
““I’m not going to be careful by calling it a virus,” Willis said in the measles webinar. “I’m going to call it what it is, and that is a bioweapon, and my belief after interviewing these families is that this has been manipulated and targeted towards a community that is a threat because of their natural way of living.”
Setting aside the question of *who* is targeting the measles, I really don’t understand the reasoning. According to RFK Jr., good food (no processed foods, no additives, no artificial colors) is protective, making vaccines unnecessary. So how can measles be a bioweapon against a community whose virtuous lifestyle is protective?
Then there’s the question of why, if vaccines don’t work, nearly everyone who is getting the infections is *unvaccinated*?
These clowns need to get their lies straight.
Anti-vaxxers claim measles is a bioweapon
““I’m not going to be careful by calling it a virus,” Willis said in the measles webinar. “I’m going to call it what it is, and that is a bioweapon, and my belief after interviewing these families is that this has been manipulated and targeted towards a community that is a threat because of their natural way of living.”
Setting aside the question of *who* is targeting the measles, I really don’t understand the reasoning. According to RFK Jr., good food (no processed foods, no additives, no artificial colors) is protective, making vaccines unnecessary. So how can measles be a bioweapon against a community whose virtuous lifestyle is protective?
Then there’s the question of why, if vaccines don’t work, nearly everyone who is getting the infections is *unvaccinated*?
These clowns need to get their lies straight.
Anti-vaxxers claim measles is a bioweapon
It’s life in the Trump Era: say things over and over again until they believe it.
@Jack,
Trump uses the Hitler playbook. The OSS psychological profile of Hitler described his use of the big lie:
His primary rules were: never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it.
@Joel, The old joke among trial lawyers is “if you say it three times, it’s true.”
@Jack,
I know where they got it from:
“Just the place for a Snark!” the Bellman cried,
As he landed his crew with care;
Supporting each man on the top of the tide
By a finger entwined in his hair.
“Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice:
That alone should encourage the crew.
Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice:
What I tell you three times is true.”
From “The Hunting of the Snark” by Lewis Carroll
Thanks for the reference.
@Eric,
I trashed your comment for being off-topic. Neither my post nor the link I provided mention Trump. Hijacking the thread through mis-direction is trolling.