• DandomRude@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    What a disgrace, considering that just a year and a half ago, the CDC was one of the most important medical organizations in the world.

    The blatant incompetence and boundless greed of this regime are not only responsible for diarrhea and the decline of the U.S. as a center of scientific excellence: the decisions made by these criminals are directly causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people.

    It is irreparable damage—the kind no one could have anticipated amid this absurdity. The lesson is clear: the U.S. cannot be trusted, as the unscrupulousness of its leaders knows no bounds.

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    16 hours ago

    If this system is what I think it is, it’s the wastewater monitoring, which was a tool that helped with monitoring Covid. Remember, if we don’t test, the rates drop.

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      13 hours ago

      A REAL man isn’t afraid to shit his pants. Some of the bestest Presidents often do it. It’s a sign of STRENGTH, but what’d a pussy like you know about that, eh? 😤

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    How many people are going to die from this version of the Green Apple Splatter? WTF, everyone suffering from the runs, should mail a bag full to the coke snorting fuck up’s office.

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    If nothing else, their incompetence will give us all the proof we need about why these agencies need to be run by experts and why they need to exist and be funded. I never thought I’d see the day we had to learn the hard way why greed and selfishness can’t be left to run amok. Sounds exactly the way right teaches their kids, the hard way.

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      15 hours ago

      these agencies need to be run by experts

      What experts? The NIH was defunded. 10,000 post docs have left the country. People are retiring or exiting science. No other countries are taking up the slack.

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      18 hours ago

      We already knew all of that. The problem is that under capitalism, the rich make the rules. Until we supplant the capitalist class with a working class government, we will continue to see policies that put money ahead of people.

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      21 hours ago

      Sadly it won’t, have you learned nothing, people learn NOTHING and would fall for another Trump again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again x 10^100

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    America is what happens to every corporation when the middle management have finally all been promoted over the threshold of their actual abilities.

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        19 hours ago

        The Peter principle states that a person who is competent at their job will earn a promotion to a position that requires different skills. If the promoted person lacks the skills required for the new role, they will be incompetent at the new level, and will not be promoted again.

        Does not check out. People keep failing upwards, often to the very top. 🥹

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    Just as expected, if you elect parasites to office you get parasite friendly policies.

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    Didn’t RFK have a brain parasite at one point? His parasite advocacy makes a lot more sense if you consider that he really might just be a brain worm piloting a vaguely human shaped mecha.

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      1 day ago

      The trouble is, the source of the brain worm story was … him. So if you believe it, you’re taking a brain-worm-victim’s word on his condition.

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        The brain worm story came up during a divorce trial. He argued that the worm lowered his income potential and he should pay less alimony.

        Also he didn’t have an actual worm munching at his brain. What he had was a tapeworm cyst. When a tapeworm egg is ingested they hatch as larvae that will pass through the intestinal wall and migrate, usually to the muscles, where they form these cysts. If something eats the meat with the cyst then the worm will pop out and turn into an adult. Now the worms don’t really control where they will end up so sometimes they can end up in the brain or the liver or other organs. The cyst can remain for a few years but eventually it will die.

        The tapeworm egg could have ended up in his gut in a few ways. He could have had an adult tapeworm and picked up some of the eggs it lays by not washing his hands properly. He could have eaten vegetables that were fertilized with human feces and which were not washed properly. He could have ate someone’s butthole and that person had a tapeworm.

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          I sincerely doubt he bothers to wash his hands if he was being serious about snorting coke from random toilet seats.

          That’s not even the most disgusting thing that he’s said either. I think it’s safe to assume personal hygiene isn’t at the top of his priorities.