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[–] jtrek@startrek.website 11 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

"Our new policy is simple: If you, an American warrior entrusted to defend this nation, believe that the flu vaccine is in your best interest, then you are free to take it; you should. But we will not force you," Hegseth said in April.

Hegseth is a profoundly stupid person who should not be entrusted to make any decisions. He should be removed from power to spend the rest of his obscured life cleaning up litter or something similarly useful.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

I saw a thing the other day comparing the first term of the admin to the second and one major thing was choosing loyalty over competence. Competent people undermine the evil/stupid policy decisions Trump makes, which is a major reason the first term wasn't so destructive. Hegseth is a perfect example of second term cabinet members being loyal and stupid.

[–] Tujio@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Yeah, let's not take medical advice from the dude who doesn't wash his hands.

[–] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 23 points 2 hours ago

Congratulations RFK, you managed to start a flu outbreak in the summer

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 59 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Almost as if the rule was there for a reason.

[–] THB@lemmy.world 29 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Freaking clowns running everything

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 14 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

hey, that’s not fair to clowns

[–] GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world 9 points 2 hours ago

Even Pennywise be like “You guys sure this is a good idea?”

[–] Darthcapi@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 hours ago

That’s not fair to running

[–] northendtrooper@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago

Just like how they say '''Absolutely No [Fucking] In the Labor Room'''

Its there for a reason.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 hours ago

Why did Hussein Obama do this and invent the flu? Terrible president, the WORST we had. EVER.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 52 minutes ago* (last edited 50 minutes ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterton%27s_fence

It would have been really easy for them to learn why we vaccinate large groups of people living in close quarters.

[–] middlemanSI@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Wait. Isn't the shot causing authosm? Maybe it doean't do anything, if you're authistic already...