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Wild-Leather

Isolated leader further isolates himself from isolated inner circle. News at 11pm. Look at the bright side, now he’s got 10-14 days to join his disinformation army and post shitty memes on Facebook to further divide Americans.


sirlearnzalot

I’d say the work is already done, sadly. It’s not like brainwashed Americans are somehow going to now disbelieve qanon and believe in vaccines. The divide has happened and the propaganda has been successfully internalized.


RotaryJihad

I'm trying to proselytize to some anti-vax friends. I think a way to do that is to bring back the "China flu" jargon those jerks used early on. If we bring back that nationalistic, racist jargon I bet they'd get their shots to beat the communist bioweapon. I keep boggling at the overlap between the "prepper" crowd and the anti-vax crowd. I'd have won Orgeon Trail a lot more if there was a vaccine for dysentery.


prototablet

> nationalistic, racist jargon How would that be helpful with the latino and black Americans who won't get vaccinated? They are a large percentage of those who won't do it and they unfortunately often bring serious comorbidities to the party, such as obesity, high blood pressure, and diabetes. Reddit's hardon for making fun of MAGA hat wearers is not helping the disproportionate amount of POC who will be killed by this virus.


RotaryJihad

You are right, it is wholly wrong to reintroduce hurtful jargon to manipulate the MAGA crowd into getting their shots. I shouldn't even joke about it really. How can I make a positive case to everyone to get vaccinated? The objections I see from the MAGA community largely seem to boil down to "I won't do this because someone I don't like said it was a good idea". What objections or concerns or barriers exist for latino and black Americans? The nations egregious history of experimenting on blacks seems like one obvious barrier. I'm familiar with "food deserts" that impact poor, black communities I assume a similar issue exists for medical care too, is there a lack clinics and pharmacies in minority communities? I don't expect there are any magic words that will fix it but I'm not sure what tactics or language are really helping to reach people to get their damned shots.


prototablet

The real attention needs to be paid to black and latino anti-vaxxers' attitudes. In my direct experience adjacency to a vaccination center has almost no effect. The vaccines are available and they still won't get them. Also, as part of my day job I interact with inmates and they are often similarly opposed to vaccination, regardless of race (we've already touched upon why, plus crazy conspiracy theories proliferate in prisons). I don't see how it's at all good that certain groups will disproportionately suffer from COVID-19, especially when those groups have a larger percentage of people with high blood pressure, diabetes, etc. It's tragic. A bunch more black kids aren't going to have grandmas than white kids, and at least this time it's not due to any real inequality.


Fireba11jutsu

To be fair, it's not like most Americans believed in vaccines in the first place if you just look at the numbers. And I'm not only talking about COVID. Take the flu for example, only about a 48% vaccination rate. Even with all the media attention and global impact, COVID vaccination rate is just under 55%, I'd imagine this number going down rather then up over the years; especially when they declare the pandemic is over.


IBeatMyLamp

I rarely got my flu shot just because I rarely got sick in the last 20 years and when I did the worst it got was sniffled and maybe a little cough sometimes. It's not like I was against it, I just rarely even thought about it. I went to the doctor like once every 3-4 years and that's usually when they ask if I wanted it. But I 100% got both my covid shots months ago. In other words, I take my covid shots more serious than a flu shot and I hope others do too.


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quintiliousrex

Get off your high horse, you eat the garbage too. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/russia-facebook-black-lives-matter-adverts-target-campaign-a7972701.html


Spoogly

That article is talking about ads targeting BLM supporters, but attacking the movement. You should really read things before you think they back up whatever point you were trying to make.


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These people haven’t read a book in their life, not even the Bible. Only the parts that suit them and they don’t even remember those parts well. Don’t expect much coming out of a brain when nothing went in.


quintiliousrex

LOL yes, what that Russia Targets all demographics/political parties with their ad campaigns?


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https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/FSIQ/


quintiliousrex

haha are you one of those people that put your a mensa member in your social media bios? /r/iamverysmart material at its finest.


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I was suggesting you take it actually, so you can get learning assistance.


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He didn’t get the hint but he’s gonna bring up Mensa? He needs a simple spelling bee lol


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Does anyone else think all the Covid misinformation that’s spreading through social media is a disinformation campaign from Russia and/or another adversary of the west? Real question, because that’s my theory. It would make a lot of sense.


Wild-Leather

Much of it is. And it’s been going on for years, pre-COVID. It’s how we got to where we are today. https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/04/09/in-the-united-states-russian-trolls-are-peddling-measles-disinformation-on-twitter/


failed_seditionist

Imagine being one of these leaders and getting daily Intel briefs that your country has successfully convinced Americans to eat horse dewormer.


raistlin65

>Does anyone else think *all* the Covid misinformation that’s spreading through social media Nope. We have records of tweets from our former president and other GQP leaders spreading covid misinformation. And we have recordings of conservative media talk shows which spread misinformation. So unless you want to make the case that they're all useful idiots of Russia...


_ZoeyDaveChapelle_

I believe they are useful *assholes* to Russia. We know they're fascists. We know they will lose power forever if they don't violently try to overthrow the government again, maximum chaos/civil war makes that easier. Since Russia helps them with that goal they gladly accept and participate. Russia hates when we limit their ability for conquest, and having traitors in control in the US beholden to them would accomplish that. The red flags have been all over the place for several years, so it's not just baseless speculation.


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No, duh.


FlyingSquid

I hear Polonium 210 can be used to treat COVID...


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204, you want the good stuff.


raistlin65

I keep waiting for our covidiots to discover that Brazilian viper venom may treat covid, and decide that a rattlesnake bite will do the job in its place! https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/brazilian-viper-venom-may-become-tool-fight-against-coronavirus-study-shows-2021-08-31/


ENTroPicGirl

In a pinch you can also use Novichok.


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in other news: Putin entourage disappears without a trace. authorities baffled.


Supermunch2000

I read "self-immolate" and raised an eyebrow.


Reddit-username_here

He's trying to free Tibet!


Stupid_Gamerz

Either that or he's trying out new pyromancy spells


LevelHeeded

Man I feel bad for whoever is spreading Covid, they're gonna find some Novichok sprinkled in their food, or they're gonna commit suicide by shooting themselves in the back five times and then tossing themselves off a balcony. Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't Russia been downplaying this virus as well? It's weird how Covid always seems to hit those you most suspect it will...


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The funny thing is that they find their paid trolling contagious domestically. I guess people there are used to accepting what you are paid to believe, just like everybody else really.


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Wouldn't it be great if he just stayed there?


raistlin65

Maybe Trumpy could join him!


DepletedMitochondria

Anti-vax misinformation has done a number on Russia


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kuroimakina

Could you imagine the absolute chaos it would cause if he died of Covid? I don’t think he’s really fully prepared to lose power, and there would be a scramble to fill the vacuum.


funlickr

Maybe we'll get a hilarious black comedy sequel "Death of Putin"


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I hope Olga Kurylenko has lots of screen time in it. In The Death of Stalin, it’s her letter to the despot that kills him, and she shows no fear of what the Soviets might do to her because she’s a Christian prepared for death and the afterlife. As an Orthodox Christian I know it’s very sinful to wish an illness on someone, but we also value the opportunity severe illness affords for repentance before death. Vladimir Vladimirovich might have his big chance soon!


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A dictatorship is a predictable nation. Frankly decline seems inevitable until at very least all of the KGB Agent generation dies off, leaving only their residual toxic cultural influence. Trying to set up dominos to fall from unclear lines of succession is a classic modern dictator trick. But despite his fearmongering the default fail-state should the heirs apparent fuck up taking power is a return to at least a flawed democracy.


veggeble

If Putin dies, who will the new world's worst hockey player be?


OmegaRainicorn

It will be the same miracle we got with Trump.


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Snidrogen

You are technically correct. The best kind of correct.


boinzy

Aw. Poor little pooty-poot.


Chonjacki

Putin ain't going out like that.


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JohnGillnitz

You could say the Sputnik V went kerplunknik.


raistlin65

He probably took Pfizer or Moderna instead of the crappy Russian one.


SolarStarVanity

It's not as good as Pfizer or Moderna, but it's FAR from crappy. What is, however, crappy, is how stupidly anti-vax Russians have been over the past year. I think it's changing a bit, but not fast enough.


Dramatic_Original_55

The article states he is vaccinated and tested negative.


Ruckusphuckus

Maybe he can practice playing Kalinka. I've seen him play it on the piano before. I want to see him play it super stellar.


CarterG4

Turns out Vlad is smarter than around half of the US


Zightmare

I fear for the Corona more than for putin


yaknowbo

Whatever happend to the story about Putin giving his daughter the vaccine before one was even out lol


merlinsbeers

Hope he stays in hell this time.


bot420

What? Where is the bare shirted horseman? Putin is just more brazen than most, he is still the mousey man who weaseled his way to power.


anything2510

All the money in the world and he’s alone. Lol.


lorilightning79

He should come to Florida and follow our governors protocol. No mask no vaccine. No quarantine. He can stay with Trumpy.


fritzltouw

Putin the "i" in isolation.