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You know who else doesn't give a fuck about Gaza? The vaccine skeptic movement. Here's what I posted on one of their forums:

Look closely at the leading figures in the vaccine skeptic movement and you'll notice they have one thing in common. They are all pro-Israel. Don't take my word for it, just do a search on their names + Israel, starting with Sen. Ron Johnson and RFK Jr, then go down the list. You'll either find pro-Israel statements or nothing at all on the genocide (according to the UN) currently happening in Gaza and now extending to Lebanon.

I really can't countenance this level of hypocrisy in the movement and have thus broken off any involvement with them. If you can stand by and say nothing while your precious Israel breaks every rule of civilized conduct then I want nothing to do with you or the people who associate with you.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but here's what the Lancet had to say about it.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01169-3/fulltext

There's plenty of supporting evidence for their position, including testimony from courageous doctors who've put their own lives at extreme risk attempting to treat the horrific injuries suffered by what are mostly women and children. Thousands of them.

Meanwhile, one of the 'heroes' of the vaccine skeptic movement is pulling in at least $10K/month on Substack. Not too shabby for simply reposting other people's research and turning up for Sen. Johnson's endless spin sessions.

I guess I can understand the hesitancy. Having been sanctioned once already, why go up against an even more powerful lobby than the pharmaceutical cartel? Nonetheless, as public figures and medical professionals an ethical choice has to be made, and just turning a blind eye isn't one of them. Frankly, I can't see how anyone who distrusts the government on such a major issue as the vaccines can accept at face value their position on anything else, and yet there it is.

Make of it what you will. I'm done with all of them until they stand up and be counted.

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ScKamala.

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