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DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 7 months ago

Trump doesn't rule out banning vaccines if he becomes president: 'I'll make a decision'

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Trump doesn't rule out banning vaccines if he becomes president: 'I'll make a decision'

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DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 7 months ago
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In an interview with NBC News, the former president also said that a push by RFK Jr. to remove fluoride in water “sounds OK to me.”
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    he’s aware the pharmaceutical lobby has deep pockets, so this is more like a ransom

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      Exactly. He will ask for 99.9% of what they make.

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        So you’re saying prices will go up 99%

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          Well, yeah.

          Gotta make profits somehow and avoid Seal Team 6 liquidating your ass on the way to the Hamptons.

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            I’d be more wary about windows.

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          deleted by creator

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          not how math works…

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            I’m not even going to bother explaining the joke to you. I am disappointed in you as a person though.

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              I’m not even going to bother explaining the joke to you

              your anger seems misplaced, you should really be angry at yourself.

              i understand what joke you tried to make, it just doesn’t make sense. “not making sense” doesn’t automatically make something funny. 🤷‍♂️

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                Disappointment is not anger.
                What joke do you think I made?

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                  Disappointment is not anger.

                  it is, just camouflaged.

                  prices going up 99% would result in “them” having ~0,2%, instead of the 0,1% they had before. so, you see, your joke, where you tried to pass the expense of the bribe onto customer, doesn’t work, before your math is way off.

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                    Edit. Nevermind. I was giving this person way too much credit.

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      More like racketeering I believe.

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      Vaccines are not cash cows, so they might put some cash in his pockets just to make his threat a reality

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        Interestingly, “vaccine” comes from the latin vaccīnus which means “from the cow”.

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