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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-02-09 12:22 PM
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I think I found a source of funding for the anti-vax movement
It's the people who used to make a lot of these:



Think about it!
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-02-09 09:52 PM
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1. How about this industry which took a HUGE hit with the advent of vaccination.
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-03-09 02:29 AM
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2. I met a person recently who spent time in an iron lung.
Has post polio syndrome (or whatever it is called) along with really poor pulmonary function and limbs on 1 side are not very functioning either.

To you and the OP, good points.
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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-03-09 03:34 AM
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3. Actually if's true that Big Pharma makes a big profit from vaccinations
They get a large number of octogenarian customers for their blood pressure pills, anti-arthritis medications, etc. If too many people died of now-preventable childhood disease, where would they find all those elderly people who make up their biggest base of customers?
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-03-09 09:30 AM
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4. By that logic, cancer should have been cured by now
since you can't sell viagra to a corpse. But apparently the cure is being suppressed just out of spite.
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Heddi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 10:19 PM
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5. Fucking cats are in it, too




(these are real books, btw)
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 03:42 AM
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6. well...
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