A leading U.S. health official on Sunday urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles elimination status.

“Take the vaccine, please,” said Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator whose boss has raised suspicion about the safety and importance of vaccines. “We have a solution for our problem.”

Oz, a heart surgeon, defended some recently revised federal vaccine recommendations as well as past comments from President Donald Trump and the nation’s health chief, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., about the efficacy of vaccines. From Oz, there was a clear message on the measles.

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    Nah. Thinning out the idiots via natural selection would be an extremely good thing for Americans right now. Please let the idiots die.

    Drink raw milk, eat raw meat, and become a strong boy!

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      “Mr president, Brad Dongnozzle from CNN, is the shitting of your pants your way of agreeing or disagreeing about the vaccine?”
      “What? Wait, I shit my pants? I don’t remember doing that…” {shits pants again} “Oh, man, Putin isn’t going to be happy about this!” {shits pants once again}

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      I thought the vaccines had 5G chips in them, and turned our brains to mush!

      …god we live in the dumbest timeline.

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        My MAGA ex husband told our son that the vaccine had HIV in it after he already got it. Luckily our son believes in science so he was able to figure out that his dad had just gone coo coo but it’s still a pretty scary thing to tell a child

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        I think that was just the covid vaccine (as if it matters). Re-upped my 5G signal with a booster just this weekend! Feeling connected.

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      The dying is all fun and games for Republicans until their data tells them that now is not a good time for another pandemic shut down.

      We had the flu of 1918 then covid 19. It will not take 100 years for the next big one. The medical industrial complex has not recovered from covid yet and people panicked voted Biden.

      Yes, Republicans don’t want another problem to fuck up their propaganda.

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        Between gutting the NIH, CDC, and leaving WHO, Americans won’t see the next pandemic coming, and when it arrives, there will be no vaccine or drug.

        NIH LITERALLY saved Trump’s life when he got COVID and he turned around and shut them down.

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        Yes, Republicans don’t want another problem to fuck up their propaganda.

        A problem they themselves keep causing.

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    Like how they’re suddenly like, maybe don’t drink the raw milk we’ve been promoting recklessly.

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    The guy is still a doctor. His showed devolved quickly because there’s only so many ways to provide content for 5 days a week, but there has to be SOME part of him that knows the science and believes it.

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      I’m picturing that guy sweating over two red buttons. One says “Grifter” the other says “Doctor”.

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      I remember when former GOP Senate Majority Leader, and heart surgeon, Bill Frist went on Bill Maher sometime around the late 2000s, or early 2010s, and they were discussing vaccines.

      Bill Maher, being the shithead that he is, was voicing his vaccine skepticism even then.

      Bill Frist, whom I’m loathe to give praise to, turned away from Maher, looked directly in the camera and said that vaccines were safe and encouraged everyone to get vaccinated.

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    The fact that this clown is a “Top US Health Official” is a great indication of an empire in decline.