Listen to Ukrainians.
This thread is a collection of tweets and articles from Ukrainians, all over the world, describing in English how it feels to be them and how their lives have changed. It will be added to often.
Read. Empathize. Act.
It makes it so much worse.
A large number of far-right personalities don't believe in the garbage they spout. They know they're lying.
They purposefully choose to foment hatred and target vulnerable groups *because it pays well.*
Harming the world to fatten their bank accounts
@not_sforys92 I did not want to see it, but people have made it into a gif being repeatedly posted, and... yeah. No one deserves having a video of their death exploited.
@Ettel_wen And consequences here are that people will get sick and die. It has nothing to do with Covid and everything to do with ranti- government nutjobs.
Herd immunity is needed to protect those who can't vaccinate due to side effects, now those people will get sick and many will die.
@aperson28671 @JasonPYYC You don't follow me because you don't comprehend that this nonsense will hurt girls far more than anyone else. Or you don't care that it will, either way you're wrong and/or a paid bot.
@Ettel_wen When the government is actively *discouraging* vaccines, which is what is happening in the US, they will not cover vaccination costs.
Encouraging is what they used to do, mandates were brought in by smaller state/local governments - and Florida is removing their power to do so.
@Ettel_wen Once insurance programs drop coverage for vaccines, costs go up. Pharmacies and clinics order fewer vaccines, because most people can't or won't pay the $200+ price. Vaccines become less accessible, and herd immunity (what let us eradicate certain diseases) becomes impossible.
@Ettel_wen Mandatory vaccinations get people vaccinated who wouldn't otherwise bother doing it.
When a government no longer requires or encourages vaccinations, government health programs for low-income families stop paying for them. Other health insurances start to drop vaccine coverage.
Since so many Americans are big on "giving up land for peace," can we start taking their land already so they practice what they preach? They think they're untouchable, but they're not.
@Ettel_wen That's because your governments aren't pushing anti-vax nonsense to appease a small section of nutcases. Yes, Europe will be fine, South America will be fine and so on, Canada has a fight to prepare for because their trainwreck neighbour is about to let all the diseases loose.
@ConComComCon@FluteMagician Which is projection because they know if they had that power, they'd abuse it. Therefore everyone with authority must abuse it.
1) Here is the real root of anti-vaccine ideology: superstition. People think โThis person took a vaccine and had a heart attack the next year. Therefore, the vaccine caused it and vaccines must be avoided.โ This is a superstition and we must call it what it really is. Alsoโฌ๏ธ