General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDid Y'all get the AIDS vaccine?
We should focus on being civil and educating people about the [Covid vaccine] and not trying to bully them into taking it and work at it that way, he told right-wing podcast host Erick Erickson.
[The Covid vaccine] is basically how the AIDS vaccine worked. People wouldnt take it early on because it was mandated, they started educating people and now it is doing a lot of good out there. Same scenario, different year that we are dealing with right now.
Salon reports Kemp has used this argument before. Well we are not going to have a statewide mask mandate, he said previously. [Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health Dr. Kathleen] Tumi and I believe that they do not work. They did not work with the AIDS vaccine and theyre not going to work with the corona vaccine.
https://www.queerty.com/everyone-dumbfounded-gop-gov-brian-kemps-latest-idiotic-statement-20210920
leftieNanner
(15,084 posts)An AIDS vaccine.
dweller
(23,629 posts)We both are probably right
✌🏻
MustLoveBeagles
(11,598 posts)1. Yet another civility lecture brought to you by the party of Fuck Your Feelings.
2. There is no Aids vaccine you dumbass! (meaning Kemp)
Sympthsical
(9,073 posts)And he's right, it took a while for it to become widespread. Had to do a lot of educating.
But he's still a fucking idiot about everything else.
And HIV isn't spread by, you know, breathing.
BootinUp
(47,143 posts)I like that phrase
DFW
(54,369 posts)I rode down to the center offering AIDS vaccine on my unicorn, and after my shot, had lunch of roast shmoo with the Easter Bunny and Little Miss Muffett, too.
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)Fake News galore. REALLY! How much longer are they going to allowed to endanger people?
relayerbob
(6,544 posts)For starters, HIV is not airborne.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,853 posts)How in the world did I miss that one?
Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)mocking and name-calling were counterproductive. But I also think it is unavoidable - it seems to be human nature to do that.