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by Test0129 1363 days ago
I suppose it's not unexpected in that pregnant women have to avoid most vaccinations for the same reason.

What is shocking is that "trusted news" claimed this wasn't true just last year. You'd think the vaccine cured cancer with just how perfect the news portrayed it to be.

Without delving into conspiracy theory it does certainly seem like 2020-2021 was the greatest period of sponsored, deliberate, misinformation spread by previously trustable sources in history. The level of irresponsibility with such an important thing to society (vaccines) will likely forever drive people away from taking them. The irony of all this is the misinformation peddlers seem to have actually been the news with their by-the-minute update on "debunking anti-vaccine claims". Certainly many anti-vaccine claims are far-fetched. But, the less far-fetched ones seem to be coming true by the day.

Will we see vaccine providers and news agencies in court for deliberately misleading the public? Signs point to unlikely. Maybe it'll make an interesting documentary our grandchildren will watch, though.

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> pregnant women have to avoid most vaccinations for the same reason.

Is it most? Flu, pertussis, hepatitis are all recommended during pregnancy. Is it a live vs inactive distinction?

According to the CDC [1] it appears only Flu and TDaP are recommended. It does appear to be a live vs inactive.

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/vaccines-during-p...

>Will we see vaccine providers and news agencies in court for deliberately misleading the public? Signs point to unlikely. Maybe it'll make an interesting documentary our grandchildren will watch, though.

With the way censorship is going, our grandchildren will be reading the "corrected" version of this, at best.