American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000
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Oh, that’s great. I can just imagine the effect of pathogens sweeping through the military and what that does for combat readiness and execution of a war.
@GhostOnTheHalfShell @petergleick I mean, considering what the American military has been used for for the past 150 years, wouldn't that be a good thing to anyone who values goodness?
"Oh no, the army won't be so efficient in their next Wounded Knee Massacre, or Marine Invasion of Haiti, or their carpet-bombing of Cambodia, or the next time they want to kill half a million Iraqis!"
It's a good thing if they all flu up.
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Oh, that’s great. I can just imagine the effect of pathogens sweeping through the military and what that does for combat readiness and execution of a war.
@GhostOnTheHalfShell @petergleick
Oh no. It’s magical thinking. They’re the best and fittest and because of that can’t catch flu, and even if they do, *they’ll* be fine, so they don’t need a vaccine!Even if they are fine, how many people who won’t be will they give it to? They don’t care, because those people are *weak*, so they don’t matter to the magical thinkers.
(I’m related to two people who think like this.)
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American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000.
American soldiers killed by flu in World War I: 45,000.
They would have given anything for a flu vaccine.
https://wapo.st/4eAG2sx@petergleick Wow. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot!
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American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000.
American soldiers killed by flu in World War I: 45,000.
They would have given anything for a flu vaccine.
https://wapo.st/4eAG2sx@petergleick Eejits gonna eejit.
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell @petergleick I mean, considering what the American military has been used for for the past 150 years, wouldn't that be a good thing to anyone who values goodness?
"Oh no, the army won't be so efficient in their next Wounded Knee Massacre, or Marine Invasion of Haiti, or their carpet-bombing of Cambodia, or the next time they want to kill half a million Iraqis!"
It's a good thing if they all flu up.
No, it really isn’t. It is a immoral crime to condition military to be bloodthirsty killers without restraint, and it is another immoral crime to condemn them to illness and death.
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell @petergleick
Oh no. It’s magical thinking. They’re the best and fittest and because of that can’t catch flu, and even if they do, *they’ll* be fine, so they don’t need a vaccine!Even if they are fine, how many people who won’t be will they give it to? They don’t care, because those people are *weak*, so they don’t matter to the magical thinkers.
(I’m related to two people who think like this.)
@pomegranate_stew @petergleick
I read a very different message out of the disregard for vaccinating the troops:
The boots on the ground are disposable
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American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000.
American soldiers killed by flu in World War I: 45,000.
They would have given anything for a flu vaccine.
https://wapo.st/4eAG2sx@petergleick he’s such a massive wanker
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@pomegranate_stew @petergleick
I read a very different message out of the disregard for vaccinating the troops:
The boots on the ground are disposable
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American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000.
American soldiers killed by flu in World War I: 45,000.
They would have given anything for a flu vaccine.
https://wapo.st/4eAG2sx@petergleick
#KegBreath is such an idiot. -
American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000.
American soldiers killed by flu in World War I: 45,000.
They would have given anything for a flu vaccine.
https://wapo.st/4eAG2sx -
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