<![CDATA[American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000]]>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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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116381588622932369/statuses/116444008046011809https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116381588622932369/statuses/116444008046011809Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:02:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000 on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:54:41 GMT]]>@petergleick
is such an idiot.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sloanlance/statuses/116443976940352932https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sloanlance/statuses/116443976940352932Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:54:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000 on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:42:48 GMT]]>@GhostOnTheHalfShell @petergleick
That too.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/pomegranate_stew/statuses/116443930199626593https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/pomegranate_stew/statuses/116443930199626593Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:42:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000 on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:41:57 GMT]]>@petergleick he’s such a massive wanker

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116056513631316930/statuses/116443926864917767https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116056513631316930/statuses/116443926864917767Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:41:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000 on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:40:49 GMT]]>@pomegranate_stew @petergleick

I read a very different message out of the disregard for vaccinating the troops:

The boots on the ground are disposable

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/116443922424096914https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/116443922424096914Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:40:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000 on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:39:21 GMT]]>@PatrickoftheG @petergleick

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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/116443916652059645https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/116443916652059645Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:39:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000 on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:37:31 GMT]]>@petergleick Eejits gonna eejit.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://newsie.social/users/PodcastSteve/statuses/116443909428421072https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://newsie.social/users/PodcastSteve/statuses/116443909428421072Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:37:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000 on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:31:24 GMT]]>@petergleick Wow. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot! 😲

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gimulnautti/statuses/116443885390958927https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gimulnautti/statuses/116443885390958927Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:31:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000 on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:29:34 GMT]]>@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.)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/pomegranate_stew/statuses/116443878152768362https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/pomegranate_stew/statuses/116443878152768362Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:29:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000 on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:25:16 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/PatrickoftheG/statuses/116443861269285384https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/PatrickoftheG/statuses/116443861269285384Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:25:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000 on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:24:28 GMT]]>@petergleick
Oh goody. Flu will run rampant through a couple of the local school districts next year because of this dumbassery. Guess I should buy even more masks.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/pomegranate_stew/statuses/116443858129997202https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/pomegranate_stew/statuses/116443858129997202Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:24:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000 on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:23:46 GMT]]>@petergleick

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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/116443855382503070https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/116443855382503070Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:23:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000 on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:08:28 GMT]]>@petergleick Can't wait for the death toll in future wars on the US side to be higher for disease than for KIA 🥲

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.eu/ap/users/115601049471092408/statuses/116443795194366900https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.eu/ap/users/115601049471092408/statuses/116443795194366900Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:08:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000 on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:08:14 GMT]]>

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/franciswashere/statuses/116443794244335173https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/franciswashere/statuses/116443794244335173Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:08:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000 on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:06:30 GMT]]>@petergleick These are the political correctness guys! 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/linuxnerd/statuses/116443787492787456https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/linuxnerd/statuses/116443787492787456Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:06:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000 on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:59:57 GMT]]>@petergleick It would absurdly easy to deliver aerosolized flu droplets via drone.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274777763908831/statuses/116443761716938998https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274777763908831/statuses/116443761716938998Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:59:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000 on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:56:40 GMT]]>@petergleick

Is this another form of germ warfare?

Or just the Hegseth/Trump way of showing more disdain for our members of the military?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/HamonWry/statuses/116443748764218485https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/HamonWry/statuses/116443748764218485Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:56:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000 on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:41:58 GMT]]>@petergleick. Kegsbreath is just a fucking moron!

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