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Paul Alexander, the polio survivor who spent over 70 years in an Iron Lung, has died at 78 (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They’ve already decided they don’t care for the suffering of other people’s children, the step to not caring about their own isn’t a far one.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 8 months ago

Most people are wired to care about people that are familiar to them, instinctively, so I actually think it is a big step. Antivaxxers, as far as I can tell, genuinely believe the conspiracy theories and snake oil salesmen.