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I had about a 45 minute conversation/impromptu lesson with a student today about vaccines/immune system (he was skeptical but not anti)

Posted by Reagen Apr 23 '21, 11:27

among the things that cropped up was that he had never heard of polio. Which is like, proof right there that vaccines work.

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"So we're good on vaccines?" "Yep." "And condoms?" "I can't get pregnant so why would I need one?" -- nm - Max Apr 23, 12:01
I think a big part of the anti-vaxxer movement is that people don't have experience with the pre-vaccine world. -- nm - Dano Apr 23, 11:48 1
- I mentioned FDR and he knew who he was and that he was in a wheelchair, but not why. -- nm - Reagen Apr 23, 11:49
Polo is a vicious disease. -- nm - Student Apr 23, 11:28 6
- Especially when you layer 3 of them in various colors -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 11:45
- Water polo isn't so bad. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 11:42 4
  - then why did they shut down all the beaches??? -- nm - colin Apr 23, 12:17 1
    - People were wearing crocs. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 12:19
  - Once one gets past the part of teaching the horses to swim -- nm - JD Apr 23, 11:44
  - Si, si, io sono Marco Polo. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 23, 11:43

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