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Or Polio. Guess we should invest in iron lungs.

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Submitted ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨merari42@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • db2@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Isn’t dysentery basically when you shit yourself to death?

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    • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Too much of a good thing

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    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      One of several things that can make you shit yourself to death, yes.

      Another fun one is cholera. Which may get a resurgence too, as regulatory capture means that raw or undercooked seafood from the Gulf of Mexico resulting in “very rare” cases might become “just a regular part of living in a modern kakistocracy”

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      • WoodScientist@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You mention the Gulf of Mexico. A friend of ours recently has his whole family catch cholera from swimming on the beach in Galveston. They’re fine and all made full recoveries, as it isn’t lethal if properly treated. But yes, in the Year of Our Lord 2024, you can catch literal cholera just by going to the beach in Texas.

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      yeah it’s about as much fun as it sounds

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    • marcos@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes, and we know how to treat it (not cure, but we know how to make people not die) since, well, before the times depicted on the game. We have also knew how to avoid most of its infections since… hum, I don’t know that one, but Ancient Rome was full of structures made for that, and functional, so some time before them.

      Still people didn’t use to be able to afford treatment (that is basically drinking large amounts of clean water with salt and sugar, and resting). And it takes a functional government to avoid it.

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  • Skyline969@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    America voted for this.

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    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Less than half voted for this.

      As usual, the apathy party won, with 36% of voters not voting.

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      • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I still can’t believe that I know at least 5 ppl that have voluntarily stated they didn’t vote

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      • Madison420@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes blame the voters not the system that leads to apathy.

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      • PlainSimpleGarak@lemmings.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Sorry, I was taking a shit that day.

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  • enbyecho@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m rooting for the Polio. Those cute hats and little sticks and you get to ride around at a full gallop and then drink gin & tonics afterward.

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    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s polo. Polio is that thing used for fishing. Not a net, the other one.

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      • wjrii@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That’s a pole. Polio is porridge-like dish made from maize. Not grits, the other one.

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      • enbyecho@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You’ve never been to Alabama, have you?

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    • WoodScientist@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I hope reincarnation turns out to be real, just so RFK can end up as a child with polio.

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  • collapse_already@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Smallpox was definitely one of the things that made America great.

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  • Etterra@discuss.online ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Good thing I’m vaccinated, have no kids, and have become a paranoid shut-in.

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    • dan@upvote.au ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      a paranoid shut-in.

      This is the way. All the bad things are outside.

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    • Olhonestjim@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I know, right?

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  • droporain@lemmynsfw.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Make brain worms great again.

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  • WoodScientist@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We have a friend whose family recently all got cholera. Not joking, this literally happened this year. They caught it from swimming on the beach in Galveston.

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    • wjrii@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ve been to Galveston. This tracks.

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  • fulcrummed@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s cool, I’ve got 4 x yokes and an axle; and I’ve got a good feeling about Odell Lake! Heard some ospreys have been seen about, but I’m not worried.

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    • Sharpiemarker@startrek.website ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Feel free to ford any rivers you come across. That never ends poorly.

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  • A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Too glad I’m not an American lol

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  • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s part of the plan to get Pennsylvania votes. Going to be making steel lungs.

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  • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Tery did nothing wrong

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