A leading U.S. health official on Sunday urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles elimination status.

“Take the vaccine, please,” said Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator whose boss has raised suspicion about the safety and importance of vaccines. “We have a solution for our problem.”

Oz, a heart surgeon, defended some recently revised federal vaccine recommendations as well as past comments from President Donald Trump and the nation’s health chief, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., about the efficacy of vaccines. From Oz, there was a clear message on the measles.

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      “Mr president, Brad Dongnozzle from CNN, is the shitting of your pants your way of agreeing or disagreeing about the vaccine?”
      “What? Wait, I shit my pants? I don’t remember doing that…” {shits pants again} “Oh, man, Putin isn’t going to be happy about this!” {shits pants once again}

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    Like how they’re suddenly like, maybe don’t drink the raw milk we’ve been promoting recklessly.

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    The guy is still a doctor. His showed devolved quickly because there’s only so many ways to provide content for 5 days a week, but there has to be SOME part of him that knows the science and believes it.

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      I’m picturing that guy sweating over two red buttons. One says “Grifter” the other says “Doctor”.

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      I remember when former GOP Senate Majority Leader, and heart surgeon, Bill Frist went on Bill Maher sometime around the late 2000s, or early 2010s, and they were discussing vaccines.

      Bill Maher, being the shithead that he is, was voicing his vaccine skepticism even then.

      Bill Frist, whom I’m loathe to give praise to, turned away from Maher, looked directly in the camera and said that vaccines were safe and encouraged everyone to get vaccinated.

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    Nah. Thinning out the idiots via natural selection would be an extremely good thing for Americans right now. Please let the idiots die.

    Drink raw milk, eat raw meat, and become a strong boy!

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      I’m guessing you don’t know that vaccines generally rely on heard immunity to be effective? If a significant portion of the population doesn’t take the vaccine, even people who have the vaccine might get infected. On another note, immuno compromised people might have legitimate reasons for not getting the vaccine, and rely on that same herd immunity.

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      Doctors I trust more than Doctor Oz, Doctor Phil, or RFK Jr.

      Doc Brown

      Doc Gooden

      Doc Holliday

      Doc Hollywood

      Doc Johnson

      Doc McStuffins

      Doctor Bombay

      Doctor Claw

      Doctor Demento

      Doctor Detroit

      Doctor Dirty

      Doctor Dolittle

      Doctor Doofenshmirtz aka Dr. D or just “Doof”

      Doctor Doom

      Doctor Evil

      Doctor Feelgood

      Doctor Frankenstein

      Doctor Girlfriend

      Doctor Hannibal Lecter

      Doctor Horrible

      Doctor Jekyll

      Doctor Kevorkian

      Doctor Leonard H. “Bones” McCoy

      Doctor Martens

      Doctor Moreau

      Doctor Nick

      Doctor Otto Octavius

      Doctor Pepper

      Doctor Scholl’s

      Doctor Orin Scrivello

      Doctor Seuss

      Doctor Spaceman

      Doctor Spock

      Doctor Strange

      Doctor Strangelove

      Doctor Who

      Doctor Zhivago

      Doctor Zoidberg

      Dr. Dre

      Dr. Enuf

      Dr. J (Julius Erving)

      Dr. Octogonapus (DOCTOROCTAGONAPUSBLURRR)

      Dr. Tran

      Rug Doctor

      Spin Doctors

      The Doctor (Star Trek: Voyager)

      Even Nurse Ratchet

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    That’ll learn ‘em…. I’m sure the willfully ignorant pieces of shit will definitely start falling in line.

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    The fact that this clown is a “Top US Health Official” is a great indication of an empire in decline.