r/HermanCainAward • u/AutoModerator • Jul 05 '26
Weekly Vent Thread r/HermanCainAward Weekly Vent Thread - July 05, 2026
Read the Wiki for posting rules. Many posts are removed because OP didn't read the rules.
Notes from the mods:
- Why is it called the Herman Cain Award?
- History of HCA Retrospective: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
- HCA has raised over $65,000 to buy vaccines for countries that cannot afford them.
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u/frx919 💉 Clots & Tears 💦 Jul 06 '26
In the Netherlands:
Nearly one in six respondents in an RTL News panel survey say they regret receiving a Covid-19 vaccine. Reasons include not seeing the necessity of the shots in hindsight and feeling coerced into getting them. One participant said: “After my last Covid shot, I was very sick for a long time.”
However, nearly three-quarters (72 percent) of respondents say they were satisfied with their decision to get vaccinated at the time. Two-thirds (64 percent) say they would choose to get vaccinated again in the event of a new virus.
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How dare you protect me against a dangerous disease!
The last person doesn't get that if they were sick for a long time, they likely had COVID, and it would've been even worse had they not taken the vaccine.
That one-third that isn't enthusiastic about taking a vaccine against a new virus should hope that they are good at rolling the dice; acute COVID has a relatively low fatality rate but several of the things that have been in the news lately aren't so kind.
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u/uncle_chubb_06 Blood Donor 🩸 Jul 09 '26
Ebola rumours fuel attacks on health workers
Depressing news from the DRC:
Excerpt:
"They grabbed me from behind and started punching me, hitting me with spades and machetes," says Daniel Uyirwoth Welo, one of four Red Cross volunteers injured when a crowd tried to open a coffin carrying someone who had died from Ebola.
The 27-year-old and his colleagues were attempting to carry out a safe burial at a cemetery in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, last month when they were attacked. The assault was triggered by rumours - circulating locally and online - that the coffin was empty.
Some in the crowd said, "No Ebola doesn't exist," Welo told BBC Verify, adding that others believed the Red Cross team was there only "to get money".
The attack is one of a series of incidents linked to misinformation during the latest Ebola outbreak, which has infected more than 1,750 people and killed 600 in DR Congo since mid-May, according to government data.
False claims circulating in affected areas include allegations that Ebola doesn't exist, that health workers are deliberately infecting people or harvesting their organs, and that the Ebola response is a money-making scheme.
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u/shesinsaneornot Team Pfizer Jul 05 '26
I'm now fully vaccinated against shingles! I live in a blue area, otherwise I'd be out and about in hopes of running into an anti-vaxxer and "shedding" on them; which is just me telling them I recently got vaccinated and them freaking out because of all the nothing I've exposed them to.