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greek mythology: hades the god of the underworld

“Steris stepped over and set a new log on, then stirred the embers. So he hadn’t been alone. She set the poker beside the fireplace, then regarded him. He awaited her words. None came. Instead, she scooted the footstool around until it was beside his chair. She sat down, legs crossed neatly, hands in her lap. The two of them remained there, not saying a word, though she did eventually rest her hand on top of his. The fire had felt cold to him, the air frozen, but that hand was warm. Finally, he turned to the side, rested his head on her shoulder, and wept.”

doctorreadsalot

One of my favorite scenes of all time!

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fuzzynecromancer

There is no unskilled labor, only undervalued skills.

doctorreadsalot

This was oddly satisfying to watch

severusdefender

dumbledore: harry has to die so voldemort can die. there’s no other way

severus: i recognize that you have made a decision, but given that it’s a stupid-ass decision, i’m going to make one modification

dumbledore: which is?

severus: i’m going to die first

dumbledore: me too. speaking of which, i’d like to ask you a favour

memeguy-com

years later House is still as relevant as he ever was

doyouthinkaboutme

I wasn’t vaccinated and never got sick so

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And I swam and didn’t drown.

Anecdotes aren’t evidence. The reason YOU specifically didn’t get sick is because of something called Mass Immunity.

That means that since everyone ELSE is vaccinated (you’re welcome), there’s nowhere for the virus to establish a hold. That mass immunity is the only thing that keeps people who CANNOT vaccinate—like the immunocompromised—from catching it.

The second that people stop vaccinating, that immunity disappears and the disease resurges, as is clear from the fact that the US is currently experiencing an epidemic of a disease that was projected to become extinct in our lifetimes.

Get immunized. There’s no reason not to.

gehayi

or a adinfinitumxx:

Considering that there’s a whole host of people in my age range who weren’t vaccinated enough (even I was missing the second dose of MMR until recently) getting the measles and the mumps I think it’s ridiculous that we’re arguing over a life and death situation. Literally, do you want to live or die?

Also, even if you weren’t vaccinated and never got sick—at least not visibly—that doesn’t preclude the possibility that you picked up a virus and passed it on without knowing it.

Maybe you had…oh, let’s say measles. But you had no symptoms. Or maybe you had a fever, or sore eyes, or a harsh dry cough, but that was it. But nothing that said anything was seriously wrong. And in the meantime, you went about your business. Maybe you waited for a bus with an old man, or shared an aisle at the store with a pregnant woman and her wailing one-year-old, or attended a party with your friends.

And the disease you didn’t know you had? That passed on to the people you met, or to people that they met. The disease you didn’t know you had was passed to a friend at that party, and she passed it to her mother and father, they passed it to their workmates, and now two offices are sick with your measles. The old man you saw at the bus stop? He got pneumonia as a result of the measles you passed to him. The pregnant woman from the store? She miscarried. Her baby, who was too young to be vaccinated? She developed encephalitis and died.

You’re not the only one who’s being protected by your vaccination. You’re protecting everyone else as well. That’s the fucking POINT of vaccination.

violent-darts

In fact, asymptomatic people are the most dangerous of plague vectors. They’re invisible.

thefingerfuckingfemalefury

House is me as a doctor

“I don’t want to vaccinate my child”

“Well, have fun at their funeral then you fuckin caveman cretin”

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I can’t get certain vaccinations because I have an autoimmune disorder- it could actually cause bad things to happen to me because my immune system is all kinds of fucked up.

So, if I interact with someone who isn’t vaccinated, and they’re a carrier, then I will get the full fledged thing. And since my immune system is a piece of shit, and I’m actually on medication to suppress it, I will die. There’s no question, I will straight up die.

There are people who legitimately cannot get vaccinations. So the people who can, must. Or else, they are an active participant in the death of an unwitting innocent.