A man's anti-vaccine rant at a San Diego, California Board of Supervisors meeting has gotten a lot of attention in the past few days because of just how off the wall it was.
The man—identified as Matt Baker who was sporting blond dreadlocks and yelling at the top of his lungs for the entire time—went off on a tirade against vaccines equating vaccine mandates to Nazi Germany.
You can see footage here:
The San Diego Board of Supervisors meeting tonight featured a litany of deranged anti-vaccers, including Matt Baker. He accused them of violating the Nuremberg Code, called them Nazis with Fauci as Fuhrer, and said \u201cyour children and your children\u2019s children will be subjugated.\u201dpic.twitter.com/F9Kx9RHP41— Ron Filipkowski (@Ron Filipkowski) 1629245577
San Diego anti vaccine protestor strongly opposes any vaccine mandates. Got a little heated.pic.twitter.com/xuTKmpId7E— Phillip Molnar (@Phillip Molnar) 1629243787
I knew Matt as a regular when I was a barista in OB. \n\nHe is clearly not well, and his mental health has deteriorated significantly since I\u2019ve last chatted with him. I hope he is able to get better. This is horrific.— \ud83c\udf3b Brett Weise \ud83c\udf26 (@\ud83c\udf3b Brett Weise \ud83c\udf26) 1629246008
honestly, I am tired to the bone of all these sympathetic thinkpieces about how we just need to be nicer about these things, or the maudlin "they thought COVID was fake but now they have it and still won't get the vaccine" features. STOP GIVING THESE PEOPLE ATTENTION.— compli-kate (@compli-kate) 1629293211
pic.twitter.com/JwY5XKpN93— Aging Artemis (@Aging Artemis) 1629254375
Why are they allowed in without a mask?— \u24cb (@\u24cb) 1629244027
"Your children and your children's children will be subjugated," Baker said about the vaccine created to end the global pandemic and save lives.
"They will be asked, 'How many vaccines have you had? Have you been a good little Nazi?'"
Currently there are 16 vaccines which children are recommended to get between birth and the age of 18—which has been true for nearly all of our lifetimes. Only one of those vaccines is a newer addition.
Yet despite Baker's warning, children have yet to become Nazis.
This is how I act when my dogs take forever to poop on a hot sunny south Florida dayhttps://twitter.com/PhillipMolnar/status/1427778046996611073\u00a0\u2026— Rodrigo Chamorro (@Rodrigo Chamorro) 1629344700
Im so tired.https://twitter.com/phillipmolnar/status/1427778046996611073\u00a0\u2026— Mario Vasquez (@Mario Vasquez) 1629337199
Um,Im going to be a "dickette"(female dick) here and say this guy needs to address his personal hygiene habits first!https://twitter.com/PhillipMolnar/status/1427778046996611073\u00a0\u2026— Carol (@Carol) 1629334708
There should be mandated anger management for him. #Yikeshttps://twitter.com/phillipmolnar/status/1427778046996611073\u00a0\u2026— Gregarlic (@Gregarlic) 1629326075
Tell me you're an incell, without actually telling me that you're an incell.https://twitter.com/PhillipMolnar/status/1427778046996611073\u00a0\u2026— Jules Martineau (@Jules Martineau) 1629323032
The anti-vaccine movement is responsible for vaccine hesitancy nationwide, resulting in the surge of the Delta variant which is currently overwhelming healthcare systems.
Most folks who viewed Baker's sentiments felt uncharitable about them.
sending this to anyone who asks me if i miss san diegohttps://twitter.com/phillipmolnar/status/1427778046996611073\u00a0\u2026— neeta \ud83e\udd40 (@neeta \ud83e\udd40) 1629319429
The bloke from Strike Anywhere certainly is passionate about the issues.https://twitter.com/PhillipMolnar/status/1427778046996611073\u00a0\u2026— All Watched Over By Machines of Drum and Bass (@All Watched Over By Machines of Drum and Bass) 1629310401
Mf sound like prime Chris Jericho https://twitter.com/phillipmolnar/status/1427778046996611073\u00a0\u2026— Who\u2019s MILTON???? (@Who\u2019s MILTON????) 1629308564
we deserve to go extincthttps://twitter.com/PhillipMolnar/status/1427778046996611073\u00a0\u2026— telecom man 3.0 (@telecom man 3.0) 1629307570
The culmination of years of misinformation and the ability of those people spreading said misinformation to connect lead to this moment and this man.
But in the end, reality will follow facts and science regardless of the lies people believe.
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