MD kills his pharmacist brother because of covid vax

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I actually don’t think this has anything to do with covid, it’s just what this guy happened to latch on to. If he had killed them because he became convinced they were aliens, it wouldn’t have anything to do with aliens.

maybe, but the point is that he did latch onto this fake news. It's dangerous, especially since we need more healthcare providers, not attacking them.

I think it's like ionization. You put more energy into a system and atoms start losing their electrons. (Or so I recall from my mediocre chemistry education.) The more crazy you pump into our public narratives, the more of these kind mentally ill people hovering on the edge of polite society will break loose and do something terrible.

agree... it's fuel for the fire

The antivaxers are the fuel; crazy people are the fire.

The crazy conspiracy theorists know that their followers are rabid, and easily susceptible to crazy lies. They are feed the crazy people fire.

The end result, sadly, is that someone ends up dead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not all anti Vax folks are crazy but there’s a higher than normal incidence among the anti Vax group.
A lot of employers are happily getting rid of a lot of problem employees that won’t comply with the vaccine mandate—it’s like a little HR silver lining that some of these people are finally resigning.

Exactly. There is an interesting intersection of problem employees and anger about the vax mandate. I'm very worried about workplace violence around workplace compliance deadlines.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually don’t think this has anything to do with covid, it’s just what this guy happened to latch on to. If he had killed them because he became convinced they were aliens, it wouldn’t have anything to do with aliens.

maybe, but the point is that he did latch onto this fake news. It's dangerous, especially since we need more healthcare providers, not attacking them.

I think it's like ionization. You put more energy into a system and atoms start losing their electrons. (Or so I recall from my mediocre chemistry education.) The more crazy you pump into our public narratives, the more of these kind mentally ill people hovering on the edge of polite society will break loose and do something terrible.

This is a really good analogy. Kudos.

I agree. It's not like everyone who is mentally vulnerable is doomed to kill someone. It takes a trigger, and, as they say, the dose makes the poison. You pump more and more toxic conspiracy theory into the system, you keep ramping up the fear and outrage, and you increase the odds that someone snaps.

[Anonymous]

When I first read the title I thought it meant that an MD aka doctor had killed his pharmacist brother, which would have made this story even crazier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I actually don’t think this has anything to do with covid, it’s just what this guy happened to latch on to. If he had killed them because he became convinced they were aliens, it wouldn’t have anything to do with aliens.

I saw this on CNN and was annoyed because the article itself, at the time I read it, said it was not clear whether he specifically killed his brother over the vaccine.

It was also quite apparent that this is likely someone with long standing mental health problems, with or without illegal drugs compounding them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Off topic, but I hate it when news stories include details like how this suspect knew to ditch the cell phone, but they could track his movements through EZ pass. Can’t they just say police tracked him down? Why school dumb/ignorant people on different ways police can track your movements?

You mean like with chips they inject into you? (Just kidding.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually don’t think this has anything to do with covid, it’s just what this guy happened to latch on to. If he had killed them because he became convinced they were aliens, it wouldn’t have anything to do with aliens.

I saw this on CNN and was annoyed because the article itself, at the time I read it, said it was not clear whether he specifically killed his brother over the vaccine.

It was also quite apparent that this is likely someone with long standing mental health problems, with or without illegal drugs compounding them.

The quotes in this sentence are from interviews with witnesses in the court documents.
Jeffrey Burnham, 46, of Cumberland, "wanted to confront" his brother "with the government poisoning people with COVID vaccines," one document reads, adding, "He repeatedly stated, 'Brian knows something!'"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-burnham-killed-pharmacist-brother-covid-vaccine-shots-poisoning/