Unfortunately, religious fanatics and conspiracy theorists also often resist vaccination.More susceptible people would help the contagion, but on the other hand, you'd think fewer vaccinated people would help stymie the virus's evolution (AND facilitate Humanity's!).
Polio was nearly exterminated, so that's likely very much not the case.
Goes back to the old "abuse a selection pressure, watch some adapt" that led to the problem we have with antibiotics. Fish getting smaller is the same thing, only a different selection pressure. So is some tusked animals beginning to evolve not to have tusks.
Basic evolution.
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Unfortunately, religious fanatics and conspiracy theorists also often resist vaccination.More susceptible people would help the contagion, but on the other hand, you'd think fewer vaccinated people would help stymie the virus's evolution (AND facilitate Humanity's!).
Both statements are true, to a point. Certainly overuse and misuse of antibiotics has resulted in the appearance of "superbugs". It is regrettable that polio has not gone the way of smallpox.
If I remember correctly, one copy of a particular recessive gene provides protection from bubonic plague, but two copies results in cystic fibrosis. The same is true for malaria and sickle-cell anemia.
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In most any modern republic, the office of President wields great power - but only in Argentina do those powers include protecting people from werewolves!
{adjust knobs on } Another piece of evidence suggesting Madonna (Ciccone) is (was?) a vampire, not a lycanthrope.
In most any modern republic, the office of President wields great power - but only in Argentina do those powers include protecting people from werewolves!{adjust knobs on } Another piece of evidence suggesting Madonna (Ciccone) is (was?) a vampire, not a lycanthrope.
Unless this move was meant to keep out werewolves Madonna didn't approve of.
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Unless this move was meant to keep out werewolves Madonna didn't approve of.In most any modern republic, the office of President wields great power - but only in Argentina do those powers include protecting people from werewolves!{adjust knobs on } Another piece of evidence suggesting Madonna (Ciccone) is (was?) a vampire, not a lycanthrope.
{starts writing Underworld + Evita + American Horror Story musical for Ryan Murphy}
Though mostly known in recent years for his role as Alexander "Tig" Trager on the critically-acclaimed television series Sons of Anarchy (2008-2014), Canadian-American actor Kim Coates (b. 1958) has appeared in a startling number of legendary box office bombs and critical disasters, including (but not limited to) Waterworld (1995), Carpool (1996), Battlefield Earth (2000), Pearl Harbor (2001), The Island (2005), Silent Hill (2006), and Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010).
In another noteworthy instance, especially given his later role on Sons of Anarchy, Coates also appeared in the 1987 Miami Vice episode "Viking Bikers From Hell," also starring famed B-list action star Reb Brown (b. 1948), which was made famous to internet audiences after being featured in an episode of The Spoony Experiment in 2014.
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The American school massacre problem predates the founding of the nation, with scattered records going back to the 1500s. Prior to the 1900s bladed weapons, such as swords and tomahawks, were the preferred choice for school killings. However, the first school shooting on record was in 1764, with school shootings starting to become steady in the 1890s.
To date, the most destructive school shooting is the Bath School Massacre, which happened in 1927.
American children have been dying in schools for nearly five hundred years.
Though mostly known in recent years for his role as Alexander "Tig" Trager on the critically-acclaimed television series Sons of Anarchy (2008-2014), Canadian-American actor Kim Coates (b. 1958) has appeared in a startling number of legendary box office bombs and critical disasters, including (but not limited to) Waterworld (1995), Carpool (1996), Battlefield Earth (2000), Pearl Harbor (2001), The Island (2005), Silent Hill (2006), and Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010).
I liked him in Goon.
Though mostly known in recent years for his role as Alexander "Tig" Trager on the critically-acclaimed television series Sons of Anarchy (2008-2014), Canadian-American actor Kim Coates (b. 1958) has appeared in a startling number of legendary box office bombs and critical disasters, including (but not limited to) Waterworld (1995), Carpool (1996), Battlefield Earth (2000), Pearl Harbor (2001), The Island (2005), Silent Hill (2006), and Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010).I liked him in Goon.
Haven't seen it yet, but it's on my list.
THE WEASLEY FAMILY BLOODLINE ARCANA: Redheads are vulnerable to fire and resistant to electricity.
Can confirm.
That's one electric wand that will never work again...
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MEANWHILE, IN CROATIA: In 2009, a young woman by the name of Natasha Timarovic experienced firsthand the power of shooting lightning out her bum! As it turns out, it wasn't as awesome as some might imagine that sounds.
Sadly, this is probably how my first superpower would manifest.
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MEANWHILE, IN CROATIA: In 2009, a young woman by the name of Natasha Timarovic experienced firsthand the power of shooting lightning out her bum! As it turns out, it wasn't as awesome as some might imagine that sounds.Sadly, this is probably how my first superpower would manifest.
*de-lightnings*
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MEANWHILE, IN CROATIA: In 2009, a young woman by the name of Natasha Timarovic experienced firsthand the power of shooting lightning out her bum! As it turns out, it wasn't as awesome as some might imagine that sounds.Sadly, this is probably how my first superpower would manifest.
Shockingly, the only puns I could come up with are fart jokes, and those stink.
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Shockingly, the only puns I could come up with are fart jokes, and those stink.MEANWHILE, IN CROATIA: In 2009, a young woman by the name of Natasha Timarovic experienced firsthand the power of shooting lightning out her bum! As it turns out, it wasn't as awesome as some might imagine that sounds.Sadly, this is probably how my first superpower would manifest.
Gas-tly joke, simply gas-tly.
No one knows when Ancient Egyptian civilization first evolved.
What is known is that the Ancient Egyptians were already an advanced culture when they settled along the Nile River. Archaeological studies have shown them rapidly constructing large buildings and setting up factory complexes nearly immediately after settling the area, showing an already-existing level of engineering that was previously not thought possible to have existed at that time.
As such, some modern theories are that Ancient Egyptians, and by extension most of the North African peoples, didn't migrate north-east from Africa but instead migrated west from the Middle East. This is backed by the fact Ancient Egyptian art generally matches modern North African skintones, suggesting Egyptians always had those skin colors, and the fact Ancient Egyptians were notorious in their own era for being racist against people with darker skintones.