A group of eight Republicans in the Minnesota House have introduced legislation (HF3219) that would designate certain vaccines and medical treatments as “weapons of mass destruction” and make possessing or administering them a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

The legislation specifically targets messenger RNA (mRNA) treatments, which include several COVID-19 vaccines. Those vaccines have saved millions of lives and are considered one of the most important medical and public health achievements of the 21st century so far.

The bill’s language appears to have been drafted by Joseph Sansone, a Florida hypnotist and conspiracy theorist who believes that mRNA treatments are “nanoparticle injections” that amount to “biological and technological weapons of mass destruction.”

Sansone has falsely claimed that “more Americans have died from mRNA injections than in WWI, WWII, and the Vietnam War combined,” and has said he has stood “alongside an Army of the Dead” to file unsuccessful legal complaints against vaccines in Florida.

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[–] P1d40n3@hexbear.net 37 points 3 days ago

I can't wait for dems to embrace this position come 2026

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 33 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

being a hypnotist is already over the line into unacceptably shady... but a Florida hypnotist?

basically the sort of person whose very existence necessitated the invention of entry door locks.

lol I found a pic of this guy from professional bio.

"Listen to the sound of my voice as you drink this tea I have prepared for you..."

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago

scared

[–] Xenomorph@hexbear.net 32 points 3 days ago

Hypnotist is right up there with chiropractor for peak quack "medical" professions.

[–] dragongloss@hexbear.net 28 points 3 days ago

More bills written by quacksalvers, animal magnetizers, hypnotists, and bloodletters, PLEASE! I love it so much! fidel-sarcastic

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 25 points 3 days ago

sit-back-and-enjoy

[–] porcupine@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 3 days ago

said he has stood “alongside an Army of the Dead” to file unsuccessful legal complaints against vaccines in Florida

Is this the sort of shit the army of the dead has been getting up to since helping Aragorn fight the armies of Mordor? Sounds like Isildur was right to curse them.

[–] policywonk@hexbear.net 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

you'd think that 600 000 people dying of a vaccine would be more noticeable.

[–] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 19 points 3 days ago

They didn't notice 1 million dying of a virus

[–] Lurker123@hexbear.net 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Bro, when the army of the dead told you to be anti-vaccine it’s because they were trying to grow their numbers.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 19 points 3 days ago

Army of the Dead

brow

Fucker thinks he's The Sorrow

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 16 points 3 days ago

AmeriKKKa will die in a storm of pestilence and greed

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago

This won't go anywhere in MN

[–] wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago

jesus christ agony-deep