This is a terrible take that generalizes any distrust of oligarchy controlled US pharma as being some Joe Rogan watching antivax chud.

I literally work in the supply chain for a pharmaceutical company that makes COVID vaccines. I have gotten both shots of the vaccines and think generally most of the populace should, but I also understand that they could be manufactured with safer ingredients, but aren’t, because of cost. It’s not the mRNA that’s the issue like all these antivaxers screech about. There are two side to this coin. There are ways to keep vaccines sterile and safe without the use of mercury containing compounds. We do it for vacs used for infants and it took years of pushing. They still use them for all flu and other vaccines meant for adults because “the adult body can process it.” This is due to the preservative being ethylmercury in place of methylmercury. Ethylmercury is supposedly safer as it’s able to be cleared for the body more easily than methyl… Unless you are one of the unfortunate individuals who has a genetic abnormality that can’t. Then I guess fuck those people right? All because it would be a little harder, and a little more expensive, to not put mercury in vaccines. Heaven forbid we do a little more work to not needlessly put heavy metals in the bodies of our populace.

At least vaccines have a positive effect overall. Not the complete travesty that is SSRIs. Serotonin is not the “happy hormone” these companies make it out to be. It’s a stress hormone the body uses to signal being in a dangerous environment and the need to conserve energy. This includes reducing brain function. It’s why so many people on these drugs like fucking Prozac feel just “meh” all the time. Because the brain is running on low power mode. It’s why it makes people not want to do much and also why weight gain is a common side effect. It’s also why it’s quite common for people to end up feeling more depressed, more suicidal, and more aggressive. Not surprising a significant portion of mass shooters in the US were on these medications. The only reason they say shit like “well you have to be on them for a while before they work” is because in the long run the medication has the opposite effect solely because the BODY adjusts and lowers its own output of serotonin to compensate for what the drug is doing. It literally only works because the body reacts in the opposite direction of what the medication does. We have studies on this. We have proof this shit doesn’t work they way it’s claimed but they are making so much money and have the FDA in their pocket.

Meanwhile we have more and more research into psychedelics and drugs like psilocybin mushrooms and how they are being shown to be an actual potential cure for anxiety and depression. So what did we do? Make them and keep them illegal. Cause we can’t have anything to threaten the profits of our prescious Eli Lilly.