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The chances are, you haven’t heard of British politician David Kurten just yet. The leader of the Heritage Party, who’s an avid Twitter user, has previously said that "face masks have little to no effect" and that he "will not be taking an experimental Covid vaccine and I am not recommending it." This time, he’s in with another questionable "eureka" tweet with a picture of a lion and a caption "Lions don’t wear masks."

But as we already know very well, the internet can sometimes be a magic place and people are smart enough not to believe everything they see on there. But this time, though, Mr. Kurten has seriously struck a chord with many, and people just couldn’t help but roast his proud statement in a series of hilarious tweets.

After all, when you really think of it, armadillos don’t exactly use microwaves and this is totally fine. But does it change anything about Covid-19? The question begs to be questioned.

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David Kurten, who is a British politician for the Heritage Party and a London Assembly member, has made headlines previously for sharing anti-Covid and anti-mask statements.

In July, he wrote on his Facebook page that “face masks have little to no effect” and encouraged people to “say no to the 'new normal.'” Kurten also shared the hashtag #keepbritainfree which indicates support of the controversial Keep Britain Free movement that describes itself as “representing the millions of people who want to think for themselves and take responsibility for their own lives.”

In his latest tweet on Monday, Kurten made headlines again by claiming that he won’t be taking the “experimental Covid vaccine” and he doesn’t recommend it to others either. According to Evening Standard, it’s likely that David was referring to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, “which has been approved for use in countries including the UK and the US after regulators found it was 95 percent effective.”

Fellow London politicians have openly criticized Kurten for his "reckless" and "irresponsible" statements.

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L Gruenfelt
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I actually saw a lion wearing a mask. It was a long time ago though and happened so quickly I'm beginning to doubt my memory. It was in the West and he was robbing a stage coach....come to think of it, it wasn't a Lion. It was a Puma. Does that count? (I think they are cousins)

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thinking for yourself but advising others who apparently are thinking for themselves... hmmm. Thinking for yourself without the benefit of scientific education and advising others...hmmm. Thinking for yourself and not taking scientific advice...hmmm. How could this possibly fail?

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Edward Hara
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, anyone who has not looked at the FACTS about this SCAM shouldn't be allowed near a voting booth. Just a few little FACTS for you, my brain-dead friend. 1. The CDC admitted that masks do not work. On the package of those ubiquitous blue masks it says in plain English "Not for protection against virus." Guess you missed that one. 2. It takes 5 to 10 years to properly test a vaccine. They rolled this out in 6 months??? Crazy. Now we are hearing about people having terrible side effects, which, of course, our lying media isn't reporting on. We can't even get an effective vaccine against the common cold or flu and yet I am supposed to believe this garbage works??? No thanks. You can have my dose. 3. The CDC admitted to lying about the Covid death figures. They admitted that they said that 131,000 deaths claimed as Covid in their reports were actually from the flu or pneumonia. Stop being a sheep, Gordon. Stand up for yourself.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The cdc didn’t lie, it was a mistake from the hospitals, not all, but some. The flu and pneumonia, could have come from COVID-19, it’s happened a few times, and it’s likely we don’t know the exact amount as is, but our best guess, as far as hospital records go, 86 Million cases, 1.6 Million deaths, updated a few days ago, and they factored out the deaths they mistakenly labeled as COVID-19. As for your anti vaccination statement, the flu and the common cold mutate all the time, thus making it difficult to predict the new strain, COVID-19 doesn’t evolve every Monday morning at 6:00pm, making it simple to pinpoint the strain that will be most effective. My mother (she’s an essential worker) got the vaccine, and sure, as with any vaccine, you’ll experience effects, the effects I saw were minor headache, soreness around injection site, and other minor effects, so I’m 100% certain that the major side effects are really, really rare. Okay, now I’m going to do some math, 1.6m-131k=1.4m hm.

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Silly armadillo, how is he going to heat water for his tea then...

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think the politician in question should be the one to put masks on lions since he was the one to notice the problem.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why waste a day on a guy who clearly is too stupid to understand his own stupidity?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please, don't tempt him with any more dumb ideas. He is not qualified to make decisions of that sort.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's a frequently heared misconception though. Alligators are avid smartphone users. How else do they keep up with the weather and location of prey these days?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ssssssays who? Just give them the keyboard and they'll slither you some code!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, no he doesn't. It goes all too well with the other crap he spouts.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now wait a minute. I seem to remember a autobiography called "The Cat in the Hat".

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