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COL Mustard

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14. My sister insists that elderberry syrup or some crap

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #7)

Sun Nov 16, 2025, 03:36 PM

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Is a better flu preventive than the actual vaccine. It's not worth my time (or my breath) to try to convince her otherwise. Her son is the same. He'll "do his own research" even though he almost flunked out of high school. The ignorance is amazing, and the stupid is strong.

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