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It's different when it's personal. It's easy to ignore talking heads on TV, because they're talking heads on TV. If you personally watch a parent die from cor

It's different when it's personal. It's easy to ignore talking heads on TV, because they're talking heads on TV. If you personally watch a parent die from coronavirus, there is no amount of spin that will erase that.

fzeroracer 7y ago
Unfortunately I don't think it is any different. Parents have watched their children die from preventable diseases because they decided against vaccination and they still came out believing that they did the right thing. People will just double down. The conspiracy will be that it's just an attempt by the government to get you to vaccinate or something.
- nostrademons 7y ago
  Many anti-vaxxers reconsider and become staunch pro-vaccine activists when it's their own kids who get sick from preventable diseases: https://nypost.com/2016/09/20/i-was-an-anti-vax-crackpot-until-this-happened/ https://nypost.com/2016/09/20/i-was-an-anti-vax-crackpot-unt... https://www.self.com/story/from-anti-to-pro-vaccine https://www.self.com/story/from-anti-to-pro-vaccine https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/03/i-used-to-be-an-anti-vaxer/385786/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/03/i-used-to...
joering2 7y ago
Well I know 2 faimilies in PR that personally had deaths related to hurricane... and it didn't stop WH to say it was lie and they don't exist. I think you undervalue this administration ability to spin. Did you watch President speech yesterday? Everything is wonderful, everything is great and Mike Pence in charge (with at best questionable history of handling crisises in his own state). If you believe we will have real death tolls from Corona and yet Trump will not spin it that into some form of good news (because more haven't died for example?) you haven't paid attention to politics long enough, I'm afraid.
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It's different when it's personal. It's easy to ignore talking heads on TV, because they're talking heads on TV. If you personally watch a parent die from cor

by nostrademons 7y ago

fzeroracer 7y ago
Unfortunately I don't think it is any different. Parents have watched their children die from preventable diseases because they decided against vaccination and they still came out believing that they did the right thing. People will just double down. The conspiracy will be that it's just an attempt by the government to get you to vaccinate or something.
- nostrademons 7y ago
  Many anti-vaxxers reconsider and become staunch pro-vaccine activists when it's their own kids who get sick from preventable diseases: https://nypost.com/2016/09/20/i-was-an-anti-vax-crackpot-until-this-happened/ https://nypost.com/2016/09/20/i-was-an-anti-vax-crackpot-unt... https://www.self.com/story/from-anti-to-pro-vaccine https://www.self.com/story/from-anti-to-pro-vaccine https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/03/i-used-to-be-an-anti-vaxer/385786/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/03/i-used-to...
joering2 7y ago
Well I know 2 faimilies in PR that personally had deaths related to hurricane... and it didn't stop WH to say it was lie and they don't exist. I think you undervalue this administration ability to spin. Did you watch President speech yesterday? Everything is wonderful, everything is great and Mike Pence in charge (with at best questionable history of handling crisises in his own state). If you believe we will have real death tolls from Corona and yet Trump will not spin it that into some form of good news (because more haven't died for example?) you haven't paid attention to politics long enough, I'm afraid.
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