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You shouldn't be downvoted. It's reasonable to be anxious. A few weeks ago, a prominent and "mainstream" French doctor said that he wouldn't get an mRNA vaccin

You shouldn't be downvoted. It's reasonable to be anxious. A few weeks ago, a prominent and "mainstream" French doctor said that he wouldn't get an mRNA vaccine shot until he had access to the corresponding scientific publications (not available at the time). In the meantime, he said he wouldn't be able to make an informed decision. https://www.sortiraparis.com/news/coronavirus/articles/237986-pfizer-vaccine-a-worrying-level-of-adverse-effects-professor-caumes-says/lang/en https://www.sortiraparis.com/news/coronavirus/articles/23798... Personally, I mostly trust the medical institutions of my country and I'll probably follow their recommendations without second-thoughts. Yet, it never hurts to have some doubts, especially in this context. EDIT: It's one of these topics where you're not allowed to express the slightest, tiniest, doubt.

waihtis 6y ago
> EDIT: It's one of these topics where you're not allowed to express the slightest, tiniest, doubt. It's a bit disappointing, since neither of us are particularly advocating any resistance to vaccines. HN is one of the last larger forums to properly dissect topics, ask questions (even difficult ones), and try to understand root causes & effects, second-level effects and so forth. Unfortunately lately it seems the twitter/reddit culture has taken a bit of a foothold - cheap, popularity-seeking comments void of any substance are spammed into anything remotely relating to politics or breaking news. And questions/comments like ours are vehemently downvoted. Let's hope the trend breaks down rather than grows.