There are large swathes of the world, where significant fractions of the population refuse vaccines out of fear of witchcraft and voodoo.[1] Do you think we sh

There are large swathes of the world, where significant fractions of the population refuse vaccines out of fear of witchcraft and voodoo.[1] Do you think we should add an FDA phase five stage, where exorcists and witch doctors carefully study Covid vaccines for evidence of black magic and evil spirit? Because it's perfectly sensible to let rational people die to satisfy the whims of whoever holds the most irrational beliefs? Because you're making the exact same argument, except just substituting out Western anti-vaxxers for folk superstitions. There's no evidence to indicate that anti-vaxxers are sensitive to clinical evidence whatsoever. A third of American adults are considering foregoing the vaccine[2], despite it being the most extensive and sophisticated safety trial in vaccine history. Why would you believe that the minutiae of the FDA approval process would have any effect on anti-vaxxers, when the vast majority of their beliefs come from wholesale fake news.[3] [1]https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/172046/1/884014355.pdf https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/172046/1/884014355.p... [2]https://apnews.com/article/ap-norc-poll-3rd-adult-skeptical-vaccine-3779574a6d45d38cfc1d8615eb176b2d https://apnews.com/article/ap-norc-poll-3rd-adult-skeptical-... [3]https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landig/article/PIIS2589-7500(20)30227-2/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landig/article/PIIS2589-7...