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Here in RO, as far as I can tell, it seems everyone knows someone (or knows someone who knows someone) who did the AZ vaccine and had a scary reaction. Not one
by alexaholic 6y ago
Here in RO, as far as I can tell, it seems everyone knows someone (or knows someone who knows someone) who did the AZ vaccine and had a scary reaction. Not one to make the news, but scary enough to look for the alternatives (Pfizer and Moderna) or simply postpone vaccination.
- Rebelgecko 6y agoHow much of that is just confirmation bias? The AZ vaccine isn't approved where I live (USA), but I know plenty of people who have had scary reactions to the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. The scary reactions are apparently proof that the vaccine is working as expected on your immune system, but that's small consolation when you're puking your guts out and suffering from dehydration.
- alexaholic 6y agoSee, this is what I’m talking about: the idea that masses would think differently if they learned about and understood irrational beliefs, cognitive biases, statistics etc. is confirmation bias.
- alien_ 6y agoAlso from RO, and the other day I saw on FB a former colleague with stronger religious beliefs shared a conspiracy theory. It was pretty elaborate, linking someone who had psychological trouble after being in the AZ vaccine trials with the number of the beast, Nephalem and other apocalyptic prophecies, as well as something about an apparent DoD leak from 2005 claiming to engineer a virus that blocked a gene manifesting in loss of religious beliefs that would be targeted at middle eastern fundamentalists. I tried hard to debunk it but took me a lot of time and not sure if anyone reasoned with my explanation more than with it.