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It's amazing how years of anti-vax nonsense went nowhere. But, in a few months, all of this shaming and politicizing have done so much damage. Public health r
by tomohawk 5y ago
It's amazing how years of anti-vax nonsense went nowhere.
But, in a few months, all of this shaming and politicizing have done so much damage.
Public health rests on trust, not mocking, not shaming, not coercion.
- minitech 5y ago> It's amazing how years of anti-vax nonsense went nowhere. “Nowhere”? It’s gotten so bad that there are measles outbreaks now.
- actually_a_dog 5y agoWho's being coerced? People have the free choice to take or not take the vaccine. Both decisions have consequences. That is it. No coercion is involved.
- HKH2 5y agoMaybe there's no coercion where you live, but where I live some people who are unvaccinated get a fine in a form of a forced test every two weeks that they have to pay for, no matter how risk-averse they are. A vaccinated socialite is far more of a problem than an unvaccinated loner.
- actually_a_dog 5y agoThose are called "consequences." You make your choice, you are responsible for it, both the unvaccinated and the "vaccinated socialite" you want to demonize. Do you think you, or the "vaccinated socialite" should be able to opt out of your responsibility to participate in a common sense public health measure without consequences?
- HKH2 5y agoI wasn't demonizing anyone. Vaccination is simply not as effective as people would have you believe.
- actually_a_dog 5y agoSo, every study out there is wrong?
- dang 5y agoWould you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and please stop using HN for flamewar? We ban such accounts because we're trying for a different sort of site here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- actually_a_dog 5y agoI'll consider myself warned and be more careful in the future, but it was certainly not my intention to flame here. All of my comments on HN have been offered in good faith, including the ones in this thread. The GP comment in particular was genuinely looking for clarification, because I had no idea what the poster I was replying to was claiming. Thank you for taking your time to point this out to me.
- readflaggedcomm 5y agoAnd trust is what the vaccines lack. Kamala Harris made that point clearly when she refused it because Trump promoted it.