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It’s because on this website there is a huge number of people that just drink whatever is the kool-aid du jour that goes around in the right side disinformation

It’s because on this website there is a huge number of people that just drink whatever is the kool-aid du jour that goes around in the right side disinformation circles and social networks. Imagine to oppose a perfectly safe vaccine that has been administered 6 BILLION times all around the world and that has a proven efficacy of at least one order of magnitude against delta variant and to push for a horse dewormer (that bear in mind it’s perfectly effective for what is used for.. killing parasites, not viruses) I think it’s because a lot of the HN demographic has quite a big overlap with the people that use social networks where all this bullshit originates and it is amplified and it spreads.

evv555 5y ago
>Imagine to oppose a perfectly safe vaccine that has been administered 6 BILLION times all around the world and that has a proven efficacy of at least one order of magnitude against delta variant and to push for a horse dewormer (that bear in mind it’s perfectly effective for what is used for.. killing parasites, not viruses) Who here is opposing vaccines? You've created quite the strawman in your head. >I think it’s because a lot of the HN demographic has quite a big overlap with the people that use social networks where all this bullshit originates and it is amplified and it spreads. In other words Ivermectin is a proxy issue in the culture war. Hence why it's so polarizing and people are quick to regress from critical thinking to group think narratives.
RustyRussell 5y ago
I hate to weigh in here, but nothing is "perfectly safe"! This kind of absolute language seems to create distrust when people discover it's not quite true. At this stage, the safety is fairly quantifiable, too: https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/health-topics/immunization/vaccine-safety https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/health-topics/immuniza... has a weekly adverse effects report which breaks down myocarditis/pericarditis by sex and age, per million population (the most common dangerous side effect for mRNA vaccines).
bongcloud420 5y ago
I see this a lot and it's very strange to see super smart people such as yourself conflate <number of people> with <time>. We cannot observe long-term effects through number of people.
d4ngs_a_coward 5y ago
I see this a lot and it's very strange to see super smart people such as yourself conflate <number of people> with <time>. We cannot observe long-term effects through number of people.

evv555 5y ago

>Imagine to oppose a perfectly safe vaccine that has been administered 6 BILLION times all around the world and that has a proven efficacy of at least one order of magnitude against delta variant and to push for a horse dewormer (that bear in mind it’s perfectly effective for what is used for.. killing parasites, not viruses) Who here is opposing vaccines? You've created quite the strawman in your head. >I think it’s because a lot of the HN demographic has quite a big overlap with the people that use social networks where all this bullshit originates and it is amplified and it spreads. In other words Ivermectin is a proxy issue in the culture war. Hence why it's so polarizing and people are quick to regress from critical thinking to group think narratives.

RustyRussell 5y ago

I hate to weigh in here, but nothing is "perfectly safe"! This kind of absolute language seems to create distrust when people discover it's not quite true. At this stage, the safety is fairly quantifiable, too: https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/health-topics/immunization/vaccine-safety https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/health-topics/immuniza... has a weekly adverse effects report which breaks down myocarditis/pericarditis by sex and age, per million population (the most common dangerous side effect for mRNA vaccines).

bongcloud420 5y ago

I see this a lot and it's very strange to see super smart people such as yourself conflate <number of people> with <time>. We cannot observe long-term effects through number of people.

d4ngs_a_coward 5y ago

I see this a lot and it's very strange to see super smart people such as yourself conflate <number of people> with <time>. We cannot observe long-term effects through number of people.