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The United States had some of the highest vaccine acceptance rates, with the two most effective vaccines being the vast majority of doses given. The EU had 72%,

The United States had some of the highest vaccine acceptance rates, with the two most effective vaccines being the vast majority of doses given. The EU had 72%, USA had 69%. Not enough of a difference to attribute differing guidance to. https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations

mikeyouse 3y ago
We're talking about Booster doses now -- not the initial vaccine push. The sentiment in the US changed somewhere in late 2021 and weirdo antivax grifters started gaining prominence so our booster rate dropped off a cliff; https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&facet=none&country=USA~European+Union&pickerSort=asc&pickerMetric=location&hideControls=true&Metric=Vaccine+booster+doses&Interval=7-day+rolling+average&Relative+to+Population=true&Color+by+test+positivity=false https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explor... Which neatly lines up with our already high Covid death rate diverging further from the EU's: https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&time=2020-03-01..latest&facet=none&country=USA~European+Union&pickerSort=asc&pickerMetric=location&hideControls=false&Metric=Confirmed+deaths&Interval=Cumulative&Relative+to+Population=true&Color+by+test+positivity=false https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explor... So yeah, the US CDC is pushing for more boosters! Vaccines are one of the greatest inventions in the history of mankind and we're so starved of common sense that innumerate people spend their energy convincing others to not take them based on things they don't remotely understand. It's absolutely insane.
- PraetorianGourd 3y ago
  I agree that vaccines are probably the single biggest achievement in the history of science. But refusal to be vaccinated is a lot more nuanced than simply anti-vax lies. For example, the lower rate among Black Americans can be directly traced to medical experimentation and a distrust of governmental edicts, which is entirely fair considering the history.
  - mikeyouse 3y ago
    People have valid reasons to choose not to be vaccinated, but nobody has a valid reason to promulgate antivax lies. With access to all of the world's information, some people still choose to cause excess misery and death based on deceit. What a waste of a life.

mikeyouse 3y ago

We're talking about Booster doses now -- not the initial vaccine push. The sentiment in the US changed somewhere in late 2021 and weirdo antivax grifters started gaining prominence so our booster rate dropped off a cliff; https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&facet=none&country=USA~European+Union&pickerSort=asc&pickerMetric=location&hideControls=true&Metric=Vaccine+booster+doses&Interval=7-day+rolling+average&Relative+to+Population=true&Color+by+test+positivity=false https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explor... Which neatly lines up with our already high Covid death rate diverging further from the EU's: https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&time=2020-03-01..latest&facet=none&country=USA~European+Union&pickerSort=asc&pickerMetric=location&hideControls=false&Metric=Confirmed+deaths&Interval=Cumulative&Relative+to+Population=true&Color+by+test+positivity=false https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explor... So yeah, the US CDC is pushing for more boosters! Vaccines are one of the greatest inventions in the history of mankind and we're so starved of common sense that innumerate people spend their energy convincing others to not take them based on things they don't remotely understand. It's absolutely insane.

PraetorianGourd 3y ago
I agree that vaccines are probably the single biggest achievement in the history of science. But refusal to be vaccinated is a lot more nuanced than simply anti-vax lies. For example, the lower rate among Black Americans can be directly traced to medical experimentation and a distrust of governmental edicts, which is entirely fair considering the history.
- mikeyouse 3y ago
  People have valid reasons to choose not to be vaccinated, but nobody has a valid reason to promulgate antivax lies. With access to all of the world's information, some people still choose to cause excess misery and death based on deceit. What a waste of a life.