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> "...difficult for people with lower cognitive abilities to understand the benefits of vaccination." Not a great theory. Most hesitancy wasn't anti-vaccinatio
by exodust 3y ago
> "...difficult for people with lower cognitive abilities to understand the benefits of vaccination."
Not a great theory. Most hesitancy wasn't anti-vaccination in general, it was specifically anti-covid vaccination.
Hesitancy can imply a greater degree of scrutiny and thought behind decisions. Those lining up first would include those who trust vaccination in general, but also those who do as they're told without question.
Smart or dumb, there's a trust factor associated with authorities demanding we take the vaccine or else.
Other reasons for not lining up first was seeing the evolving data in conflict with the message. Clearly there was a low risk of serious illness from covid for the vast majority of healthy people. Then we noticed vaccination wasn't preventing transmission as hoped or claimed. The vaccine waned more than expected; the virus mutated faster; natural immunity was more robust than claimed, and many other valid reasons for not subscribing to pfizer.