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> I never saw anyone question the efficacy of the vaccine. Hmm? I remember getting shit on for simply pointing out that the obsession about it is pointless, si

> I never saw anyone question the efficacy of the vaccine. Hmm? I remember getting shit on for simply pointing out that the obsession about it is pointless, since it did precious little to stop transmission. They protected the people who got them, and in that sense misinformation was harmful, but I remember restaurants where you couldn't eat inside without 2 vaccinations plus booster, even with a mask. Which was insane and stupid, and people who just went along absolutely did not enjoy that being pointed out. I got 2 vaccinations, by the time I should have gotten the booster I didn't. Not because I was worried about it, out of sheer spite. I don't do goosestep. I don't eat in restaurants either, I was not personally inconvenienced by any of this -- but I saw it, and made a choice to no longer be part of it. Heck, I remember asking what possible good those contact tracing apps would do me, since I lived in self-imposed near-quarantine already (I didn't care who was vaccinated and who wasn't, I simply assumed everyone had Covid, including me). I got called a murderer for asking that, nearly literally. > It's hard to have nuance with people who are participating dishonestly from the outset. Then don't pretend what I saw with my own eyes doesn't exist and didn't take place.

plagiarist 3y ago
It was effective against some of the strains and less effective against others. You want to pretend that the vaccine is worthless to the point that you should be allowed to wander around entering whatever shared space while people are still dying of the original strain? No wonder you were "shit on." To this day one can easily have a discussion even on HN with someone who will tell you that, "nobody with any significant amount of life remaining ever dies of covid, so what's the problem?" You're not getting boosted out of spite? Great job, that'll show 'em.
- johnnyworker 3y ago
  > You want to pretend that the vaccine is worthless in reply to > They protected the people who got them, and in that sense misinformation was harmful You so showed me haha. > To this day one can easily have a discussion even on HN with someone who will tell you that, "nobody with any significant amount of life remaining ever dies of covid, so what's the problem?" Yeah, but you don't get to have that imaginary discussion with me. Make up whatever you want about me, and then keep it to yourself.

plagiarist 3y ago

It was effective against some of the strains and less effective against others. You want to pretend that the vaccine is worthless to the point that you should be allowed to wander around entering whatever shared space while people are still dying of the original strain? No wonder you were "shit on." To this day one can easily have a discussion even on HN with someone who will tell you that, "nobody with any significant amount of life remaining ever dies of covid, so what's the problem?" You're not getting boosted out of spite? Great job, that'll show 'em.

johnnyworker 3y ago
> You want to pretend that the vaccine is worthless in reply to > They protected the people who got them, and in that sense misinformation was harmful You so showed me haha. > To this day one can easily have a discussion even on HN with someone who will tell you that, "nobody with any significant amount of life remaining ever dies of covid, so what's the problem?" Yeah, but you don't get to have that imaginary discussion with me. Make up whatever you want about me, and then keep it to yourself.