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I wonder how much of the anti-vax movement is more about a rationalization of a fear of needles than anything else. Would there be as many anti-vaxers if vaccin
by BashiBazouk 3y ago
I wonder how much of the anti-vax movement is more about a rationalization of a fear of needles than anything else. Would there be as many anti-vaxers if vaccines were administered by pill? Inhaled seems even less threatening...
- windows2020 3y agoBefore Covid, anti-vax referred to someone who rejected all vaccines. Today, the term is also used to describe people who reject only Covid shots. I speculate the majority of people who rejected Covid shots didn't do so because of the needle.
- tnmom 3y agoFor me, I initially declined for the same reasons I wait for the first or second point release on new major versions of an OS. Don’t want to deal with the early adopter problems. Then, by the time it looked like it was proven safe, it didn’t look very effective (in terms of possible benefit to my demographic)
- Tarsul 3y agobut it is very effective (if not needed against death then at least helpful against long covid). Read as many articles as you want from here: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/ https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/
- pigeonhole123 3y agoCan I read critical discussion about these articles, or articles with the opposite conclusion?