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Only if sensible people continue to run the public health authorities. You now have people that refuse to vaccinate their children against measles, COVID vacci

Only if sensible people continue to run the public health authorities. You now have people that refuse to vaccinate their children against measles, COVID vaccine hesitancy is a widespread phenomenon with some people resorting to heresay remedies like horse dewormers instead, an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist is running for US president and polling with double digit numbers. Health-related insights are particularly susceptible to targeted misinformation. And in an era of social media, this can quickly become a majority opinion.

bequanna 3y ago
A large number of people have refused the COVID vaccine for completely valid reasons. The vast majority of that group absolutely vaccinates their children against polio, measles, etc. They aren’t the anti science luddites your comment paints them as. They are (rightly) skeptical of “the science” which often isn’t very scientific at all. As we’ve seen, the medical science community is heavily motivated by profit and prestige, but unfortunately not always truth. New discoveries in that field are often revealed to be bullshit. They deserve skepticism, not blind compliance.
- jdjdjdkdksmdnd 3y ago
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- RobKohr 3y ago
  Well said. I am a strong believer in vaccines. Injecting code that causes all of your cells to mass produce spike protines to train your body to fight the spike proteins that your cells are producing just seems really questionable and the VAERS db seems to support my skepticism. When I started reading the details of how this vaccine worked from the pro-mrna sites, my engineer side started ringing alarm bells and noped right out of it. When google and others started silencing alternative viewpoints and major govt related employers mandated it, I dusted off my tinfoil hat. They should have just let the information be free (bad or good) and not pushed so hard. Now they have created distrust.

bequanna 3y ago

A large number of people have refused the COVID vaccine for completely valid reasons. The vast majority of that group absolutely vaccinates their children against polio, measles, etc. They aren’t the anti science luddites your comment paints them as. They are (rightly) skeptical of “the science” which often isn’t very scientific at all. As we’ve seen, the medical science community is heavily motivated by profit and prestige, but unfortunately not always truth. New discoveries in that field are often revealed to be bullshit. They deserve skepticism, not blind compliance.

jdjdjdkdksmdnd 3y ago
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RobKohr 3y ago
Well said. I am a strong believer in vaccines. Injecting code that causes all of your cells to mass produce spike protines to train your body to fight the spike proteins that your cells are producing just seems really questionable and the VAERS db seems to support my skepticism. When I started reading the details of how this vaccine worked from the pro-mrna sites, my engineer side started ringing alarm bells and noped right out of it. When google and others started silencing alternative viewpoints and major govt related employers mandated it, I dusted off my tinfoil hat. They should have just let the information be free (bad or good) and not pushed so hard. Now they have created distrust.