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I have met enough covid antivaxers to know it would be extremely difficult to convince a huge portion of the population to take this. It would take a massive de

by 14 2y ago

I have met enough covid antivaxers to know it would be extremely difficult to convince a huge portion of the population to take this. It would take a massive deadly virus worse and more visible than covid ever was like bleeding eyeballs in the streets before people would take this vaccination en mass

mistermann 2y ago
Speculative. A possible alternative approach is to not mock and antagonize them at massive scale but rather listen to their concerns, and address them non-rhetorically. "But they threw the first punch" is a rather reasonable response, but unfortunately we have to play the hand we've been dealt, not the one we'd like to have been dealt. Did you know, anti-vaxxers are not the only humans who are not perfectly rational? Try to imagine a scenario where it is you on the other side of the rationality table, but cannot realize it (as is the case with anti-vaxx/etc buffoons). Everyone is doing their best, but hardly anyone is trying their hardest.
- 14 2y ago
  I will be the first to criticize the Canadian government and how they handled the COVID vaccine. They assured people would question it and doubt it. I won’t get into all the details as to why that is old news now but I truly think how they handled it was a failure on massive scale bordering incompetence and negligence. I did get vaccinated myself with the mandatory shots required for my job but have since not gotten any booster shots. I totally understand the side of the antivaxers but also think many of them are based on false information and propaganda some people are pushing and I have a hard time not judging those particular antivaxers.
  - mistermann 2y ago
    If you think they mishandled covid, you'll love how they're handling immigration and housing! > I totally understand the side of the antivaxers but also think many of them are based on false information and propaganda some people are pushing and I have a hard time not judging those particular antivaxers. This is largely a consequence of them being humans raised in Western culture in the year 2024 - everyone is this way, through the degree and ways in which vary, in ways that are mostly only believed to be known - as the saying goes: a fox cannot smell his own den.
yonaguska 2y ago
I have met enough covid vaccine injured and damaged people to come to the same conclusion. Whether perceived or actually injured. I add damaged, because those I know with heart issues, aren't ever going to be fully recovered.

by 14 2y ago

mistermann 2y ago

Speculative. A possible alternative approach is to not mock and antagonize them at massive scale but rather listen to their concerns, and address them non-rhetorically. "But they threw the first punch" is a rather reasonable response, but unfortunately we have to play the hand we've been dealt, not the one we'd like to have been dealt. Did you know, anti-vaxxers are not the only humans who are not perfectly rational? Try to imagine a scenario where it is you on the other side of the rationality table, but cannot realize it (as is the case with anti-vaxx/etc buffoons). Everyone is doing their best, but hardly anyone is trying their hardest.

14 2y ago
I will be the first to criticize the Canadian government and how they handled the COVID vaccine. They assured people would question it and doubt it. I won’t get into all the details as to why that is old news now but I truly think how they handled it was a failure on massive scale bordering incompetence and negligence. I did get vaccinated myself with the mandatory shots required for my job but have since not gotten any booster shots. I totally understand the side of the antivaxers but also think many of them are based on false information and propaganda some people are pushing and I have a hard time not judging those particular antivaxers.
- mistermann 2y ago
  If you think they mishandled covid, you'll love how they're handling immigration and housing! > I totally understand the side of the antivaxers but also think many of them are based on false information and propaganda some people are pushing and I have a hard time not judging those particular antivaxers. This is largely a consequence of them being humans raised in Western culture in the year 2024 - everyone is this way, through the degree and ways in which vary, in ways that are mostly only believed to be known - as the saying goes: a fox cannot smell his own den.

yonaguska 2y ago

I have met enough covid vaccine injured and damaged people to come to the same conclusion. Whether perceived or actually injured. I add damaged, because those I know with heart issues, aren't ever going to be fully recovered.