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The amount of antivax shit that floats around in a supposedly well informed community such as this is nauseating. Makes me lose my faith in humanity a bit ever
by tambourine_man 2y ago
The amount of antivax shit that floats around in a supposedly well informed community such as this is nauseating.
Makes me lose my faith in humanity a bit every time I read it.
- mrguyorama 2y agoBelieving HN to be a "supposedly well informed community" is irrational. I didn't have to fill out any test to join. It's just orange reddit
- tambourine_man 2y agoI like to think there’s better self-selection and moderation here, but I’ve been prone to self-delusion before.
- mike_ivanov 2y agoI'm being asked on a regular basis by various health practitioners (pretty much on every visit) if I ever had uneven or elevated heart rate after my covid shots (I had), then they take note which specific vaccine brand I had. So - adjust your priors ;-)
- tambourine_man 2y agoI have, one of the few positives side effects of the pandemic is realizing how terrible most health professionals are. “They are a doctor” comes with a whole different set of priors to me now.
- bitcoin_anon 2y agoRemember when the authorities pulled the JnJ vaccine due to adverse events after it was administered to millions of people? It seems some caution was warranted, no?
- tambourine_man 2y agoIf you mean in the US, a huge amount of caution was taken, as it's always the case. Vaccine approval are among the most rigorous processes we have. J&J and AstraZeneca were vastly safer than catching COVID. The FDA later switched to mRNA-based ones, which are also extremely safe.
- ipaddr 2y ago[flagged]