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And yet when we were in the heat of the pandemic, we were explicitly told they were completely "safe and effective" and we had no reason to not get it, regardle
by DaSHacka 2y ago
And yet when we were in the heat of the pandemic, we were explicitly told they were completely "safe and effective" and we had no reason to not get it, regardless of age or risk demographic (unless you were one of those 'problematic' antivaxxers)
It's only now, after the fact, that we see revisionist claims about how they were never claimed to be completely safe or effective in the first place, as though we didn't live through 2020.
I think this is the crux of the frustration many of us have; its not even that we were lied to in the sake of political and economic convenience, but that no one was, nor ever will be, held accountable and they continue to deny it ever even happened.
I hope I live long enough to see what kids a couple generations from now are taught about the event.
I wonder, will it be represented as an unavoidable global inconvenience solved by obedience, or an instance of disregard for preestablished checks and procedures in a flurry of artificial panic?
Perhaps a bit of both, I suppose only time will tell.
- maxerickson 2y agoThe vaccines were safe.amd effective. It's not the fault of public health officials that people interpret that statement in a stupid way.