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Which vaccines that are widely used today do you believe are unsafe? And why do you believe they’re unsafe? > “anti-vax" is a term used to dismiss [dissent] N
by antonvs 1y ago
Which vaccines that are widely used today do you believe are unsafe? And why do you believe they’re unsafe?
> “anti-vax" is a term used to dismiss [dissent]
No, it’s a term used to dismiss people who keep bringing up the same arguments that have been refuted over and over.
- AdrianB1 1y agoAll the brand new vaccines with no sufficient testing can be considered unsafe. I like vaccines in general (I am European, we have lots of free and mandatory vaccines as kids), but I don't like to be a test subject for brand new ones. Yes, someone needs to test new vaccines to gather data about safety, but some people are more risk adverse. I am a "take it later" guy.
- antonvs 1y agoI specified "widely used", which effectively excludes brand-new vaccines. I don't have any issue with what you're describing. The J&J COVID vaccine would be an example of caution being advisable, since you never know what unusual interactions (e.g. with blood clotting) might occur in a larger population than the safety studies looked at. But that's not the usual definition of an anti-vaxxer. Anti-vaxxers carry on about things like thimerasol which (1) were removed from most vaccines 25 years ago and (2) give you an exposure to mercury equivalent to eating something like a single can of tuna.