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Re:Facebook doesn't plan to take strong action against anti-... by afarrell on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @10:34AM (#24421443)
> this should make you more confident, not less, in the safety of a well-tested vaccine.

Indeed it should! The fact that people are about to communicate messages such as "I am worried that this vaccine caused harm" means that it is more likely that this risk of harm is being appropriately managed.

A broken fire alarm is a risk to fire safety.

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Re:Facebook doesn't plan to take strong action against anti-... by ceejayoz on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @10:36AM (#24421467)
> A broken fire alarm is a risk to fire safety.

So is one that issues false alarms every 5 minutes, which is generally a better analogy for anti-vaxxers.

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Re:Facebook doesn't plan to take strong action against anti-... by afarrell on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @10:41AM (#24421527)
That is also correct.

Epistemology is hard.

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