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Re:Some healthcare workers refuse to take Covid-19 vaccine by rightthing on Thursday December 31, 2020 @05:08PM (#25597753)
Amazing how the article keeps saying "the vaccine is safe", "we know the vaccine is safe", when the actual experts, medical professionals, are the ones with doubts. We keep being told to "listen to the experts", but when the experts disagree with the politicians, suddenly it's "listen to the politicians".

Can someone who disagrees explain why I should suddenly not listen to the experts with skin in the game (hospital-based medical professionals) and instead listen to the same "experts" who said that we should not wear masks and should not close borders? And how many of those experts have publicly taken the vaccine, anyways? Seems almost like they've slotted themselves after the front-line workers.

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Re:Some healthcare workers refuse to take Covid-19 vaccine by netizen-9748 on Friday January 01, 2021 @09:50AM (#25603606)
Frankly I do not consider nurses to be experts on anything besides nursing (patient care). Whereas the experts on vaccines are toxicologists and pharmacologists, who do not appear to be the ones rejecting the vaccines. Physicians aren't even experts in these areas, as the information they use in deciding treatment is provided by expert researchers in the field.
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Re:Some healthcare workers refuse to take Covid-19 vaccine by basdftrewq on Friday January 01, 2021 @11:32AM (#25604382)
The best decisions at the population level may not be the best decisions at the personal level. I think physicians should be able to make a decent call at the personal level.
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