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Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by thelean12 on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @02:33PM (#26796912)
You may not be full on anti-vax, but you're very clearly anti-science.

> I expect I've had all variants

No evidence of this.

> and apparently my immune system is on top of it

No evidence of this.

> in which case there's nothing to pass on

Even if the above were true, we don't know how long you'd have immunity.

> and the people in my area clearly don't care if I did.

They would if they caught it and had severe symptoms.

Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by tryonenow on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @02:38PM (#26796991)
Resorting to calling people "anti-science" is just as counterproductive and unnecessary as calling them "anti-vax". You're only solidifying animosity and mistrust. People have every right to question what they're being told by the same governments who mishandled this epidemic from the start - especially since there such strong political incentives that aren't necessarily aligned with scientifically based recommendations.
Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by jimbokun on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @02:52PM (#26797226)
You are vaguely waving your hand at unspecified "political incentives" with absolutely no specifics or evidence of anything.

I mean, you can question anything, but that has about zero value. Answers with evidence backing them have value.

Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by ironmagma on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @02:57PM (#26797303)
Everything should start from a place of questioning. If there is data and the data makes sense, that can replace questioning with certainty. But often the data has a limited or tenuous connection, possibly even a fraudulent connection. This is why it’s important to actually read the studies and understand the science, not just to hand wave it away as “evidence = value.”