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Re:Covid deaths plunge after 75% of town's adults vaccinated by bawolff on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @08:41PM (#27363408)
I think that's a little unfair. I've encountered people who are nervous about the vaccine, largely because its a black box they don't understand. They changed their mind once pointed at an appropriate level resource (e.g. something more ELI5 than a scientific paper, but not an actual eli5 explanation that glosses over all the important bits and leaves more questions than answers). Although perhaps hestient and antivax are separate groups.

In any argument, its always convinent to assume your opponent is just unreasonable. That makes your failure to convince their fault not yours. Maybe some people are, but its a dangerous slippery slope to operate under that assumption.

Re:Covid deaths plunge after 75% of town's adults vaccinated by nexuist on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @08:57PM (#27363518)
Yes. My mom was hesitant about receiving the vaccine but she still got it and thankfully encountered no side effects. Some of what she said before getting it resembled the same anti-vaxx points I saw online, but that doesn't mean she fully bought into it.

Politics is a spectrum and even people who are fully "right-wing" or whatever are still to the left of someone. It doesn't do anyone any favors to pretend that there can only be two opposing sides.

Re:Covid deaths plunge after 75% of town's adults vaccinated by loopz on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @01:01AM (#27365026)
What do vaccination have to do with politics though? It's to do with science or belief systems.
Re:Covid deaths plunge after 75% of town's adults vaccinated by bawolff on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @01:53AM (#27365334)
I mean, in the usa its tied to politics. I'm not from there and I think it's utter nuts, but i don't think it benefits anyone to pretend otherwise.
Re:Covid deaths plunge after 75% of town's adults vaccinated by loopz on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @11:38AM (#27369933)
Just because someone lies doesn't mean we don't call it out.
Re:Covid deaths plunge after 75% of town's adults vaccinated by CodeGlitch on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @02:54AM (#27365752)
The "black box" statement is interesting, because aren't all medications a "black box" to the vast majority of people? When you go to your doctor and are prescribed medication, you generally take it without asking questions. What I don't understand about anti vaxers is why vaccines are any different?