Re:Linus Torvalds on mRNA Vaccines
by bsder on Thursday June 10, 2021 @06:54PM
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> explaining how traditional vaccines work, how mRNA works, how DNA works, and so on.
1) You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.
2) Lots of people do not have the brain power to understand vaccines and they will simply follow the herd.
Part of the reason anti-vax gets such a boost is because it is considered an "acceptable" position to follow by "respectable" people like the "natural is the only good stuff" dipshits in Marin county (who regularly give us Measles and Pertussis outbreaks).
Yes, you can try to reason with individuals. However, you also need to make stupid positions socially unacceptable so that the part of the herd who don't have the capacity to understand don't go following people willing to lead them off a cliff.
1) You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.
2) Lots of people do not have the brain power to understand vaccines and they will simply follow the herd.
Part of the reason anti-vax gets such a boost is because it is considered an "acceptable" position to follow by "respectable" people like the "natural is the only good stuff" dipshits in Marin county (who regularly give us Measles and Pertussis outbreaks).
Yes, you can try to reason with individuals. However, you also need to make stupid positions socially unacceptable so that the part of the herd who don't have the capacity to understand don't go following people willing to lead them off a cliff.