Re:Moderna Is About to Begin Trials for HIV Vaccine
by Dma54rhs on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @01:23AM
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The point is that what other people not willing to do, or being afraid to do, can be difficult for them, even if irrational.
I personally can't think of easier thing than losing weight when you know you will die younger and know the present life has worse quality of life as well.
Of course the obesity problem has their own anti vaxxer movement where people claim obesity and health problems are not related, that it's beautiful etc.
This can't be the reason for why >40% of the eligible population isn't vaccinated.
> Also, lots of people come from communities that were experimented on by big pharma which explains rate differences amongst races.
Even if this does explain lower vaccination rates among Hispanics and African Americans (Who, by the way, have much worse outcomes if they catch COVID), it doesn't explain why white people are also not getting vaccinated. It also doesn't explain why most minorities who have not gotten vaccinated give a reason of "I want to wait and see" [1], and why most white people who have not gotten vaccinated give a reason of "I've already made up my mind, definitely not getting vaccinated."
They don't trust doctors recommendations for vaccination, but apparently trust doctors recommendations for every other aspect of getting treated for COVID...
[1] https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/latest-...