Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US?

Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by Clubber on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @06:48PM (#28532565)

So you are making a common mistake, you are considering a huge swath of people from a wide range of demographics and political persuasions as a single cognitive entity. They are not. Let's say you don't shame, you get an additional 15% uptake. Let's say you do shame, you only get 5%. Shaming is part of the problem for reasons I stated above. It certainly makes the people shaming feel better about themselves, but it's a net negative to the outcome of which those people are purporting solve.

Bottom line, shitting on people is never effective.

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Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by HWR_14 on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @07:04PM (#28532709)

No, my question was actually about whether persuadable people still exist. People for whom politeness and reason will work. Because I think those people have gotten the vaccine. Do you think that subpopulation exists, what motivates them and what will make them change their mind?

Because you seem to think shaming is about me feeling better at a huge cost: "you get an additional 15% uptake. Let's say you do shame, you only get 5%." I just don't think those numbers are at all accurate. I don't even think that the causation "shaming -> less vaccination" is true.

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Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by Clubber on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @11:45PM (#28535020)

>I don't even think that the causation "shaming -> less vaccination" is true.

You don't understand human nature or yourself. Shame on you. Did that make you change your mind? Didn't think so.

I'm sure persuadable people exist, just what percent, I don't know. There are millions unvaccinated in the US and it will change over time. Many people are taking the "wait and see approach." If you don't understand why, see the Tuskegee Experiment. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Syphilis_Study) All I know is shaming will have the opposite effect, assuming the intention is to get people to vaccinate. Shaming people is a very selfish and self centered action. The news does it all the time so you get that little hit of dopamine to watch more. Fat shaming is counter productive, lazy shaming counter productive, poor shaming counter productive, homeless shaming counter productive. Drug shaming is counter productive. Why on earth do you think it would it work now?

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Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by mike00632 on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @11:57PM (#28535096)

Do you have any data to show that laughing at anti-vaxxers dying of COVID decreases the amount of people willing to get vaccinated? Common sense suggests to me that it's the other way around.

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