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Re:Alabama Had More Deaths Than Births in 2020 by zdragnar on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @11:02PM (#28612702)
Remember when (now) vice president Harris and all of the other channels' pundits were loudly proclaiming that they wouldn't dare take the vaccine because the wrong political party championed it, and that the FDA and CDC couldn't be trusted?

Remember when we were told by the Director of NIAID that masks wouldnt help? Or that we only needed just so many people to reach herd immunity, but that was later revealed to be an intentional lie so he could later increase the number without it sounding as scary?

Remember when the mayors of DC, LA, SF and a dozen other cities, along with the governors of several states, mandated wearing face masks, then were, on multiple occasions, caught in public settings indoors not social distancing or wearing masks?

Remember when several members of congress were caught putting on face masks for a photo, then immediately removing them again?

Remember the Emmys where none of the stars wore masks but all of the "help" had to?

You reap what you sow indeed. It is amazing that anyone trusts anyone anymore.

Re:Alabama Had More Deaths Than Births in 2020 by moneywoes on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @11:06PM (#28612718)
Do you have links to any of these?
Re:Alabama Had More Deaths Than Births in 2020 by zdragnar on Thursday September 23, 2021 @04:16PM (#28634679)
https://www.businessinsider.com/democratic-politicians-who-v...

There's a list of 14 politicians, limited to Democrats since they're the ones most often imposing the mandates. A list of republicans would be rather redundant in this case, but it is worth pointing out they are no strangers to hypocracy either, of course.

Re:Alabama Had More Deaths Than Births in 2020 by boboboboboboo on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @11:04PM (#28612711)
Harris never said she didn’t trust the CDC or FDA. She specifically said she didn’t trust Trump, and would take a vaccine when it was recommended by CDC and FDA.
Re:Alabama Had More Deaths Than Births in 2020 by praxulus on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @11:11PM (#28612752)
>“If the public health professionals, if Dr. [Anthony] Fauci, if the doctors tell us that we should take it, I’ll be the first in line to take it. Absolutely,” Harris said during the live debate in Salt Lake City, when she was asked if Americans should take a vaccine, if the Trump administration were to approve one either before or after the election. “But if Donald Trump tells us that we should take it. I’m not taking it.”

That seems like a perfectly reasonable stance. If Biden was promoting some other medical treatment against the advice of the FDA, I'd be skeptical of that too.

https://news.yahoo.com/kamala-harris-says-she-wont-take-covi...

Re:Alabama Had More Deaths Than Births in 2020 by refurb on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @11:36PM (#28612876)
So you won't be getting a vaccine booster?

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/31/biden-booster-plan-...

"The Biden administration’s decisions over when to administer coronavirus vaccine boosters are triggering turmoil within the Food and Drug Administration, frustrating regulators and sparking fear that political pressures will once again override the agency’s expertise."

Re:Alabama Had More Deaths Than Births in 2020 by praxulus on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @02:41PM (#28620068)
If my doctor and reputable public health experts disagree with the FDA (or with scientists who resigned from the FDA in protest), that could certainly be enough to overcome my skepticism. I'd have to consider it on a case-by-case basis.

What wouldn't convince me is the president's opinion on the matter.

Re:Alabama Had More Deaths Than Births in 2020 by refurb on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @08:37PM (#28623899)
Even if the President is interfering with the job of those same public health agencies? That was my entire point and why people were quoting the FDA.
Re:Alabama Had More Deaths Than Births in 2020 by praxulus on Thursday September 23, 2021 @12:39PM (#28631573)
Not all reputable public health experts work for public health agencies.