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Re:People who jump to conclusions show other kinds of thinki... by matheusmoreira on Thursday October 21, 2021 @09:50PM (#28952937)
Yeah. I'm not saying we shouldn't exercise some healthy skepticism when dealing with new ideas. However, there seems to be such a widespread stereotype plaguing these people saying they shouldn't even be given the time of day. They even create conspiracionist characters in movies. Dude is always treated as some funny nutjob even when they're right.

The US is a country with documented examples of doctors injecting microorganisms into unsuspecting patients. There's a truly astounding list of unethical scientific experiments performed there on wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unethical_human_experimentatio...

So I don't fault americans for assuming there's some kind of conspiracy behind vaccines and I would most certainly not be surprised if they turned out to be right. I don't fault them for not trusting doctors, especially psychiatrists. I've read some truly horrifying stories.

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Re:People who jump to conclusions show other kinds of thinki... by loopz on Friday October 22, 2021 @01:46PM (#28960245)
Just stop entertaining generalizations, and do some research to back up claims.
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Re:People who jump to conclusions show other kinds of thinki... by djmips on Saturday October 23, 2021 @02:51PM (#28971196)
Yeah, I agree with you with the fact that there have been conspiracies. They do exist. And I agree with you on the 'obvious' looney tunes ones but what I don't agree with you on is your emotional fear of vaccines. There is not conspiracy there.
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Re:People who jump to conclusions show other kinds of thinki... by matheusmoreira on Saturday October 23, 2021 @03:44PM (#28971605)
I'm not afraid of vaccines. I took two shots of coronavac. I'm not being "emotional" either. Pointing out the fact that these things are still being studied is information. It's possible that these things have risks we don't know about. It's possible that some vaccines only have favorable risk/benefit in certain populations such as the elderly. All doctors I know are reporting cases correlated with COVID-19 vaccination.

People should be able to make informed decisions with regards to these vaccines, not get manipulated into taking them because governments are desperate to contain the situation.

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Re:People who jump to conclusions show other kinds of thinki... by loopz on Monday October 25, 2021 @04:14PM (#28992563)
You can say that about anything. It's better to point out real concerns. There always are, than unknown unknowns that doesn't really tell anybody anything real.

The vaccines have side effects, though are regarded as a very safe method. It's very targeted, as broad corona vaccines are not deemed to be good. Medical experts know this much better.

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