Even having under my belt multiple biology classes, (general, human, micro, genetics, a&p) several animal sciences, and a firm understanding of vaccine science; I still couldn't convince a guy that it's not some conspiracy and that the risks (mainly allergic) are negligible compared the dangers and possible life-long complications of unmitigated COVID. There is just no reasoning with these people, their understanding is just borked.
Even wearing a mask was a controversy. I always get blank stares though when I ask them why a surgeon wears a mask and to be sure to tell their surgeon not to wear one if they have surgery.
I don't understand how antivaxxers manage to be so incredibly stupid, vaccines are like one of the easier medical concepts to grasp. You introduce your immune system to a danger in a safe way so it knows how to react when that danger arises naturally. Are they also anti fire drill because it's basically the same concept?
It’s stupid because they don’t understand probability and risk assessment. Yeah there are side effects but they are exceedingly rare and even if you get them the outcomes are usually far less severe than the disease you’re trying to prevent. It’s like saying “I refuse to wear a seat belt because it might wrinkle my suit jacket.”
Yes people can die in a flight crash, but it's more likely to die in a car crash so choosing the car over a plane is just dumb when it comes to risk manegement.
Yes almost all people who didn't vaccinate against covid are still alive, but the percentage of people who took it is even higher.
When i jump out of a plane with a parachute i might die, it's a risk either way so why should i bother to open it?
So you've never been truly sick is all that means. Just means you'll die when you have a truly dangerous sickness and don't take any precautions for it.
Sure. I haven't been truly sick. I would probably take anything if the decease was painful enough. But that's not what we are talking about here with vaccines, specially vaccines against the flu or something that isnt dangerous to most people to get.
Pretty sure most people think of Covid, the thing a lot of people did die to, or Polio, the returning sickness that we literally had a president who couldn't walk because of.
