'13 billion Covid vaccines have been given.
Yes 13 BILLION. Not a typo.
13,000,000,000
It's extremely safe.
Yet anti vaxxers still call it "experimental"
I'm guessing they also think electricity, and the wheel as a means of transport, are also experimental.' Dr Neil Stone, Twitter
Throughout the pandemic there’s been a series of excuses why not to take the vaccine - experimental gene therapy; PCR doesn’t work; graphene oxide; magnetism; deaths of friends, uncles, hairdressers, or anyone; AESIs are side effects; pregnancy; 5G; dangers to children; we should use ARR not RRR. My bingo card is full
All of it inaccurate but the sad thing is we will see vaccine hesitancy for other vaccines too.
@The_Ouroborus It’s so sad. Irresponsible troublemakers and grifters seeing an opportunity to build a following, or just create chaos, ably supported by a parade of useful idiots. Somehow, the world has to learn how to censor these people without damaging free speech.
Maybe part of the answer is a law criminalising ‘deliberately or recklessly misleading the public’. What Alex Jones does should not be tolerated in an otherwise tolerant society, and it should not be left to civil law to police.
I wish it was just Alex Jones (though he’s the most pernicious) but there’s been a whole load of people who have monetised the pandemic. Dolores Cahill who literally removed someone from hospital who needed a vent & who died of covid 2 days later , Pierre Kory & the FLCCC hawking IVM. Tess Lawrie doing the same, all writing papers which were retracted, some for forgery. Now, Aseem Malhotra who’s gone full anti-vax. All medical professionals & the tip of the iceberg.
@The_Ouroborus @KimSJ didn't Ionnadis, usually a pretty well respected researcher, decide to hop on the anti vaxx wagon too?
One of the pharmaceuticals hesitancy issues is fed by the fact that companies have on several occasions kept selling a drug that harms people. If they'd stop doing that, there'd be nothing for grifters to exploit. Public trust is super important when it comes to this.
Yes, Ionnadis, Kulldorf, Prassad, Malone, Bhattacharya etc I understand what you are saying about the pharma companies but in the biggest public health emergency in our lifetime, to turn contrarian when the science doesn’t support it is horrendous. In the U.K. there was huge support for the vaccines, then Mike Yeadon came along talking demonstrable bollocks & it appealed to those who wanted to think they’re “free thinkers”
@The_Ouroborus @KimSJ having been almost sucked down that "big pharma are making us sick to boost profits" hole myself, the bextra / vioxx etc scandals were very persuasive. As was the fact that most folks aren't aware of how to spot a dud scientific paper.
Too many knowledge gaps added to shady business practices to exploit for people who started out with genuine concerns.
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