Not saying they are stupid... but its close :D

[Nimos]

So just read this news article and have to admit that it probably didn't surprise me but still I do think that it tells something about these people.

One of the writers of the sci-fi film I Am Legend has clarified its fictional nature amid rumours Covid-19 vaccines would turn people into zombies.

The 2007 film, starring Will Smith, is about a failed attempt to genetically re-engineer measles to cure cancer, killing 99% of the world's population.

Those who survive the infection turn into mutant vampiric creatures.

Claims that something similar would happen to people receiving Covid jabs have been circulating on social media.

• No, your Covid jab isn't magnetic
• Misinformation on Facebook killing people - Biden
• The YouTubers who exposed an anti-vax plot

Last week, the New York Times reported that the owner of an eyewear store in the Bronx, New York, was struggling to persuade some of its staff to get a Covid vaccine, with one citing the plot of I Am Legend as a concern.

"One employee said she was concerned because she thought a vaccine had caused the characters in the film I Am Legend to turn into zombies," the report said.


Responding to the article, Akiva Goldsman, 59, who co-wrote the screenplay based on a 1954 novel of the same name, tweeted: "Oh. My. God. It's a movie. I made that up. It's. Not. Real."

Seriously there is not a lot of hope for convincing these people then if they start referencing zombie movies as an excuse, just unbelievable

 

[SigurdReginson]

Oh... Oh no.

 

[Valjean]

People have always freaked out about change and novelty.

Contemporary (1802) cartoon about Edward Jenner's original smallpox vaccine, using cowpox serum:

Vaccine hesitancy is not new - history tells us we should listen, not condemn
news.yahoo.com

 

[sun rise]

We should have advanced culturally and intellectually since the smallpox era, but sadly we have not.

 

[The Kilted Heathen]

One of my favorites was the author Stephen King saying that no, COVID-19 isn't the same as Captain Tripps from The Stand, and that it was far more survivable than his fictional world-ending virus. And then some Twitter chuckle-head asked King if he had "even read the [REDACTED] book?". Like, sir.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

No, your Covid jab isn't magnetic

I saw a video of some lady in front of a city council "proving" the covid jab magentises you. She has obviously never seen children stick spoons to their nose, and never did that herself as a child.
And, of course, she failed to demonstrate the magnetism during this testimony.

One of my favorites was the author Stephen King saying that no, COVID-19 isn't the same as Captain Tripps from The Stand, and that it was far more survivable than his fictional world-ending virus. And then some Twitter chuckle-head asked King if he had "even read the [REDACTED] book?". Like, sir.

Did the author read his own book? Damn, man, that's a real toughie to sort our and figure out. I can't figure that one out. Ask something easy.

 

[SomeRandom]

To play devils advocate, good sci fi has basis in truth.
Though that did make me instinctively facepalm. Like zombies? Seriously?

 

[Revoltingest]

These people generally aren't stupid.
But they have judgement & reasoning issues
that make them reality challenged. I observe
that most intelligent people believe something
utterly loopy, eg, sky fairies, conspiracies,

 

[SomeRandom]

These people generally aren't stupid.
But they have judgement & reasoning issues
that make them reality challenged. I observe
that most intelligent people believe something
utterly loopy, eg, sky fairies, conspiracies,

I once knew a qualified physicist who believed in UFOs

 

[Revoltingest]

I once knew a qualified physicist who believed in UFOs

I too believe that some flying objects are unidentified.
But I don't think aliens are in them.

 

[SomeRandom]

I too believe that some flying objects are unidentified.
But I don't think aliens are in them.

Maybe my physicist friend was hoping for an ET situation. Or maybe he just wanted to go to Mars like his hero Dr Who lol

 

[Revoltingest]

Maybe my physicist friend was hoping for an ET situation. Or maybe he just wanted to go to Mars like his hero Dr Who lol

He watches Dr Why, eh.
There's something clearly wrong with him.

 

[Quagmire]

So one employee and at an eyewear store said something stupid.

How is this news?

 

[lewisnotmiller]

I once knew a qualified physicist who believed in UFOs

Err...I believe in UFOs.
In fact, I'm sure they exist.

 

[SomeRandom]

Err...I believe in UFOs.
In fact, I'm sure they exist.

So ET was a documentary! I knew it!!!

 

[Twilight Hue]

So just read this news article and have to admit that it probably didn't surprise me but still I do think that it tells something about these people.

One of the writers of the sci-fi film I Am Legend has clarified its fictional nature amid rumours Covid-19 vaccines would turn people into zombies.

The 2007 film, starring Will Smith, is about a failed attempt to genetically re-engineer measles to cure cancer, killing 99% of the world's population.

Those who survive the infection turn into mutant vampiric creatures.

Claims that something similar would happen to people receiving Covid jabs have been circulating on social media.

• No, your Covid jab isn't magnetic
• Misinformation on Facebook killing people - Biden
• The YouTubers who exposed an anti-vax plot

Last week, the New York Times reported that the owner of an eyewear store in the Bronx, New York, was struggling to persuade some of its staff to get a Covid vaccine, with one citing the plot of I Am Legend as a concern.

"One employee said she was concerned because she thought a vaccine had caused the characters in the film I Am Legend to turn into zombies," the report said.


Responding to the article, Akiva Goldsman, 59, who co-wrote the screenplay based on a 1954 novel of the same name, tweeted: "Oh. My. God. It's a movie. I made that up. It's. Not. Real."

Seriously there is not a lot of hope for convincing these people then if they start referencing zombie movies as an excuse, just unbelievable

What's stupid is required masks for people with antibodies.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

What's stupid is required masks for people with antibodies.

That may depend on your frame of reference.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

So ET was a documentary! I knew it!!!

Heh...

As previously mentioned, UFO just means unidentified flying object. Happens all the time.

Not knowing whether said objects are filled to the brim with little green men is kinda implicit in the name.

 

[Twilight Hue]

That may depend on your frame of reference.

I'd love to see the cases where people with antibodies are spreading covid to the extreme extent that it's purported to be.

Where's the actual scientific data on this that warrants mass masking for vaccinated and naturally immune people ?

I haven't found anything in terms of any actual people here. Just the hyperbole.

 

[Twilight Hue]

So ET was a documentary! I knew it!!!

I hear there was a follow up on that documentary involving the unpaid phone bill that had unforseen repercussions.