There is a social responsibility so this thing gets under control and to minimize the overall risk we all face of this virus mutating and being able to bypass the vaccines (as the mutations that have already been produced have proven more contagious and deadly than the original).
To me you're broad stroking the whole world population as if taking the vaccine "in and of itself" will make COVID (and if that, any lung disease) just disappear once everyone is vaccinated.
How to say. It's like telling someone way on the other side of the world who lives in a ten housed village to take the vaccine because they have the same chance of spreading the disease as someone in New York where populations are heavier than 100 people if that.
Its not a social responsibility if you're coerced, threatened, and pushed (and so forth) to take the vaccine... it's hypocritical, actually. You (people) say "take this vaccine or you're an idiot" then on the other hand, "but we are taking it to save lives."
There's got to be a better way than convincing people by insulting them, no?
And I'm not talking about beliefs. I am talking about facts. 2+2 will always equal 4. This doesn't change. And when it comes to health, many things are not beliefs. Such as, masks have been so rigorously studied over the past year that we do know they work to curve the spread of Covid-19. Because of anti-vaxxers vaccines have been so extensively studied we know they are very safe just about everyone save for those allergic or other rare conditions that make it so someone can't be vaccinated. In that case, this person's health, well being, and life depends on others to be vaccinated and not carrying diseases this person cannot be vaccinated for. There are those who are immunocompromised. They too depend on us being vaccinated and not carrying diseases they can easily catch.
Shadow Wolf. No one is arguing about facts.
The reason people make decisions about their health and well-being is based on the facts and knowledge they gather from their doctors, experts, and their own personal views of what's right for them and their loved ones.
Facts aren't magical. It's not like someone saying "oh... 500,000 people died. The vaccine has min side affects. Everyone is happy" so I Should take the vaccine. There "should" be more to it than just that. Also. There's a website I posted months ago that talked about why people wear masks (or take the vaccine in this case). One of which was social responsibility. There were many other reasons besides that why people take vaccines, wear masks, and all of that.
It's all individual and most likely cultural differences. Of course, based on personal experiences especially if loved ones had COVID and things of that nature.
So, it's not good to generalize the whole population with shoulds.
And then there are more consequences yet. Like for those working in the health field. Everyone going on about "me" and making excuses and this and that and downplaying the science and taking dumb risks have plunged thousands of healthcare workers into a never ending and inescapable nightmare where many have been forced to make decisions they should never have been put into the position to even have to consider in the first place. Critical care is something that should have remained in their ethics discussions in school, but people who want to doubt, deny, complain, and cry, and go on about "me, me, me, me" have brought a terrible reality to healthcare workers who were forced to decide who lives and who dies.
Even some nurses were hesitant about taking the vaccine (I posted in its own post on this thread).
Fortunately, not all people who don't take the vaccine are me-me-me people. Like you, they make sound decisions and assumingly, like you, they wouldn't want to be disrespected for it by calling them (or calling you) ant/pro vaxxer or whatever nonsense words they keep coming up with to degrade people.
This is what people who won't wear a mask are doing. This is the world they are creating. Along with those who doubt and deny the science. Along with those who won't get vaccinated.
Not wearing masks and not taking the vaccine does not mean one is denying or rejecting science.... no more than not taking medication for a head ache means headache medication is bad or doesn't help people.
Your association between antimaskers=uneducated just doesn't hold up unless you generalize the whole population just because they "say" their don't like masks (or not getting vaccinated).
