When you post information about how COVID isn't that bad and it's just like getting a cold, or this whole thing is a "Plandemic" orchestrated for government to control us, or vaccines "haven't been adequately tested," or anecdotal reports of people having bad reactions to vaccines, or myths about how vaccines make people magnetic, or give them COVID, or is the Mark of the Beast, etc etc etc etc...those are all discouragements away from vaccination. This is how it works.
I don't take those debates, myths, and stories to heart. Some of it like 5G, magnetic (which I had to look up), and stuff like that I find silly. But the things that aren't silly is that the CDC Does list side affects that are just as severe if not more or less so than COVID regardless the rarity, and a pro/antivaxxer who reads this information shouldn't disregard it.
But I don't know. I'm pretty neutral on it since I've always been skeptical with media anyhow.
Because when you ask them their reasons for being unvaccinated, over and over again they circle back to one of the above sorts of ignorant lines of reasoning to explain themselves.
Like side effects?
I can see why 5g and magnetic myths would be ridiculous, but not side effects.
But all I see is generalizing, though. What is the inherent connection between unvaccinated people and how much they know or don't know-what they have watched and whether or not they believe any set myths?
There are some people who genuinely want to get vaccinated and haven't had a chance yet. I work for an organization that is still vaccinating people to this day. So yes, that's true. However, the majority of unvaccinated people have made their minds up, and their reasoning inevitably falls back to some sort of BS like what I outlined above.
But that's so much of a generalization. The problem with generalizations is that you (anyone) can apply that to a boat load of people who don't fall under that. This isn't just a small area but worldwide.
It's near impossible to discern unvaccinated (and vaccinated) people's motives to get or not get the vaccine. I mean, people who are vaccinated could have got it out of fear, being pushed, and so many reasons that are not logically assessed with facts.
That's a weird reply because it was you who actually asked me a question.
"Do we need to justify how ignorant people are so we understand why they made decisions contrary to our best interests?"
The implication behind your question is that there must be other reasons besides ignorance to explain why people who make poor decisions. I was asking what you had in mind.
For example, I can't generalize so I would guess there are quite a few people who have the same information as vaccinated people, do not follow the myths and misinformation, "and" chose not to vaccinate.
They could have read the same information and just, maybe because of their circumstance, morals, and facts made them decide one option as opposed to another. There are many reasons that people make alternative decisions the majority do not make.
But cornering me doesn't invalidate my point, though. It's hard to generalize the entire global population just for the fact a small small percentage choose not to vaccinate.
Sure, and flat earthers may be incredibly intelligent as well. In my experience, though, that's not the case. There are exceptions to just about every rule of course; I was speaking generally of what I've observed.
But not all people who choose not to vaccinate fall under this. You're speaking of a group of people that should not represent the whole of people who decide not to vaccinate.
Cool. what were the cons? Did the CDC say the cons outweighed the pros? Was the CDC ever on the fence about whether the vast majority of people should be vaccinated?
I don't know. Like I said, they changed the title. CDC probably had it when COVID thing first started but its not there anymore. I would have loved to read them though.
I was referring to whatever antivax stuff you've seen on YT, not the CDC website.
I don't watch anti/provax stuff. I hate it when I watch a provaxxer video and in the middle or in the end it says something against antivaxxers. Then when I watch antivaxxers I see protests and silly stuff... so I don't take them to heart as people glued to these things do. Even on RF, I get off, go to work, and multi-task on the computer doing other things unrelated to this.
The stuff I do look up is updates what our governor said, facts like how herd immunity works and the structure of the virus itself, things of that nature... but as soon as it terns to "you must get X or you'll regret it" I cut it off. It literally has nothing to do with COVID and vaccines. I just don't care for media tactics whether for the common good or just to sell a product.
So what other reasons would they have? Again, you can't say it's because they consulted science-based reputable sources, because the medical and scientific communities are in consensus that the benefits of vaccination outweigh the risks for the vast majority of people.
Of course I can. We don't know what people have and have not consulted and why people make the decisions they do.
COVID, heart problems, and blood clots sound just as much serious regardless the rarity. But choosing not to vaccinate because of the rarity isn't about ignorance and misinformation. CDC takes it serious regardless the rarity, so I can see why people are hesitant or don't want to vaccinate. It may be a wrong decision-moral wise-but not based on misinformation and myths.
