Just convinced my 5th Seattleite to not get the vaccine!! What have you done lately? (school district, teacher)

[jerzdevil]

Originally Posted by rjshae

Well clearly you do, since you're posting about it. But good luck with that. Anti-vaxxer reasoning is strongly influenced by confirmation bias, which is unlikely to be influenced by reason, logic, or scientific data. The best bet in this case is to provide real world examples. I gave mine.

Then you should feel very happy about your shots and your government to do the right thing. Who am I?

[usernametaken]

On a related related note:

https://www.city-data.com/forum/poli...deaths-us.html

Originally Posted by usernametaken

On a related note, it seems like Dr. JW Ulm might be on your side if you do not get boosters!

https://www.city-data.com/forum/poli...about-new.html

[primaltech]

You both clearly like the attention, and love to be all tough guy on the internet. Anti-vax world is not unlike the conspiracy theory people. It's human nature, people just like to feel special/unique/superior/feel like they're in the know, and everyone else is sheep. The government is bad. Whatever, great. What matters is the actual arguments and evidence, and yours are about as weak as your insecurities. Impressive that you convinced 5 people, though. Good thing WA state has 7.6 million.

[rjshae]

Originally Posted by jerzdevil

Then you should feel very happy about your shots and your government to do the right thing. Who am I?

Well, personally I thank the scientists who tirelessly spent their careers developing this ingenious mRNA vaccine technology. They deserve a big award. Then I thank the generous philanthropists who gambled billions of dollars to get it developed and produced in record time. The government played an important role getting it approved, of course. Then I thank the medical workers who stuck it in my arm. I've had much more peace of mind since then.

[Rombus]

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[Gaylord_Focker]

To counterbalance the OP, I convinced 10 Seattleites to get the vaccine.

[thatguy950]

[fnh]

The above graphic with snapshots from bygone eras was obviously created by someone without even a kindergartener's inkling of what 'science' means – a process by which ongoing observations lead to increased knowledge and a better understanding of that which is being observed.

SCIENCE is how we know now that those products have downsides that can outweigh the benefits – benefits which, by the way, are relative. For example, when a population suffers from significant food shortages, the longer term carcinogenic effects of crop boosters are less of an urgent concern, are they not?

[jerzdevil]

Originally Posted by rjshae

Well, personally I thank the scientists who tirelessly spent their careers developing this ingenious mRNA vaccine technology. They deserve a big award. Then I thank the generous philanthropists who gambled billions of dollars to get it developed and produced in record time. The government played an important role getting it approved, of course. Then I thank the medical workers who stuck it in my arm. I've had much more peace of mind since then.

lol, well that's fantastic. Make sure you stay up to date in all your future boosters. Thanks for being a hero to our society.

[jerzdevil]

Originally Posted by fnh

The above graphic with snapshots from bygone eras was obviously created by someone without even a kindergartener's inkling of what 'science' means – a process by which ongoing observations lead to increased knowledge and a better understanding of that which is being observed.

SCIENCE is how we know now that those products have downsides that can outweigh the benefits – benefits which, by the way, are relative. For example, when a population suffers from significant food shortages, the longer term carcinogenic effects of crop boosters are less of an urgent concern, are they not?

Yeah. The corporations have become much more morally and ethically sound since the bygone eras. In fact I'm going to send a donation to one of them, 50 bucks, as a token of my appreciation.