I'm sure my receptionist, who is 4 months pregnant, will be interested to read about how the vaccines made her fiance infertile. Let's agree that I am not going to convince you that 99% of scientists know more than you do. Let's also agree that there's no way in hell that anyone with any sense is going to agree with you.
These arguments are exhausting. Let's hope all us pro-vaxxers turn into zombies and you can sit back and say, "told you so".
Now, my science background is in equine nutrition and reproduction (for those that don't know, that's considered an applied science of chemistry and biology). When I see someone say that 99% of anything, that person is saying that there is a list, a list of
all scientists and
all scientists have been polled and that
all scientists have the same field of study and can comment logically on what is going on.
Secondly, science doesn't go back to consensus. It's not about science by democracy. The majority opinion rules. Bare in mind, the flat earth theory was brought up. At one time, the majority of scientists (of the day) believed that theory. It took
one to show that it wasn't so. As more info is found out, opinions should change.
The problem that people have is that fallout of whatever policy tend to be shown years down the line. Medical or political. It takes time. Those that think it's just 2 wks (I always think of Money Pit) and if one hasn't turned into a monkey, everything is golden. It doesn't always turn out that way.
People need to make what is the best decision for them. Don't inflict your ideology on someone else. What I find most disturbing (and I saw it on here) that people are like, jab, jab, jab. Stop being a wuss when it come to the needle and get the jab (although, I would think that it is what is inside the needle and not the needle itself that they are afraid of in this case). Now, my inlaws were told by their doctor not to get it due to their doctor was more concerned about the higher risk of side effects compared to them actually getting covid. Their doctor should know what is best for them. Now not all doctors are as good as the next, but that could also be applied to those that are making these decisions here at the legal level as well. A friend of mine, 30 yrs old in great shape, got the shot. Now her GP is adding the need to see if/when she is going to need a pace maker with her regular check ups and she was also told not to get any more shots. And quite a few of her customers were telling her how inconsiderate she is for not getting boosters and she did not care about her customers. And they do know her situation. My friend told them, if you are that concerned go somewhere else. And she was in the low risk category as well.
My dad, who is vaxxed and was going for his booster, was actually told to wait until he tested no antibodies. Apparently there is anecdotal evidence to suggest that those of his age range that get the booster while still having antibodies either from a previous shot or from actually having it and a raise in emergency appendectomies. Again, anecdotal evidence. That was coming from the pharmacy that he was getting his shot from. Not joe blow down on the corner. We actually found out that one of his old bowling buddies had that very thing happen to him (he is 82, the bowling buddy).
I also find it strange, back in Sept of last year, the FDA Advisory Board voted, 16 to 2 I believe so a clear majority,
against boosters for those that were between 16 and 65, unless of some type of health condition that made one prone to Covid's worse effects. They cited lack of evidence of long term effects and lack of evidence of long term benefits of mass inoculations (long term is usually qualified in terms of years, not weeks/months). Again, that was the FDA Advisory Board.
While I know that it is taboo to talk about obesity in a negative light for some silly reason or another, but there is quite a bit of evidence to show that obesity plays a part and how people physically handle covid. Why is it a pill or shot being promoted and not healthy living? And if one is really concerned about their mortality and is obese, getting the shot isn't going to help you from diabetes, heart disease and a myriad of other things far more lethal compared to Covid and have quite a bit of damaging side effects while living with, diabetes especially.
Trump asked about bleach killing covid, and idiots thought drinking bleach would work. Someone spreader a rumor on ticktoc.that horse de worming medicine cured covid... And all of a sudden there was a deworming shortage... And cases in court asking them to require doctors to use animal medicine to treat covid. People are gullible, and sometimes you can't fix stupid... So there's no point in arguing.
Due to Trump's speech pattern it's really easy to take his stuff out of context on both sides of the spectrum. I remember those with TDS thought that when Trump said coyotes (when talking about the border), thought he was talking about real coyotes bringing in illegals.
Ivermectin (I am well aware of it, equine background remember), has been used in other countries for human consumption to help with some ailments (reduce malaria transmission etc). Now we are talking about different dosage size as well as potency. It's not the same as what one gets at TSC or the farmer's co-op.
Same thing with DMSO (although not with regard to Covid, but for other things). That too can be purchased at your local co-op. I haven't seen it as TSC though, but I haven't looked for it there.
But the anti vaccers can't be reasoned with, so there's no point in arguing
The actual definition though of what it means to be an antivaxxer right now (gotta love people going to online dictionaries nowadays compared to the printed ones that take a lot longer to get changed) is quite a bit broader and actually includes those that you could see some valid point with. That's the problem. Discussion. A lot of things depend on discussing it out, that is going by the wayside in a lot of ways.