> Oh my... it is not overselling. It is dealing with people like children they are. People reverted to the point where you can't have merit-based discussion about vaccines in public, and so simplifying the message is IMO the right strategy. > > The point is, vaccines work and the more people vaccinate the less will die and all other finer points are less important.

Repeating a point over and over, based on falsehoods, hasn't worked out very well either here or in global warming.

At some point, people notice you're lying. The conclusion might be correct, but if you get caught lying along the way, you undermine your case.

People didn't "revert." Years of this kind of oversimplification and "dealing with people like children they are" led to this ignorance. And in a rapidly-evolving situation like COVID19, this ignorance sometimes ends up biting you just months later. In my community, vaccine efficacy is well below 70%. People don't believe that since we've had months of messaging.

Yes, I do think we would have higher vaccination rates if we stopped patronizing people, and started educating them.

No time like the present to start.