The most vaccine-hesitant group of all? PhDs – The Post

There is zero data here to suggest actual vaccination rates among PhDs are lower than among the general public but the title of this paper will undoubtedly be used by vaccine skeptics to imply that PhDs aren't getting vaccinated.

Note: I'm double-vaxxed. I'm tempted to believe it, but have to read the study first. If true, this almost reads like a Dunning-Kruger chart. I wonder if this might be because those with PhD's tend to be more inquisitive and skeptical.

The top comment on the article also mentions a quote I thought was relevant:

"Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them"

1. For young people, the risks seem to outweigh the benefits. By no small margin either [0]. If your response to this is "but herd immunity", try to remember that this has been described as "mythological", given the leakiness of the vaccines, and the undue confidence socialising shown in the double jabbed.

2. The pharma companies are providing these vaccines in exchange for massive profit - tens of billions of dollars so far - while they simultaneously disallow any possible legal action. It's hard for me to believe that something is safe, while the manufacturer sells them on condition they won't be sued over any potential side-effects.

3. Pharma companies have a record of hiding data they don't like. They bribe academics and lawmakers, pressure newscasters, and have a looong history of testing vaccines and medications on unwilling / unknowing particiapants. Tip of the iceberg.

4. Mainstream media has given us many reasons to distrust it in the last, oh, 7 decades or so. Even more so recently.

5. The governments who are managing the pandemic the worst seem to be more interested in bringing in "vaccine passports", lockdowns, and mandatory vaccinations than actually hiring / training more nurses & building more ICU units. Where I am, the government has been caught having secret parties with vulture funds and large franchise operators; our Chief Medical Officer pretends antigen tests have no use; our Attorney General just changed the rules around social gatherings after our top leaders were caught at a party.

6. Better vaccines - by all accounts, ie Novavax - are on the horizon.

7. The utter disregard of human rights, civil liberties, and medical ethics shown by a horridly wide swathe of media and government, who are happy to dehumanise the vaccine hesitant in the name of [mythical] herd immunity.

8. The fact that this whole thing stinks; from the censorship of discussion regarding a lab-leak scenario, to the extreme politicisation of potential cures and hypotheses, to the simple brow-beating and straight-up death threats thrown at people outside the groupthink.

[0] - https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40328123.html - note that this is only death due to clots caused by vaccination vs Corona death, and does not include the vaccine's risk of myocarditis, pericarditis, GBS, CFS, lingering numbness and swelling, missing periods, Bell's palsy, etc. Also note that Moderna and Pfizer were shown to have similar clotting issues.

One thought, as this is facebook derived data and I don't believe they took up my references - maybe a load of people just chose the 'most educated option'