> studies demonstrating the effectiveness of an obviously ineffective vaccine

The flu vaccine? There is a lot of evidence for its effectiveness [1]. It’s not highly effective. But it’s also not creating side effects worth railing against.

> Prepare to be down voted

“Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading” [2].

(Meta: OP doesn’t sound like an anti-vaxer. But I always assumed anti-vax used rejection to reinforce its faith and communicate in-group fielty. Like how Jehovah’s Witnesses are taught to embrace rejection.)

[1] https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-vaccines/cdc-35-flu-vac...

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Yeah, I kind of expected that, sigh (including as yet another example of the issue about perspective I mentioned). Thanks for the supportive comment!