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I'm not free to take it, anymore. As you said, it's been taken off the market for most people.
> Fuck shunning people for not doing something to their bodies because they don't consider the benefits "obvious" or sufficient.
No, I like shunning people who are wrong and dumb.
Well, I meant that you should be free to take it if there is a reasonable argument that taking it is better than not taking it. There are multiple reasons why it isn't offered anymore.
>No, I like shunning people who are wrong and dumb.
People who refused the vaccine are not wrong or dumb. It is too laborious to explain it to you though. I think no matter how much I explain or provide contrary evidence, your mind is made up. What happened to "My body, my choice"? Do you seriously think that people would refuse the vaccine if the benefits were so overwhelming? If the virus and the vaccine were what they said, you wouldn't need to try to mandate shit. You'd have to break up fights as people fell all over each other to get the damn vaccine.
Yeah, limiting the impact and effects of a COVID infection is a compelling and reasonable argument to me. I'd like my booster shot, please.
> What happened to "My body, my choice"?
It is your choice. I can and will mock you for your choice if your reasoning doesn't hold up to scrutiny.
> Do you seriously think that people would refuse the vaccine if the benefits were so overwhelming?
Yes, anti-vaxers are inherently irrational. Overwhelming benefits do not change their opinion because being anti-vaccine is a core part of their identity.
There are people like this but you can say the same about anything. Pro-pharma vax promoters definitely make "trust the science, don't do research or question anything from authorities" part of their identity too.
"Trust the science, don't do research" isn't really a thing that I've seen from the supporters of infant vaccination. Typically, "trust the science" means that there's a broad scientific consensus on something. Doing individual research is fine, but knowing the limits of your own expertise is important. In the anti-vax community, I often see people stressing the importance of doing your own research or questioning authority, but then they latch on to poor-quality research, or misinterpreting results because they don't understand how to read them correctly (see: the entirety of the movement that believes vaccines cause autism).
Speaking of unscientific takes, the 6 foot distance standard and the mask mandates are both not supported with scientific evidence. The actual evidence for these is inconclusive at best. The primary justification is apriori reasoning. You might say "Oh it's better than nothing" but that is not guaranteed, and businesses went bankrupt, kids didn't learn in school, and people were let out of PRISON based on these mandates. So-called scientists set in motion extreme paranoia and tyranny upon all of us and I will never forget that.