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by nsxwolf 1688 days ago
I'm not sure that's how it works. There's a calculus to this I don't quite understand.

The group blesses and curses treatments based on contradictory criteria.

Ivermectin is blessed, supposedly because it is cheap. Molnupiravir is cursed, because it is a new drug Big Pharma wants you to pay more for. The vaccines are cursed, even though they're cheap. Monoclonal antibodies are blessed, even though they are very expensive, and are effectively just the products of vaccination.

I think it's more likely people are just doing what they are told by whoever influences them the most. None of it has to be consistent or make any kind of sense.

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I'm being downvoted but in March, conservatives were screaming about how unfair it was that prisoners were getting their shots first. Things aren't always what they seem.
It's related to the Lindy effect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect