| It got political, but he still doesn't capture the gist and whole of the argument. You cannot argue against an imaginary position which he still espouses. There are just democrats and conservatives for him. That is a deep socialization which depending on age might be a permanent affliction. But that isn't reflective of every position against a vaccination (or additional measures), it is more the explanation of a naive child. There are millions of reasons that could drive people to not play along: - Don't trust doctors - Don't trust politicians - Don't trust media - Has environment that shares the same opinions, difficult to go against the grain - There a doctors critical of methods like lockdown and even the vaccine itself - There a doctors that warned against vaccinating within a pandemic and their predictions became true to a degree - Countries that didn't lock down came decently through the pandemic if they had otherwise good healthcare - We combine vaccination with secondary measures like passes and mandatory health controls - Covid is endemic and you will get it anyway, we still see different rules for vaccinated/unvaccinated people - There are people unreasonably afraid of Covid - People throw away liberties for questionable safety and will still end up getting Covid in the end - ... Most of it is indeed a trust issue, but the problem is that there are currently few people in the public sphere that deserve that trust. I am vaccinated, I make this statement because there are fearful people that demand that you justify yourself. I am not really inclined to accommodate them, there is a saying that "the smarter one gives in" and this is clearly a case like that. Ivermectin wouldn't be the wonder cure, if criticism of it would be more analyzed in a way the author did. It is a good step. This is getting to a principled discussion if you just ban other voices. |