[skrause]

> When major health officials tell you that a covid vaccine will stop you catching covid and stop transmission, then to find out we were lied to.

The mRNA vaccines did protect more than 90% of the vaccinated against symptomatic infections with the original strain. Then we got new Covid variants where that wasn't the case anymore (Delta and later), but that doesn't mean we were lied to. The situation simply changed.

[iinnPP]

Everything that happened was so obviously going to happen that the entire show made me sick to my stomach. The situation never changed, we just responded to everything at the speed of the government.

In Jan 2020 I used HN to get my covid information and used it to preempt the toilet paper shortage(by 2 weeks) with: a 3 month supply of basic foods(stuff we eat anyway so no waste), any type of masks or sanitizers that were wanted, and the same for my vulnerable family members.

My mum is alive today because of my distrust of authority. Which I painfully earned starting at age 8.

[kcplate]

Yes, the situation changed, but at least in the US the vaccine push from health and political authorities stayed on the taking point regarding the vaccine would stop you from catching and spreading the disease continued for at least three weeks until the talking point changed to “less severe disease”…which at the time was more speculation than a scientific proven result (It’s even a dubious claim today).

So, at points, there were definite lies (including a few well known ones, not related to vaccines), the lies were exposed, and the end result was distrust.