No, the LMFAO was merely at the humor you used in your post. And contempt for some of the opinions of some of the unvaccinated and those disparaging getting vaxxed (like any moron using ‘sheeple’ is someone worth listening to)
I thought about it, too. Seriously. I would have been much happier with another couple of years of testing (hell, months). I don’t denigrate genuine concern, only ignorant paranoia.
Essentially it came down to more, and better qualified experts on one side than the other. By a lot.
Sure, sometimes the ‘expert’ consensus is wrong, even harmfully so (e.g. thamidolide)- but the vast majority of serious professionals is what I chose to go with; I admit I was also prejudiced by what I perceive as the low level of intelligence of most of the prominent pundits and journalists speaking against it :-(
In *my* opinion, the only opinions worth considering are those of medical professionals, and specifically those medical professionals with expertise (meaning published, peer-reviewed research) and doctors actually treating COVID. I can respect the opinion of people who use those types of sources, I can’t respect people who follow the opinions of random cranks on Youtube.
Regards.
Thank you for your polite and reasoned response. From what I can see, most of the experts nationally are advising folks to take the vaccine.
And yes, most of the kooks are on the anti-vaxx side. They most certainly muddy the waters.
But here’s the thing. I have talked to medical professionals in my family. And I have talked to doctors I know. I respect those folks. And there’s no clear consensus at all.
It’s maddening.
P.S. I think the solution might be to have a debate, maybe on CSPAN. Have two respected pro-vaxxers debate two respected anti-vaxxers. Let each side probe the objections of the other side. That would be most helpful.