Posted on 11/10/2020 12:39:51 AM PST by RandFan
On Monday, the pharmaceutical company Pfizer released early analysis that suggested its COVID-19 vaccine was 90 percent effective. The announcement, while no guarantee of a vaccine, was a ray of hope for Americans awaiting an end to the pandemic at a time when new cases are setting records nationally by the day. But a vocal crowd—which has drawn support from the anti-lockdown movement and other conspiratorial scenes—is already voicing its opposition to a coronavirus vaccine.
Adding to the doubt is at least one member of the First Family, who cast suspicion about the vaccine following President Donald Trump’s re-election defeat.
Hours after Pfizer’s Monday announcement, conspiratorial social media channels lit up with baseless claims. Some warned, without evidence, that the COVID-19 vaccine would come with ghastly side effects. This despite Pfizer indicating its candidate had produced no serious safety issues, at least so far, and an array of independent boards and other safeguards in place to prevent dangerous vaccines from reaching the public.
Others alleged, also without evidence, that the vaccine was actually a secret microchip and that Microsoft founder Bill Gates was going to use the microchips for nefarious (if somewhat unclear) purposes. Maybe mind-control, or depopulation.
Another set of critics opposed the very principle of getting a vaccine, claiming the not-yet-available shot amounted to a violation of their personal freedoms.
If these claims sound familiar, it’s because they’ve flooded the internet since COVID-19 swept the planet early this year. The anti-vaccination movement was already loud and troubling before the pandemic, with the World Health Organization naming “vaccine hesitancy” as a top-10 threat to global health in 2019. But COVID, and its associated mask mandates and lockdowns, has turbocharged a new conspiratorial attitude that embraces anti-vaxx.
The closer a COVID-19 vaccine gets, the more bellicose those attitudes become.........
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They seem to have missed Cuomo and his cadre.
Ihre Papiere, bitte.
Keep voting democrat.
I am in full support of voluntary vaccines. I am in full opposition to mandatory vaccines.
I take it that the vaccines (5 of them) have been expedited by Mr. Trump.Expedited, but NOT “rushed.”
This is 2020; science marches on.
I take it that the vaccines (5 of them) have been expedited by Mr. Trump . . .Any decision to take the vaccine depends on the risk/reward ratio.
Risk probably slight, population-wide.Reward much greater for seniors and health care professionals than for children.
The CDC says otherwise.
"Paralysis or weakness in the arms, legs, or both, occurs in about 1 out of 200 people with poliovirus infection."
"Paralysis is the most severe symptom associated with polio, because it can lead to permanent disability and death. Between 2 and 10 out of 100 people who have paralysis from poliovirus infection die, because the virus affects the muscles that help them breathe."
https://www.cdc.gov/polio/what-is-polio/index.htm
Smallpox, variola major, had a 30% fatality rate.
‘Why do I need a vaccine?’
so we don’t have to wear masks and listen to crap about rising ‘cases’ for the rest of our friggin’ lives..
But what if I want you to die?
The MOTB.
Confirmation that you have taken Moderna Vaccine 666.
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