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Originally Posted by mopek1
Why is it that people who happen to be skeptical of this particular vaccine are labelled as (stupid) anti-vaxxers?
Part of the problem in our discourse is that if you have any skepticism or any differing opinion on whatever the government and mainstream media tells you, you are labelled as some form of idiotic or reprehensible human being?
They have us at each other's throats and we are falling for it time and again.
I am very pro vaccine but am cautious about this one as it has been rushed. Doesn't mean I won't take it one day but why is it so bad to say I want to gather more data, evaluate it more and based on that may or may not take it? If I decide I don't want it after my own evaluation process I will be labelled "one of them."
So there is no room for discussion or rational discourse. It's you believe what we tell you to believe or we will label you as "bad" and won't even care to listen to your side of the story.
That is the real crime in this pandemic. Shutting down thought, discussion and perspective.
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Instead of thinking only of yourself, why don't you look at it from the point of view that you might want to help protect others? How bad do you think the vaccine could be compared to the actual viral infection? To you, your family, your friends and others that interact with you? There are only those that are for the vaccine and those against, and they are necessarily called anti-vaxxers. It's like wearing a mask, it isn't about you, it's about everybody.