I agree that antivaxxers are bonkers. I’ve had over 20 vaccines in my life for flu, COVID, measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, rabies, hepatitis, meningitis, etc. and experienced no significant adverse effects besides temporary injection site soreness, temporary headache, and temporary lymph node swelling, all of which were minor and were far better than getting the diseases listed above. That said, the FDA and CDC did a shit job during COVID explaining masks and vaccines. At the start of the pandemic, Fauci went live on TV telling people NOT to wear masks because he’s a fucking idiot. Similarly, FDA told everyone the mRNA COVID vaccines were 90% effective without explaining that they were referring to efficacy against severe illness and death, NOT against transmission. So when vaccinated people starting catching COVID (albeit with less severe infection compared to non-vaccinated people), it just confused a lot of people who then concluded that the vaccine must not work for anything. FDA and CDC are useless fucks who do nothing but rubber-stamp big pharma, and I say this as an extremely pro-vaccine person. FDA also helped cause the opioid epidemic by letting Purdue say their oxycodone was not addictive (would be funny if it weren’t so sad) and they caused the baby formula crisis by not allowing plentiful and healthier European baby formula to be imported. Fuck FDA.
I agree that antivaxxers are bonkers. I’ve had over 20 vaccines in my life for flu, COVID, measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, rabies, hepatitis, meningitis, etc. and experienced no significant adverse effects besides temporary injection site soreness, temporary headache, and temporary lymph node swelling, all of which were minor and were far better than getting the diseases listed above. That said, the FDA and CDC did a shit job during COVID explaining masks and vaccines. At the start of the pandemic, Fauci went live on TV telling people NOT to wear masks because he’s a fucking idiot. Similarly, FDA told everyone the mRNA COVID vaccines were 90% effective without explaining that they were referring to efficacy against severe illness and death, NOT against transmission. So when vaccinated people starting catching COVID (albeit with less severe infection compared to non-vaccinated people), it just confused a lot of people who then concluded that the vaccine must not work for anything. FDA and CDC are useless fucks who do nothing but rubber-stamp big pharma, and I say this as an extremely pro-vaccine person. FDA also helped cause the opioid epidemic by letting Purdue say their oxycodone was not addictive (would be funny if it weren’t so sad) and they caused the baby formula crisis by not allowing plentiful and healthier European baby formula to be imported. Fuck FDA.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: