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My sister is an anti-vaxer. I keep ribbing her about being a conspiracy theory nutcase but she doesn't see the funny side of it. Yesterday she told me that she hopes she catches Covid over the summer and if she doesn't, she'll look at getting the vaccine in autumn. According to her, viruses are less effective in summer.
That's the first time she has ever mentioned getting the vaccine. I don't know what has changed her mind. I assume that if she is leaning towards getting a vaccine, others in her "community" are too.
That's the first time she has ever mentioned getting the vaccine. I don't know what has changed her mind. I assume that if she is leaning towards getting a vaccine, others in her "community" are too.
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Would be interesting to know. I know some 'doubters' who didn't mind appearing in the news have slowly u-turned over here but that's been after the media set them up with chats with scientists and Covid survivors etc - and I'm assuming your sis hasn't had those chats.
Whichever, it's the right choice finally innit! So fair play (given all the bollocks that is actually out there scaring people) that she was willing to change her mind.
Whichever, it's the right choice finally innit! So fair play (given all the bollocks that is actually out there scaring people) that she was willing to change her mind.
I think some people struggle with understanding reality when so much is on TV or in the media but they haven’t seen it. I had a strange episode in my teens where I didn’t believe football - thought it was all one big set up. Very strange, couldn’t get it out of my head.
I think a lot of people - particularly in the America’s who were hit last - saw the news being bombarded and of course having not lived through a pandemic before, struggled to believe it was real as they weren’t seeing it, and then they were hit harder.
In terms of vaccines, if you get into the wrong social groups with the scare mongering WhatsApp groups, no wonder you are a sceptic. I sometimes have a click on the profiles of people who post and share scaremongering, and it’s often across a range of issues as opposed to just one. So they’re just hard wired to be a cynic on all topics and issues. They don’t have the brainpower to weigh up the arguments and facts, put them together to understand the reality.
Effectively we now get to survival of the smartest.
I think a lot of people - particularly in the America’s who were hit last - saw the news being bombarded and of course having not lived through a pandemic before, struggled to believe it was real as they weren’t seeing it, and then they were hit harder.
In terms of vaccines, if you get into the wrong social groups with the scare mongering WhatsApp groups, no wonder you are a sceptic. I sometimes have a click on the profiles of people who post and share scaremongering, and it’s often across a range of issues as opposed to just one. So they’re just hard wired to be a cynic on all topics and issues. They don’t have the brainpower to weigh up the arguments and facts, put them together to understand the reality.
Effectively we now get to survival of the smartest.
The number of deaths related to Covid-19 has passed 500,000 in Brazil, the second-highest in the world, as experts say the outbreak could worsen amid slow vaccination and the start of winter.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-57541794
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-57541794
