Only 39% of people in poll said that the science on vaccines ‘is clear and it is damaging to question it’
Nearly half of Americans are somewhat skeptical of vaccines, a new poll has found.
Some 46% of U.S. adults who responded to a Public First poll by Politico in March agreed that “facts on vaccines are still up for debate and it is damaging to enforce their uptake.”
In contrast, only 39% said that the science on vaccines “is clear and it is damaging to question it.”
The results of the survey are in line with the views of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine skeptic and founder of the Republican “Make America Healthy Again” movement.
It takes like 30 minutes and $0 to get the flu shot. That’s pretty low cost, and cheaper than delving into conspiracy slop holes trying to figure out if it’s “worth it”
That’s the problem though: scientific discourse is actually killed by “both sides”, the conspiracy nutjobs overwhelmed is so much that even common sense discussions around rare edge cases are easily disregarded as “delving into conspiracy”.
To be clear: I’m not blaming you individually but the fuckers who poisoned all discussions to the point where most of us assume bad faith from anyone and anything using the internet. :(
For this example: This is not about conspiracy but about strain management. Until the flu vaccine is produced and distributed we know if the bet this year which strains will dominate actually came true.
For me it’s not a question. I’ll get them anyway - but some people react very strong to the vaccine z having dlu symptoms for up to five days (still not terrible compared to the real thing - but if science already tells us that there’s little to no protection it’s becoming a calculation).
Might cost you $0 to get the flu shot not me.