I wonder why?
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AP-NORC poll: A third of US adults skeptical of COVID shots
The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that while 67% of Americans plan to get vaccinated or have already done so, 15% are certain they won’t and 17% say probably not. Many expressed doubts about the vaccine’s safety and effectiveness.
The poll suggests that substantial skepticism persists more than a month and a half into a U.S. vaccination drive that has encountered few if any serious side effects. Resistance was found to run higher among younger people, people without college degrees, Black Americans and Republicans.
Of those who said they definitely will not get the vaccine, 65% cited worries about side effects, despite the shots’ safety record over the past months. About the same percentage said they don’t trust COVID-19 vaccines. And 38% said they don’t believe they need a vaccine, with a similar share saying that they don’t know if a COVID-19 vaccine will work and that they don’t trust the government.
Let’s recap the situation.
We’ve been told that the vaccine doesn’t stop you from catching or transmitting the virus.
We’ve been told that after you get the vaccine you still have to (double) mask and socially distance.
We’ve been told that despite mass vaccination, the lockdowns will continue and we’re still unable to return to normal.
We know the vaccine has been rushed to market faster than any other in history and that we cannot sue the pharmaceutical companies if we have bad reactions.
What’s the selling point of getting vaccinated.
I’m curious as to why more people are not skeptical.
I’m not an anti-vaxxer. I’ve had all my shots. So have my kids. I get my flu shot every year.
But those have decades of clinical history.
We don’t know if a year from now one in ten people who got the vaccine will end up with cancer or uncontrollable burning rectal discharge.
That is where the reticence comes from.
Not to mention that the handling of the COVID has been so bad I can’t fault anyone who doesn’t trust the government.
“The governor who killed most of the old people in his city then defied a court order stopping him from hiding that fact, a Congressman who got trapped by a Chinese honeypot, and a President with signs of dementia and a millionaire crackhead son trading on daddy’s name say you have to get a vaccine, that doesn’t allow you to take off your mask and live a normal life. And if the side effects cripple you, you get nothing.”
Wow, where do I sign up for that?
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February 11, 2021 at 01:37PM