Okay, hear me out. Back during the pandemic, I had a thought. As I watched Republican politicians and pundits eschew masks and social distancing and vaccines, I wondered, “Could this have an effect on future elections?” After all, COVID-19 was a disease that generally hit older patients harder and the
My husband and I had discussions along these lines many times throughout the pandemic. Along with that we wondered how Republicans were able to reconcile their fear of the "Democrat" vaccine with the fact that the majority of the ones taking it were Democrats. If, as many Republicans believe, it was a Democrat plot, the Democrats were pushing something that would harm their own base. It made no sense.
Need an edit I think: "The incidents listed in VAERS are necessarily caused by vaccines even though they occurred after vaccinations." - should that be "aren't necessarily caused"?
RE: vaccine deaths vs COVID - this is a great example of relative risk, and how bad humans are at dealing with it. If you have a 1-in-100,000 chance of dying from a vaccine and a 1-in-1000 (or 100) chance of dying from a virus - take the damn vaccine.
"There are also unknown knowns, to use Dick Cheney’s phrase."
You're getting your Bushies mixed up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REWeBzGuzCc
My husband and I had discussions along these lines many times throughout the pandemic. Along with that we wondered how Republicans were able to reconcile their fear of the "Democrat" vaccine with the fact that the majority of the ones taking it were Democrats. If, as many Republicans believe, it was a Democrat plot, the Democrats were pushing something that would harm their own base. It made no sense.
Need an edit I think: "The incidents listed in VAERS are necessarily caused by vaccines even though they occurred after vaccinations." - should that be "aren't necessarily caused"?
RE: vaccine deaths vs COVID - this is a great example of relative risk, and how bad humans are at dealing with it. If you have a 1-in-100,000 chance of dying from a vaccine and a 1-in-1000 (or 100) chance of dying from a virus - take the damn vaccine.