I wrote this in my journal immediately after the article was published, however I got distracted by a zillion other things, so I appreciate everyone ignoring the lateness of this whole thing.
A few days ago (cough) my town’s local rag published an article that our lovely town will be getting early access to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in February. rolling out first to members of at risk groups. You can find the article here.
Most of us would think this is a good thing. Many of my town’s most vulnerable to the virus-including my parents- will be less vulnerable. Plus by the time it finally comes to my turn (I always thought I was an essential worker, but apparently not) the local medical professionals will be bloody good at transporting, handling and administrating the vaccine. Also its nice for us to get something early for once, we are four hundred kilometers from the world’s most isolated capital city, and I swear most of the country assumes we ride kangaroos because cars haven’t made their way to us yet.
Of course many people don’t see it this way. The comments, Oh my Dog the bloody comments. People think the vaccine has been rushed to release, and apparently my town has been selected to be guinea pigs, conveniently ignoring that the vaccine has been other countries for months before this announcement. People think that because a handful of elderly people died shortly after getting the jab, completely ignoring that correlation does not equal causation- It would in fact be strange and a sign of fudged data if no one died straight after getting the vaccine. People claim we don’t need a vaccine for a virus that has a 99.9% survival rate, an entirely fictional percentage, which also ignores the people that survive with permanent complications.
Of course there are the conspiracy theorists, its a method of population control , social programming, etc. It’s easier to just ignore these people and hope they don’t hold positions of influence or power.
What I would find amusing if it was not so tragic, is how people expect an impossible high standard of evidence for a vaccine, while happily spending hundreds of dollars a month for supplements with no proof that they do anything other than provide people with expensive urine. I get that Big Pharma is always more than a little problematic, but its definitely a necessary evil at the moment, if we ever want to get COVID in control. These idiot anti-vaxxers would rather be at a higher risk of death from a virus that has already killed millions than trust that the researchers, scientists and medical professionals know what they are doing.
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