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New evidence confirms COVID-19 vaccines are overwhelmingly safe::More than 38 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Ontario as of Oct. 8, with 23,002 reports of adverse reactions, an incidence of 0.06 per cent, Public Health Ontario says

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[–] [email protected] 99 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't like calling them "skeptics," because what they really are is super-gullible with regards to conspiracy theories.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Science deniers" is a better description.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Step 1. Ask what someone thinks about vaccinations Step 2. Ask them what they think about evolution Step 3. Ask about climate change Step 4. Ask about what church they go to

You will learn so much of this overlaps. So much.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Flat earth. Crystals. Cupping.

Anything to avoid the reality that we’re fucking up society and the planet in favour of ‘we can fix it with woo’ or ‘it’s preordained that we’re all gonna die in god’s wrath-fire’. Neither will lift a finger to fix things.

Nobody wants to live in reality because it’s scary.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

There was real reason to be skeptical at first. mRNA vaccines have been in the works for decades and they had just gotten some that work well, then rushed it through. Drug companies aren't known for being conservative with claims when there's money to be made.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

"I don't know... those first fifty studies of vaccine safety didn't sway me. Maybe 51 will"