@Honeymint
A lot of people here seem very eager to throw ‘you do realise being vaccinated doesn’t stop you catching and passing on the virus?’ around like it’s a black and white situation.
The fact of the matter is a vaccinated person is far less likely to catch the virus and when they do catch it they’re less likely to pass it on as they often have less severe symptoms that last for a shorter period of time.
I don’t vaccines should be compulsory (unless for a job etc), but at this point really everyone should have been vaccinated unless they absolutely cannot be. It’s common sense not rocket science.
Pretty much everyone on this board will have had vaccines as a child, to act like they’re the devil all of a sudden is bizarre.
How this ever became a contentious issue I don’t know.
Having concerns about a particular drug or medication is not the same as having concerns about every drug or medication, or even every one of the same kind.
I'm not even sure what the logic is there, unless people are being swayed by the way the media and some politicians are calling people who hesitate over covid vaccination "anti-vax".
The reasons for hesitation are pretty simple from what I can see. It's quite common in general for people to want to see what happens when a new drug is rolled out before taking it themselves, and that is maybe even more true of people who work in healthcare who are aware that it is pretty common for things like unexpected side effects to be revealed in the first year or two of use.
Some people are particularly concerned because this drug was expedited and there was so much pressure to get it out. That's not to say that was wrong, either, but we all know circumstances like that are more likely to lead to something being overlooked, whether we are talking about medicine or any other area.
And there is a lot of generalized mistrust in the medical establishment now. Vaginal mesh, the opioid crises, silicone breast implants, the controversy over approval of aducanumab in the US. These things do not convince the public that they should just sit back and accept what the authorities are telling them to do.
Add to that, the way different governments have tried to pressure and coerce people in many countries, or people in society dismiss others with concerns, has likely cemented doubts rather than alleviating them. There are decades of experience dealing with vaccine hesitant people, and trying to pressure and coerce people is absolutely the worst thing you can do.