Comments by "wily wascal" (@wilywascal2024) on "Hear Dr. Fauci react to encouraging news from Pfizer" video.

  1. Just became eligible for my booster yesterday, and received it today! Am grateful and relieved to be "fully" vaccinated!
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  2.  @an.american  ~ You mean, like Tetanus shots? It's like home insurance...you hope you never need it, but you keep up with the premiums, anyway. And should something bad happen, you're sure glad you got it. Besides, REAL Americans aren't afraid of vaccine shots, aren't anti-science.
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  3.  @thediesel4910  ~ All my loved ones are smart enough to stay up to date on recommended vaccines, Doc, so it's not even an issue. See, we care about our health, we care about our children and each other, we care about our friends, neighbors, coworkers, and we care about our communities and country.
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  4.  @an.american  ~ The fact that you call it "Fauci's science' just proves you to be ignorant and anti-science. REAL Americans don't vote for a mindless Republican cult of seditious fascists.
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  5.  @Turbo_TechnoLogic  ~ Never claimed to be special, but you're certainly a special case, Doc! Your absurd hypothetical marks you as someone who doesn't really care.
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  6.  @Turbo_TechnoLogic  ~ Let's us use a hypothetical that is not so ridiculously absurd as yours, and much more on point. If your loved one dies in a car accident, and there was a slight chance that they may have been thrown clear and survived (albeit likely seriously injured) had they not been wearing their seat belt, does that mean we should stop wearing seat belts, despite the fact that a person's risk of death or serious injury is much, much greatly reduced by wearing a seat belt?
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  7.  @Turbo_TechnoLogic  ~ Just more ignorant BS from you, Doc! You're trafficking in lies, crackpot conspiracy theories, and Covid-19 disinformation. Fact is, seatbelts do have side effects. As pointed out, there are rare cases where NOT wearing a seat belt can save a life or prevent more serious injury. The analogy is spot-on because, just as with seat belts, serious side effects are extremely rare with vaccines, and anyone with an ounce of common sense can easily judge the risk assessment competently, knowing enough to wear a seat belt and to get vaccinated. Freedoms can exist only up to the point they infringe upon the freedom of others. Religious tolerance can be practiced only up to the point it becomes intolerant of others. Our Constitution is a secular document, not a religious one, and it was certainly never intended to be a suicidal death pact. Getting vaccinated and following CDC guidelines brings freedom from preventable illness or injury, and a senseless premature death, but the mindless fascist Republican cult only believes in free DUMB. Just as they don't understand or would deny the Constitution is as much about the common good as personal liberties, and that those two things are intrinsically and inextricably intertwined. "The secret of freedom is educating the people, whereas the secret of tyranny is keeping them ignorant." ~Robespierre “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities” ~ Voltaire "Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge." ~ Ben Franklin, from Poor Richard's Almanack Those who scorn public health guidelines during a deadly global pandemic and confuse a grievous public health issue with "essential" liberty to kill and harm themselves and their fellow citizens--as well as their nation--sorely lack both care and knowledge. They are also sorely lacking in common sense, something else about which Mr. Franklin was quite keen. Mr. Franklin was also one our nation's first scientists--yet these modern-day knuckleheads who ought know better refute science! Were he alive today, he would be rather dismayed, disgruntled, and disgusted with the fascist anti-science Republican cult, that much is crystal clear.
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  8.  @an.american  ~ I can clearly see that you're anti-science and one very gullible individual that has been brainwashed, Doc! You want to vilify and demonize Fauci, because that is what you have been programmed to do by the fascist Republican cult and their disreputable media echo chamber----despite the fact that hundreds of thousands of doctors, public health experts, biologists and epidemiologists have all been dispensing the same advice as Fauci.
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  9.  @an.american  ~ Very convenient crackpot conspiracy theory you got there, Doc, but you're just spewing nonsense that only proves you don't know what the hell you're talking about! Doctors, public health experts, biologists and epidemiologists all come to the same independent conclusions as Fauci because of the science and the data. Besides, Fauci may have a well-earned reputation as a knowledgeable and trustworthy source that makes him an influential voice, but he has very little actual power, and the scientific process involves independent research and peer review. Case in point is Trump, who DID wield great power, but who was not a knowledgeable or trustworthy source, and whose unscientific claims were widely rejected and condemned as dangerous disinformation by the scientific and medical communities.
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  10.  @an.american  ~ No, you're talking about the unvaccinated people whose lungs fill up with their own bodily fluids from Covid-19, Doc! You know, the ones having to go on ventilators and dying horrible deaths or suffering lifelong injuries because they were too stupid to listen to doctors, public health officials and scientists.
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