Comments by "Doncarlo" (@doujinflip) on "How American conservatives turned against the vaccine" video.

  1. Unfortunately democracies need more dramatic shocks to compel action. Statistics and invisible injuries don't have nearly the same impact as a pictures of people stuck to wheelchairs and iron lungs.
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  2.  @kldgg2-x2m  On the contrary, COVID is more devastating since about 10% end up with significant lingering effects. For polio only 0.5% are unlucky enough to have it jump into their nervous system (even less for paralysis) -- 75% of polio cases are asymptomatic.
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  3. Every other disease didn't have nearly as many data points (i.e. infected people) to work with, nor the funding and attention to accelerate the analysis.
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  4. I still know people who don't believe the severity of SARS-2 compared to the vaccine. Of course they're right-wing non-minority libertarians, easily irritated by the diminishing returns of their personal values as the economy itself transforms to reward creativity over discipline.
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