Hacker News Reader

Comment by Slava_Propanei | Hacker News Reader

People are opposed to being forced into injections of experimental mRNA.

Very few people were ever opposed to the standard-type vaccines we have been using for 100 years.

That is why the vast majority of people are happy to vaccinate themselves against polio and tetanus, but only 2% of people were interested in the latest Pfizer booooster experiment.

I would suggest against making up imaginary enemies.

View on HN

The problem with your assessment is that you aren't being injected with experimental mRNA, it is well tested and proven on billions of people. It's fine to not want to be a part of that, but saying it is experimental is misinformation.

Seems inaccurate where vaccines were correlated to autism in a 2016 GOP debate. (And the doctor on stage said nothing to rebut, and turned out to be anti mRNA as well)

Don't make it partisan. Remember, for decades prior to covid, antivax had been more predominate on the left. Both parties have plenty of ignorant members.

It wasn’t so much a question of skew but visibility: people saw celebrities opposing vaccination a lot more than, say, the Christian homeschoolers who were doing the same things but not holding press conferences back then.

This is a readily citable nationally televised recent singular event with many elected officials on stage, ~3 years before mRNA was rolled out for a major event

Decades and smaller advocacy groups are less distinct.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com