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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lol you think parents are upset now just wait til they do come up with a COVID-19 vaccine and 1/3rd of parents are stubborn defiant anti-vaccinators.
Cannot wait to see the fireworks when those parents get told they can’t send their kid to school unless they get a shot.[/quote]

The anti-vaxxers can keep homeschooling for all I care.  Everyone else back in the classroom![/quote]

For what it's worth, I have always thought the anti-vaxers were not only ignorant, but spreading dangerous misinformation, so I'm very very pro-vaccine.  However, I am very wary of whatever first variation covid vaccine they come out with in terms of its efficacy and safety.  There is just way too much political and public pressure and financial incentive to come out with something quickly.  And the drug companies have forced to governments to waive any liabilities regarding the vaccines they put out, and instead, they are recommending to the governments to provide their own public fund to draw from for lawsuits.[/quote]

I am super pro-vaccine as well and I think this is a reasonable point. That's why I don't get so worked up with they do those surveys and something like 1/3 of Americans say they wouldn't get the vaccine when it's available.  I think some portion of that group are people who normally get vaccines and trust them, but is wary of a brand new vaccine for a brand new virus that was rushed to market. I think once the vaccine is provided to first responders and we don't see negative outcomes, a lot of people who are currently wary of the vaccine will be willing to to get it.

It's like this with everything Covid-related. People interpret everything as having two sides that line up perfectly with political positions. So many people assume there is a group of people who are Pro-Trump, anti-mask, anti-vaccine, pro-school-opening. pro-business-opening, anti-teachers-union, anti-China, anti-WHO. anti-science, and then another group that is anti-Trump, pro-mask, pro-vaccine, anti-school-opening, anti-business-opening, pro-teachers-union, pro-China, pro-WHO, pro-science.

That's not how this works. There are plenty of people who hate Trump but think requiring masks outside is overkill. There are lots of people who are pro-science and believe the science shows that school opening is feasible. Most of these issues are not even political, but practical. When we try to break everything down on a left-right continuum, we miss a lot of important information.[/quote]

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