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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First, these vaccines are neither experimental nor unapproved. Saying things like this are why people rightly refer to you as anti-vax. You sound like an uninformed moron.

That said, I am very happy you’re getting the vaccine and would recommend Pfizer. It seems most of the real world studies have been on pfizer, and it is incredibly effective against all known variants, and incredibly safe.[/quote]

These are false statements:  the vaccine has not been formally approved, it has been authorized pursuant to an “Emergency Use Authorization.”  “Experimental” is of course more subjective, so you can fight about that, but I think it is more fair to say that than not given the relative novelty of the technology.  You’d agree, I assume, that the mRNA vaccines are the first of their kind to be deployed at this kind of scale.

I think it is important to be precise on terminology — inaccurate statements are driving vaccine hesitancy as much as anything else at this point, it seems to me.  It would be much more persuasive to acknowledge the uncertainties and appeal to risk-benefit justification rather than shout down anyone with concerns as a moron anti-vaxer.  Not that that will stop you, lol. [/quote]

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