Comment on ‘No no no. Avoid them all’: anti-vaccine conspiracies spread as UK cases of measles increase
Biohazard@feddit.uk 7 months ago
This is the consequence of pushing an experimental vaccine on people and telling people if they don’t take it they’ll die. People will distrust vaccines that will take years to repair and do so much damage.
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 7 months ago
It's mainly the consequence of a resurgence in the Andrew Wakefield nonsense around MMR from years ago. Wakefield is, of course a charlatan who falsified data, had a commercial interest in his narrative and was subsequently struck-off.
The mRNA vaccines for Covid-19 were indeed fast-tracked through approvals - not surprising in the a global pandemic - but were still throughly tested for their ability to reduce serious illness and were very effective. The number of people who suffered adverse affects, compared with the number of people helped is tiny.
You'll remember, of course that vaccines weren't and aren't compulsory. I was privileged to work at a vaccine hub during the first lock down - in charge of managing the queues of people who had booked in to get a jab.