Its not just the full on RW nutters, I know a few people who are "vaccine hesitant"

[captain queeg]

These people are part of the problem; "I don't know, maybe I'll get the vaccine if..." I guess maybe when half the people they know get sick? Too late by that time.

[hlthe2b]

1. It is a thin line that divides some of them, no matter what they "profess."

[Walleye]

2. They never learned a sense of civic responsibility

[lame54]

3. Can't spell aMErIca without ME or I

[ProfessorGAC]

4. The One That Bothers Me The Most...

...is the "they rushed it" nonsense.
First, if they ever got a flu vax, did they know what safety studies were done on that version? No. Did they know how much time they spent developing it? No.
Then, those people have no idea that mRNA technology has been worked on for 18 years.
It wasn't until COVID where there was an urgency & need to gear up for full manufacture. The effort & costs would be worth it now, because we're talking billions of doses.
The gear was hurried in an all hands on deck way, but it wasn't "rushed".
I see it as an excuse to avoid doing the smart thing by making the reason sound " sciencey". But, it isn't. It's hypocritical & ignorant.

[nycbos]

5. Not surprised

Many of the people who brought back measles come from allegedly educated progressive communities because they believe vaccines cause autism.


The political spectrum is often circular not linear. There are causes that unite the far right and far left.

The anti-tax morons are one of them.

[captain queeg]

19. That's true. Sometimes the far left and far right intersect.

[blue sky at night]

6. Read today that 25% of brave Americans...

Are afraid of needles…no wonder we have a constant blood shortage. Too bad they don’t understand the really painful things they do to you in ICU.

[Crunchy Frog]

7. I'm afraid of needles. I'm a lot more afraid of Covid.

I believe that this is much more about tribal identity and defiance of perceived "authority" figures than it is about fear of needles.

[Phentex]

23. I thought the needle was really small. The ones they show on TV always looked

extra long. When I got mine, I said wait THAT's the needle?

Then again, I'm not scared of needles so maybe it looks worse to someone who is.

[Leith]

20. How many of that 25%

have tattoos and/or piercings?

For those who think that there hasn't been enough research, here is a simple explanation from one of my favorite YouTube channels:

[blue sky at night]

21. I saw that in more than

One Cartoon. I am a blood donor, used to getting poked every 56 days. Thanks for the link! Watching it now.

[captain queeg]

25. You must donate platelets?

Once they found I was a good donor they were on me all the time. Now I have a condition that precludes me from donating, but thanks for stepping up.

[blue sky at night]

26. I do whole blood...

I think platelets is a much quicker turn around...looked it up, you can do up to 24 times per year, have to wait at least 7 days! I don't like doing that as the time at the center is over and hour. I am heading for 8 gallons...

[tenderfoot]

8. I know a few too

One's an edgelord that is giddy about the fact that the virus is "culling the herd", yet doesn't think the vax is effective. I have since distanced myself from him. Which has been heartbreaking as I previously thought the world of him.

[lagomorph777]

10. What is "edgelord"?

[tenderfoot]

15. Edgelord

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=edgelord

A poster on an Internet forum, (particularly 4chan) who expresses opinions which are either strongly nihilistic, ("life has no meaning," or Tyler Durden's special snowflake speech from the film Fight Club being probably the two main examples) or contain references to Hitler, Nazism, fascism, or other taboo topics which are deliberately intended to shock or offend readers.

The term "edgelord," is a noun, which came from the previous adjective, "edgy," which described the above behaviour.
Nietzsche was an edgelord before it was cool.

[tinrobot]

9. Change the term from "Vaccine hesitant" to "Pro-Covid"

Because that's the more accurate one.

[lagomorph777]

16. I like that!

[Aristus]

11. I'm not the only DU-er with a license to practice medicine.

Tell your 'vaccine hesitant' friends that we say get the vaccine. The AM hate radio screamers are getting paid to lie to them. I'll tell them the truth for free: get the vaccine.

[liberal_mama]

12. I have a liberal family member who is terrified of the vaccine, but also terrified of Covid

He wears a good mask (even when outside), doesn't eat in restaurants or go out other than necessary errands, and social distances.

[tblue37]

17. I have a good friend with a strong needle phobia. I persuaded her to get the vaccine

nonetheless, even though she cried before it aS administered. She did admit afterward, though, that she didn't feel when they injected her.

[Binkie The Clown]

13. I know one person who has had so many allergic reactions to various innoculations...

including full-on anaphylaxis in one case, that she is very much afraid of getting the shot. I'm not sure I can criticize her for that.

[Hortensis]

14. We do too. There are lots on the "alternate" left. We've been

able to predict our acquaintances fairly well, though far from guaranteed.

But those who tend to distrust or just aren't interested, assuming positive thinking will take care of it, tend to fall into various general "off balance" patterns. Some distrust a bit too much in general, especially government/"the establishment," agencies and their science, all wealthy people, mainstream ways, GMOs, prescription drugs and on and on.

Or those drawn a bit too exclusively to healthy living, herbal remedies, cosmic spiritualites and protections, either blowing off science or just regarding it as a limited way to discover truth. A lovely relative of ours was disinclined for a while to get vaccinated -- what will be will be, if it's meant to be it'll happen, I never get sick because I live healthy, etc.

Of course those with conspiracist traits have tended to become easy victims of what's happening, big surprise there. We've never bothered to ask a certain pair if they were. Charming but paranoid loons who never saw a rabbit hole that didn't promise safety from reality; whether it disappears into the far left or far right (before twisting god only knows where) seems possibly a matter of the mood of the day.

[LeftInTX]

18. There are also people who do not have internet access who are not get vaccinated

They don't have access to information.
There are also people who don't speak English, who are not vaccinated because of language barriers
There are also people who are marginalized who are not vaccinated
There are homeless people who are not vaccinated

____
They are not anti-vaxxers, they just don't have accurate information. Some didn't get vaccines because they heard lines were very long. Some work night shifts etc.

[flying_wahini]

24. If they have lived in the US for a year, I am quite sure they have heard about Covid.

Accurate info? All they have to do is ask a Doctor or pharmacist or nurse. Pick up a newspaper.
99 times out of a hundred they will get solid advice.

Just because they don’t speak English or are homeless doesn’t mean they are stupid.
All anti vaxers are stubborn. They may know they are wrong but too stubborn to admit it.
If they haven’t had it by now they probably aren’t going to take it.
Bull headed & stubborn.
They ‘don’t wanna’ to take it.

Let em die. I think it’s a death wish. They want it.

[flying_wahini]

22. No, only when they are being intubated. Let em die.

[Jim G.]

28. LOL!

You couldn't resist, could ya?

[Demsrule86]

29. Nope...apparently not!