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    19 hours ago

    Turns out anti-vaxxers weren’t just wrong, they were the polar opposite of right.

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      11 hours ago

      Depends on what the anti-vaxx stance is based on. If they’re worried about unintented side effects, then this technically just acts as further evidence for that belief. It’s not a negative side effect in this instance but a side effect nevertheless.

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        4 hours ago

        Most anti-vaxxers were all about how the COVID vaccine will kill you in 3-5 years.

        Then it turns out that in some instances the vaccine actually extends your life.

        That, I’d call a polar opposite.

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          3 hours ago

          That’s not really accurate. That idea came from the loudest fringe voices online, not the majority. Surveys during the pandemic showed that most unvaccinated people were worried about safety, long-term side effects, or didn’t trust the government or pharma companies - not predicting mass death. It’s fine to criticize bad reasoning, but it’s still worth being honest about what people actually believed.