Yes. These people absolutely exist, and some may be too ashamed to admit this, and are talking about "doing more research" when they are, in fact, frozen in fear. Mandates can absolutely help these people, in my view, but we can do more to offer support.https://twitter.com/TCPalmLStancil/status/1449003178373038115 …
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This is a good thread. I'd like to underline: only about a third of pregnant women are vaccinated, with terrible outcomes: high rates of death. As she says later, this intersects with how we've miscommunicated about "natural"/safe and fertility/pregnancy.https://twitter.com/tracybrisson/status/1449737791022239749 …
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I keep being asked about (potential) long-term effects. The concern is valid, but there really *are* good reasons for why we can be more confident with vaccines and (lack of) long-term effects, compared to regular drugs. See this piece by
@andrew_croxfordhttps://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1443938961693544455 …
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A more valid concern is whether we are picking up rare *but quick* adverse effects now—very rare events require large sample sizes to find the signal. So, yes, there is an enormous effort to find those, but also, the point is exactly that: they are very, very rare.
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I wish I could be viscerally shocked but I'm so used to this that I can only be intellectually shocked. Once again: like many other thorny problems, effective pandemic management necessarily needed deep societal understanding, not just medical competence.https://twitter.com/AliVelshi/status/1449767698540400651 …
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Been months since my original piece on this, but I want to add this thoughtful, reflective personal thread here on how vaccine hesitancy and misinformation interact, especially in the context of peers and trust in institutions—thread by a researcher.https://twitter.com/RachelEMoran/status/1469386846710865920 …
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Was the "Already had Covid, and have antibodies" a part of the questionnaire, or is relegated to the "other" unspecified category? I'm trying to figure out why you would think it's certain, when multiple reasons with one on the list may give that illusion?
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Generally accepted that a max of 6 months post-infection is reasonably equivalent to fully vaxxed. Meaning that those who are "naturally immune" likely refused vax when it was widely available in April (6 months ago). So, natural immunity can't be the real reason for refusal.
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Americans do resist to mandates more than other people do. This reminds me the mandate to use seat belt, resistance in US was much higher than in Brazil. Besides, in the film you mentioned the dead rate was 30%; Covid is 10 times lower. Poor comparison.
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It's because of Chris Sale
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There are many reasons I am fully vaxed with a booster and mask: to personally avoid severe illness or death, to protect those around me by not catching and spreading COVID even asymptomaticly, and finally to do what I can to end the pandemic and get back to a normal social life.
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