Being a biologist, I was very much against antivaxxers. With the Covid pandemic I started seeing some things their way. You hit the nail on the head. The problem shouldn't be people asking questions (no matter how "stupid" they may be/seem). The problem is governments and corporations creating an atmosphere of mistrust. The way COVID was handled through fear mongering and demans of blind faith, just so the politicians wouldn't get blamed for any mishandlings in the future, created way more antivaxxers than any religion/dogma has ever created before.
The questions are usually stupid, but the fear behind them isn't completely unfounded. The trick is to get people to understand and ask the right questions instead of pointless fearmongering.
Being a biologist, I was very much against antivaxxers. With the Covid pandemic I started seeing some things their way. You hit the nail on the head. The problem shouldn't be people asking questions (no matter how "stupid" they may be/seem). The problem is governments and corporations creating an atmosphere of mistrust. The way COVID was handled through fear mongering and demans of blind faith, just so the politicians wouldn't get blamed for any mishandlings in the future, created way more antivaxxers than any religion/dogma has ever created before.
The questions are usually stupid, but the fear behind them isn't completely unfounded. The trick is to get people to understand and ask the right questions instead of pointless fearmongering.