@Pezevenk @TheOneTrueChapo and @ClimateChangeAnxiety

:chavez-salute:

every time I see anti-vaxx shit posted here at least one of you is already in the comments, fighting the good fight.

@admins please reconsider chapo's site-wide tolerance of anti-vaxx/vaccine-skeptical/vaccine-hesitant rhetoric

    • mine [she/her,comrade/them]
      4·
      4 years ago

      Nope, I usually see them with more upvotes than downvotes; for example (literally from 2 hours ago): https://hexbear.net/post/62102

        • Pezevenk [he/him]
          1·
          4 years ago

          I'm not science dumb but I'm not a doctor or a pharmacist or anything so I am kinda medicine dumb. What I say mostly comes from a very close friend who is a doctor (kinda like Ben Shapiro's wife), the father of another close friend of mine who works as a director to a hospital, and stuff I read. So I'd prefer someone who actually works as a pharmacologist or a medical doctor or something like that to do that.

          • TheOneTrueChapo [comrade/them]
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            4 years ago

            I was hoping for someone with more authority too and I'm incredibly reluctant to lead the charge on this but eh

            • Pezevenk [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              Look, my friend is actually gonna receive the vaccine herself next month and she will probably be on a team vaccinating people in the UK, so I could post what she has to say about her experiences.

        • TheOneTrueChapo [comrade/them]
          2·
          4 years ago

          I'm science dumb too, I just like questioning things and reading lol. I'll try to collect some things for this

    • TheOneTrueChapo [comrade/them]
      6·
      4 years ago

      Just some examples of recent posts with problematic takes/comments that are more upvoted than downvoted-

      https://hexbear.net/post/58177

      https://hexbear.net/post/60097

      https://hexbear.net/post/59777

      https://hexbear.net/post/61609

      This is just a quick handful, and nothing is surface level 'the vaccine will cause austism' type anti vax takes but they do rely heavily on relying on your gut feeling over trusting the science and call outs of this behavior generally get less traction/upvotes than the bad takes.

      Just something to toss out, people keep saying the vaccine is rushed around here and imply or outright state that they cut corners during trials when in reality things were fast tracked in an administrative way. I don't have the time or the energy to correct "the vaccine was rushed out" every time I see it, yet it's been repeated enough that people believe it, and from there anti vax shit grows (ex- "I don't trust it since it's rushed so I'll probably wait a bit to get it" is very common around here, unfortunately)

      • eduardog3000 [he/him]
        1·
        4 years ago

        The first and is just pointing out that the people who made the vaccine don't even know if it prevents the spread. How is that problematic?

        The third is the UK government warning the vaccine could have adverse reactions in people with serious allergies. How is that problematic?