darkswordsman17
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Except the problem is that all the past atrocities and doctors poor treatment of women and minorities don't apply to this. Everyone just gets two doses of the vaccine, and the only difference might be that you get Moderna or Pfizer. What you're trying to suggest is hesitancy created out of irrational fear.
That's mostly his point...
When you poison the well of trust it has long term ramifications.
Also, you're ridiculously naive if you think that type of behavior isn't still an issue:
Bucking FDA, Peter Thiel funds “patently unethical” herpes vaccine trial
With no FDA or institutional oversight, investors hope to send a message.
Plus, I mean, its not like we have another epidemic (opioid addiction) caused by pharma companies being scummy (which also targeted the poor - which are overepresented by persons of color). That's why we need to hammer the fuck out of the companies and people that do that shit.
I know some people that became Turmpers because they got started with anti-vaxxer shit, where that led them to other conspiracies and then they ended up falling for one of the most obviously full of shit big top circus clowns in American history. That's why we need to be very mindful of this behavior, and push for diversity in science, and work to not let things like health care be split based on crap like economics or race. Lack of diversity poisons the well, which cascades throughout society.
It blows my mind how often that I see people citing racist policies and behavior, to support their conspiracy theories that openly (or not always openly) support that same type of racism (everything from access to firearms to vaccines) somehow as a means of protection for themselves against that type of behavior. That is rampant in the overall conspiracy mindset. My point being how much that racist behavior impacts things and leads to the problems. I'm not that concerned about people of color being mindful of the past, as that's their right, even if it can negatively affect them. Considering the previous administration that still has a lot of people in positions that are involved with this, that's just common sense. Its not enough to just waive away those peoples' fears.
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