When COVID-19 hit, Donald Trump pushed the idea that vaccines would lead us out of the pandemic. His supporters backed him. Democrats pushed the narrative that the vaccine would be rushed and unsafe. Washington, Oregon, and California even joined forced so they could overrule the FDA on the vaccine. They insisted that we couldn't trust the FDA.
In the biggest political reversal since the PATRIOT Act, the two sides flipped pretty much the moment Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 election. Republicans insisted that the vaccine was rushed and unsafe. They pushed the narrative that the FDA couldn't be trusted. Meanwhile, the Democrats insisted that anyone who even questioned the vaccine were victims of misinformation and needed to be silenced.
From a young age, we are trained to live mindless lifestyles. We become mentally dependent. There has been a strong push to blindly believe the Democrats and the media outlets they control. As I have stated before, some people desperate for answers to questions created by dishonest schools mindlessly embrace a contrary perspective, which is typically controlled by the Republicans. As a result, most Americans loyally embrace mental dependence on one of the two major parties. Blind loyalty to certain anti-vax Republicans is one of the primary reasons that people didn't get vaccinated.
I'm not most people. I didn't trust the members of the media who fearmongered, politicized, and even did some cheerleading for the virus. I also didn't trust conservatives who insisted that the vaccine was a remarkable achievement until they worried that Biden would get the credit. It seemed like everyone was entrenched in the politics, and nobody cared about giving us the best information in an honest manner. Knowing people are lying to you doesn't make it easy to extract the truth. In the end, I had to guess.
Usually, the side I take on these types of issues reflects rejection of the other side. I had issues with both sides, but I saw bigger issues with anti-vax arguments. For example, a website that openly states that they want people to self-report death after vaccination, regardless of reason, was cited as proof the vaccine was killing people.
There were other factors in my decision to get vaccinated. Among them is that I wanted the pandemic to end. Because of all the problems in my life, I wasn’t as afraid of death as most people. Realistically speaking, this would be better for my health than if I didn’t get it, but what if I was wrong? Even if there were potential side effects, it’s better for me to deal with them than someone with a good life. Simply put, I cared more about ending the pandemic than I cared about my own life.
My views of the booster shots were a bit different. It seemed like we were moving away from trying to end the pandemic and towards indefinite compliance. This also indicated that the initial narrative surrounding vaccines, that they were going to end the pandemic, was at least inaccurate. I did not pursue the boosters.
If we want people to get vaccines during the next pandemic (assuming they are safe - it's hard to be certain about a vaccine that has not yet been developed), I will strongly suggest two major changes. For starters, stop forcing children through schools that systematically destroy their minds. On top of that, we need access to media sources that care more about informing than manipulating. If people have access to accurate and neutral information while being able to actually think, they will overwhelmingly agree with the bulk of the evidence.
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