Quote (penguinhero @ Sep 5 2021 01:49pm)
I'm not trying to be argumentative with you here, but I'll share my 2 cents:
Why doesn't a government want its citizens to die? Gov't could be incentivized to prevent that for any number of reasons. Could be so that you'll pay your taxes, vote, so they more able bodied citizens to fight against their adversaries, etc etc. What incentive do governments have letting its citizens die to a disease that kills you regardless of your political affiliation, religion, skin color, and so on?
Not sure what you are saying. Are you agreeing with me that governments don't really care about us other than as useful taxpayers and possible foot-soldiers to fight wars for them? If yes then I agree with you. But this doesn't mean they care about us dying though. If we die, they can always get more stock from elsewhere.
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It seems like your reasoning is 90% distrust of the government, 10% health based reasons. COVID also has long term side effects - it can damage the lungs, heart and brain, which increases the risk of long-term health problems. You're basically accepting the risk of the long term health effects of COVID (should you get it) versus the "mostly understood" side effects of a vaccine that has already been taken by millions of people globally.
These Covid side effects and vaccine side effects can only be properly interpreted by trained scientists. We as laypeople simply do not know anything. And when these things are reported in the major news-sources the world over which are owned by a tiny handful of billionaires, who are in turn on very good terms of the governments of the world, then you will need to excuse my deep sense of distrust in them.
Yes I am what people would call a "conspiracy theorist". But I wear it like a badge.