Thanks Purdue guy- at least for a moment you have restored some small amount of hope that there is sanity.
The media have worked very hard to create the perception that there are two counter opposing groups. ( this is their pattern and winning formula) The “ anti-Vaccers” and the pro vaxxers. Notice I did not put quotes around the second group because that’s not what the media calls them, in fact they don’t call them anything.
Like everything else they create a false narrative that basically says that if you’re not vaccinated, somehow you are less in formed or misinformed or not intelligent. Of course the reality is so far from that that’s almost silly. Many people who do not have a vaccination do not care if other people have it or, in fact, recommend it to certain people in their lives. They have just chosen not to get it for their very own reasons. Some of them have been told by their own doctors that they’ve already had Covid and the antibodies, and are fine,Or they have been told the real data on Covid-and since they are very young and very healthy they do not see it as a major risk to themselves or those around them. Or, they may have hesitancy or fear and that could be based on a variety of reasons. Much of that was developed during the election last year when current office holders strongly and vehemently denounced the vaccine.
And let’s not ignore the elephant in the room. The data says that the groups most likely to not get vaccinated fall into three categories: the young, African-Americans, and Hispanics. I seriously doubt you could call any of those groups anti-VAX or anti mask.
I don’t see the virulence you speak of- no more than those on a witch-hunt for the unvaccinated- the MSM.
Yes- People can Get pretty demonstrative and agitated when you cross the line of what they view as their rights or their freedom. Just look at the abortion issue.
Dr. Fauci and the CDC has pretty much created a great deal of miss trust and skepticism about anything that they say now and what I see are people, like myself who got vaccinated right away, being told that the promise of not having to wear a mask was not true. I do find that very aggravating. On the other hand if I’m told I need to wear a mask to go into a store that’s what I will do. I just don’t think the government belongs in personal decision making with respect to medical issues and has no right to tell people that they have to stick a needle in their arm.
No- I don’t even know if there is a reason to label real, everyday people “ anti- vaxxers” and even if you do, they are not necessarily the same people who don’t want government mandates about masks or lockdowns. Seems like millions who got the vaccine don’t agree with the ever changing story coming from the Fauci/CDC, and want to reap the benefits of having the vaccine, or at least the responsibility of having that choice.
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2021/07/government-distrust-driving-younger-detroiters-covid-vaccine-hesitancy-university-of-michigan-survey-says.html