JujuFish

Well...yay, I guess?

Anyone who studies human behavior. Let's say that instead of giving out 5 million dollars in five 1-million lotteries, they'd given out $5 with every dose. You'd likely harm the vaccination rate, because people would see that as a bad thing ("Why are you paying me to get this? Something must be wrong with it")

Did you even read the article you linked? Not only has there not been even a correlation, let alone a causal link, between the vaccine and myocarditis, the article even says: "The vaccine safety group says the “relatively few” reports of myocarditis “appear to be mild” and are below the expected baseline rates. "

I'd eat it. And I bet I'd love it.

I rarely ever get pepperoni pizza anymore, because once you've had thick, cup-shaped pepperoni, "normal" pepperoni pales in comparison.

What's a commercial?

Seems to me that it's an attempt to incentivize people to vaccinate.

Looking forward to (1) getting a nice hiking day in tomorrow and (2) trying Mass Effect Legendary Edition over the weekend. I've always wanted to get into the series because it's so beloved and I like sci-fi and RPGs.

I'm definitely curious to see how our defense does. Seemed like they were really picking up steam toward the end of last season, and then the Chiefs game happened.

They're going to have a good defense this year, I'm willing to bet. They were missing several key players last season, including Hightower who opted out.

If I thought you had no interest in learning, I would not have bothered to respond to you. I've gotten more than enough of that from conservative parts of my family. As for my news exposure, when I was making my own decision about vaccination, I did research. I didn't get my information from the news. I looked at research papers and studies, and checked what expert opinions on the matter were. I clearly was making an assumption that you got your information from news sources, which was shortsighted on my part (even though you didn't refute that), but I think based on your discussion of the coronavirus, my statement is still accurate. I've seen plenty of bias about SARS-CoV-2, even from fairly neutral sources. Just this morning, I was listening to some NPR, and during a topic about the tragedy happening with the virus in India, there was a brief mention of a new mutation. Instead of using a neutral phrase such as "the deadliness and contagiousness of this new mutation is currently unknown", the words that were said were something along the lines of "scientists are worried this could be more contagious or deadlier", which is certainly a more loaded way of conveying the information. Was NPR consciously (or subconsciously) trying to spread fear of the virus in hopes of creating a greater vaccination rate? I honestly don't know.

The Economist is a good source, and I never claimed you were anti-vax. I don't believe I even implied you were vaccine-hesitant, though I may not see how my own words seem rather than the way they were intended. That said, I used "your news exposure" for the very reason that I *don't* know what it is. Imagine if I, knowing you're a conservative, had thrown out Fox News by name, or further right wing sources like Breitbart or ONN? I'm trying to play it neutral.

Initial trials started over a year ago, not 6 months. The vaccines have been proven to be safe and effective in the short term, and are on track for full approval faster than any prior vaccine. We have millions of points of data for them, as well. More than any vaccine has ever had prior to approval. And while the two mRNA vaccines are the first ever of their kind to be given authorization, they are not the first ever to be tested. The tech has been built on for years, and prior mRNA vaccines have been trialed over the past few years. We have more understanding of them than your news exposure wants you to believe, because we have to make everything political in this country these days.

My roommate's mom is left wing and has been eligible for a long time due to age and health issues, but is surprisingly anti-vax. The only argument I have ever gotten into with her was over vaccines. Fortunately, I found out yesterday that she's agreed to get the J&J shot today.

Depends on the situation, I guess. My roommate is a teacher and has like 10 weeks off for summer. And I'm always first out the door and last back, despite living 3 minutes away from work, so she also works fewer hours each week. And then there's several vacation weeks each year, including "February vacation".

The J&J vaccine is made from a cell line that was from an 18-week old aborted fetus...from 1985. Embryonic cells are used to mass produce the engineered virus the J&J vaccine uses, and then filtered out of the final product. No new fetal tissue is needed. Babies aren't dying for this vaccine, nor is there any fetal tissue in the product.

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Oh yes, ranting against a dictatorship is definitely something liberals disagree with.

Tell me a single issue, just one baby, that Oliver has championed that is a centrist or conservative viewpoint.

Defending riots? Yes, that's hard left.

As someone who is center-left, I will absolutely say that yes, Oliver is definitely left.

The point is the type of person that needs to see the message is the exact type of person who wouldn't listen to Oliver in the first place, so it's literally preaching to the choir.

Haven't watched the video, but I bet most people who don't want to get the vaccine are unlikely to listen to a hard left comedian like Oliver.

I'm slightly jealous of everyone who had little to no side effects, but I'm also thrilled to be vaccinated.

I wish you and your mother the absolute best and will keep you both in my prayers. I went through the same surprise stage 4 diagnosis with my mom in 2019, so I understand how hard it can be.