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When I explained how the vaccine works to an antivaxxer, they asked about the thousands of people that died right after taking the vaccine. (lemmy.ml)

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Can you please give me a good response?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Yes great. But I still insist there's two separate problems. Firstly yes you're raping/scamming the very people who pay your salary. Or as I'd put it, stripping their civil rights (in many territories the measures which were taken are actually illegal/unconstitutional).

But the second thing is that it is counterproductive. For example in France the government first banned wearing masks, then enforced it. They first enforced all children goin to school, then enforced all children stopping school.

If they had not done that, many people would have started wearing masks and stopped going to school much earlier. Many lives would have been saved. The best government action would have been to do nothing and allow people to decide for themselves. By relying on the collective intelligence of society, you get a better outcome than relying on your own intelligence. To think otherwise is just the arrogance of the stupid.

But don't get me started on that can of worms, the credibility/competence of governance in Frenace.