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Please, for the love of any god you like, just...do not reply to people disputing an incorrect opinion you have stated with any variation of “I’m allowed to have an opinion”. The same applies to people telling you the facts you produced to support a genuine opinion are wrong.
Dispute how they have interpreted the facts you presented: sure! Produce citations showing where your facts came from: absolutely! Run off to sea and go a-viking: if you must, please use #PPE and #sociallydistance while raiding. Maybe use bows? But facts are facts, not opinions.
I want to share my story with you; I think given my last post it is important. I am a participant in a Phase 3 clinical trial for a #COVIDVaccine. I did not make the decision lightly; I am a wife and a mom to two young kids. Admittedly, my husband was not happy! #COVID19 1/18
I know that communities of color, and in particular, my community, the black community, has a myriad of reasons to not trust medicine, and to not trust this vaccine. My ancestors have been experimented on and have been hurt by doctors in the name of science. 2/18
For me, this was the most profound reason to join a trial; I wanted to be able to show my community that the vaccine is safe, and that this is a step we can all take to help curb the spread of #COVID19. I reached out to someone who was able to connect me with a study PI 3/18
Not sure about everyone else, but I can feel the case counts rising all around me. Many more people I know are being exposed to #COVID19 or are testing positive themselves. This is probably in part due to changes in the weather in the Northern Hemisphere. This means that if (1/n)
you thought that your actions were keeping you safe before, you have to do more to keep yourself safe now. The case counts are indeed rising, which means that every single interaction that you have now is riskier than it was just a few weeks ago. The pandemic is worse now. (2/n)
Thanks to "Changing Baselines Syndrome" (@voxdotcom: vox.com/energy-and-env…), we aren't noticing how horrific our situation in the United States is becoming. Everyone is distracted by the presidential transition, the advent of new vaccines, and, just the holiday season. (3/n)
