Survey uncovers widespread belief in 'dangerous' Covid conspiracy theories theguardian.com/world/2020/oct… The leap of logic here is breathtaking. Anti-vaccine is based on this excerpt. Now, almost everything the public knows about these vaccines is based on press releases from the drug 
2/ companies, not peer-reviewed scientific papers or from government scientists and regulatory boards responsible for safeguarding public health. The assumption that drug companies' statements can be taken at face value is a value judgement publics around the world do not share
3/ educated elites. Take the opioid crisis. The Washington Post series showed drug companies intimidating and sidelining the DEA through the manipulation of Congress with $$$$ and doctors & pharmacies dispensing mountains of pills for profits. And then people see Trump & other
4/ right-wing leaders politicizing science or attacking science as "junk science" or hoaxes. A healthy skepticism is warranted. The speed of these vaccines can be a scientific marvel or a rush to bad judgement. Nobody knows how long the immunity lasts. Nobody knows the long-term
5/ side effects. I will admit that I will not trust the federal government's judgement on the vaccines until I know the Democrats are in charge of the government. Except for Dr Fauci, given the degree to which Trump bent the FDA & CDC to his will, why would I trust any judgement
6/ regarding putting a vaccine into my body. I want to see real scientists, free from political influence, in multiple countries, give their judgement. I'll take the vaccine. I just want to see more than press releases that move their stock prices.
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