Yeah, the "we don't know how well this vaccine works and it probably won't help that much" rhetoric is basically the way you'd kneecap the vaccine rollout by making ordinary people falsely think that the vaccine is not that effective
https://twitter.com/ForecasterEnten/status/1363568572887408640
I don't know why it is, but the minute we deliver good news about the vaccine being really good at blocking transmission (as shown in Israel) or being extraordinarily effective at preventing hospitalization, people jump on it to virtue signal about recklessness.
Like, sorry folks, but given the (rather baseless) skepticism embedded in America about vaccinations, the average person will be paying attention to rhetoric way more, and if you tell them the vaccine won't make much of a difference, why would they take it?
"we will have to permanently social distance now, so give up on normality because the vaccine really won't help that much, as we need to wear a mask and socially distance for months afterwards and then it might mutate more" congrats on doom-posting your way to disaster!
like, is it true you need to wear a mask after vaccination, because others probably haven't been vaccinated yet? yes! absolutely!
is there a way to message that without making people feel hopeless and despondent about life never returning to normal? also yes!!
is there a way to message that without making people feel hopeless and despondent about life never returning to normal? also yes!!
The vaccine is extraordinarily effective and should be advertised as such. If you continue to jump on any possible weak points when messaging, all you're doing is sowing doubt into people's minds about its efficacy and actually manifesting the worst-case scenarios into existence.
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