Thread by @FreedomFriesInc

(1) When I first heard that mRNA technology would be used in the Covid vaccines it gave me some pause. I then "did my research" and became satisfied that the tech itself was not a deal breaker for me.

I'm looking forward to getting the vax when it's available in my town.

(2) I don't support "mandatory vaccination."

I do support the use of incentives that encourage people to make an informed choice to get a Covid vaccine, including requiring people in certain occupations to get it. That's not "mandatory vaccination."

(3) I have several medical conditions that place me in the higher risk category. So, it was easy for me to weigh up the pros and cons.

I will do virtually anything to avoid hospitalization, for any reason. Because New Zealand government hospitals are unsafe for people like me.

(4) And I do NOT want to be cared for by a nurse who refuses to get a Covid vaccine. Partly bc of the direct risk to me, but also because of what it says about his or her medical knowledge and personal ethics.

I've learned the hard way that poor care can be worse than no care.

(5) I have no sympathy for any qualified health provider declining a Covid vax and thereby losing his or her job. None at all.

The public needs and deserves health providers who adequately understand the medical facts, and are willing to provide leadership during the pandemic.

(6) They chose to become a health provider.

I didn't choose to have high risk medical conditions.

(7) Evidently, an excuse far right anti-vaxxers use is that a patient who needs a competent, science based, health provider should not "impose" on the provider's individual rights.

That stance only magnifies the harm the far right are doing to the conservative platform.

(8) And it's a key reason Democrats won the WH, Senate, and House.

"Ordinary" Americans know from personal experience that Covid does kill, (and not just seniors & sick people,) masks aren't completely useless, and government has a role in mobilizing everyone to do his or part.

(9) They know Trump tried to downplay the pandemic multiple times from Jan to Nov 2020 (and since, but we're talking about the election here.)

The good things he did to mitigate the pandemic impact on the US are far outweighed by the bad things.

Americans said "You're fired."

(10) The truth is, some of the pandemic response so far under Biden has made real progress, & certainly a majority of Americans have more trust in the response now than they did under Trump.

Voters know this. Trump's behavior didn't engender trust & confidence outside the cult.

(11) Hundreds of things are needed for the US to reduce the harm caused by the pandemic. I have nowhere near enough space to list them here.

A major part of it is public trust and confidence in one's doctors and in other key decision makers.

(12) Yeah yeah I know that those inside the cult tell me they have trust and confidence in Trump and not in their doctors etc.

That's one of the hallmarks of a large scale and thereby dangerous cult that has led to avoidable loss of life and will continue to.