The discussion around the AZ vaccine has reached peak farce! I’m at a loss as to how so many normally rational journos seem to have become mindless drug pushers! This tweet is a study in false equivalences and misquoting facts to manipulate the truth.
https://twitter.com/sabralane/status/1410352830754349056
If you read the study that is misquoted by @sabralane - you will see that the fatality rates she quotes are not for the casual taking of an aspirin for a headache - but come from a study of 50 year old males taking a daily aspirin to prevent heart issues. Shameful journalism.
The reality is that the decision a healthy under 40 faces as to whether to get the AZ vaccine now OR wait until October to get Pfizer is not a clear cut one. Generic risk equations are not definitive - they are decision aids not decision makers…..
The media keeps complaining about mixed messaging - because many of them have clearly decided that all Australians should have AZ now - and that anyone not supporting their view is guilty of mixed messaging…..
What they should be doing is presenting the pros and cons of each decision and allowing adults to make their own decision. We are not mindless droids. As adults we are capable - or should be - of taking info in and making a decision for ourselves.
There is no ONE right answer here. And the media’s ongoing attempt to push Australians to get AZ could very well result in unnecessary deaths. It’s time these journos identified the difference between a personal opinion and a fact.
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