Thread by @AbraarKaran

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1/ The moment we begin to reframe unvaccinated people as people vulnerable to malicious misinformation, & still deserving of protection from a deadly virus, the sooner we will figure out ways to bridge this gap.

Shaming them isn’t going to work. It will further the divide.

2/ People seem to argue that because they could understand how to see through misinformation (& get vaxx’d), that there is no excuse for others to also not have come to the level of understanding that they have

This thinking quickly turns into blame/anger, but it doesn’t help

3/ When we tried to use blame/shame this year, we lost access to those who were on the fence.

In some cases, this meant losing access to contact tracing when people were hesitant to reveal they had tested positive.

bostonglobe.com/2020/11/30/opi…

4/ Closing the vaccination gap isn’t about me or you, or how we feel about there being a gap at all; it’s about figuring out the most effective way to vaccinate more people.

Leaving millions ‘behind’ to remain vulnerable to this virus is NOT how we lead ourselves out of this

5/ Our efforts to inform must be more systematic, efficient, and convincing than the efforts trying to do the opposite.

This is our task at hand.

Anything short of this will ultimately become a problem for us all whether we like it or not

6/ At that point, it doesn’t matter who we blame. We will all be stuck in the same sinking ship. So- do not waste your energy complaining about anti-vaxxers; it would be better spent figuring out ways to vaxx more people.

Remember- no one wants to die from this virus.