Thread by @astroehlein

Who’s a more dangerous anti-vaxer?

An individual who refuses to get the jab?

Or the EU that prevents billions of people from getting jabs by blocking wider vaccine production during a global pandemic?

hrw.org/news/2021/12/0…

If some EU member states are now fining people who refuse to get vaccinated, how much should the EU Commission be fined for preventing billions of people from getting vaccinated? 🤔

Some people I know express serious anger about the anti-maskers & anti-vaxers, and yes, I can understand that: their refusal to do the right thing endangers others.

But the damage those individuals do pales in comparison to that of the EU's policy of choking vaccine production.

And while many - including me - condemn the lies and misinformation about the pandemic spread by random accounts on social media, I would argue that the lies and misinformation coming from the EU are ultimately more damaging.

https://twitter.com/astroehlein/status/1400352366134796295

The EU pushes out lies about how it's helping:

https://twitter.com/astroehlein/status/1469272344527056898

When it's not:

https://twitter.com/astroehlein/status/1485902968851415040

EU Commissioners lie outright about the facts (or, if you want to be generous, are woefully ignorant of the facts):

https://twitter.com/astroehlein/status/1480801784344031236

So, be upset with the fool squad of anti-vaxers & anti-maskers if you want.

But remember: even if they all got jabbed & wore masks, we'd still be where we are now: billions of doses short & facing an endless pandemic because of a deadly policy of throttling vaccine production.