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This is just a staggeringly terrible argument.
I see all sorts of different posters make it in various threads, which makes me suspect it’s some dumbass right wing talking point that’s been spoonfed to you.
First, I have to confess, as I have been burdened by the weight of my sins:
I am overdue on my tetanus shot. I also didn’t get a flu shot in 2022. I will say 100 “Our Faucis” and 100 “Hail Pfizers” as penance
If you infer from that, that I don’t believe the tetanus shot is effective, and don’t believe the science behind it, that would be an illogical and very wrong inference.
Re: COVID vax— I got vaxxed and boosted as soon as they were available to me. I also followed up with *some* boosters. So why not allllll the boosters?
Well, some of it has to do with the things that developed during and because of COVID: I work at home a lot of the time, whereas I never did pre-COVID. Likewise, when I’m in the office, it’s been rearranged from what it was pre-COVID, and I’m not really near anyone anymore. Bevause of so many people working from home, the office is only maybe 1/4 the capacity that it was pre-COVID. My gf and I still do grocery pickups, where we order our groceries online and just have them brought out to our car—not because I’m ScUrrEd oF CoViD, but because it’s convenient. I live in a small Midwest town of like 2000 people, but near some larger cities—but I don’t have to work or shop in those cities near as much as before. When I travel, I mask up. Due to those things, and how prevalent (or not) COVID is in my particular area at a given time, I may make a variety of decisions as to my healthcare choices and vax status.
—It is worth noting, coincidence or not, that the time period when I did let my vax status lapse is the one time I actually got COVID.
In October, healthcare peeps came to my workplace to administer flu and COVID vaxxes. Since I planned to travel to the Phoenix metro area that December (which is obviously much more populous than where I am now) and I planned to visit family, one of whom was somewhat immunocompromised at the time, I made a point to go into the office that day, and got both shots.
This “argument”—and I use that term very loosely because how flimsy and stupid it is—that someone who doesn’t get every single vax must not trust the science, is ridiculous. The argument that I saw you make in another post that someone who doesn’t get every single one is actually anti-vax, is laughably bad. I am continually amazed by what passes for a logical argument in right-wing circles. Just terrible and illogical stuff.
The irony of your post is really something else.
You have your justifications for why you aren't following the CDCs guidelines. That's perfectly fine.
Those of us who don't trust the covid shot have our reasons for why we aren't following the CDCs guidelines.
We are both considered "anti vaxxers" by definition.
I've had a whole host of vaccines throughout my life but I didn't trust the covid vaccine at all due to the new technology and lack of tests done on it. I'm labeled an anti vaxxer because of that. I decided to skip out on some CDC recommended shots and the pro vax crowd labeled me anti vax.
Yet when you get called an anti vaxxer for skipping out on some CDC recommended shots, you think it's a terrible and illogical argument.
We both have our own reasons for not following the CDCs guidelines. The difference here is you think you are righteous for yours and you probably think the rest of us are dumb conspiracy nuts for ours. But in the end....either all of us are anti vaxxers or none of us are. So which is it?