December 10th, 2020 / Leave Feedback / nezuppal

This will not be a long article because there is no argument. There simply is not. And I will really easily take you through some of the anti-vaxxers’ arguments. Firstly, let me just start by saying that the discovery and development of vaccines was potentially the biggest leap forward in medical science in the 19th century – you may disagree that’s really not the point.

One argument is that vaccines can cause autism in babies. This is false. This has been proven false. The ‘Doctor’ who first developed this idea (which as I mentioned is false) is named Andrew Wakefield. Feel free to google him. Essentially, he is a British former physician and academic who was struck off due to his involvement in the Lancet MMR autism fraud, a 1998 study that falsely claimed a link between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism. It goes without saying that there is no link. There never was a link; but you can understand how if a respected doctor says a vaccine can cause autism you’d naturally be afraid of vaccines. There is no evidence for this.

The second argument is that this vaccine has been developed very quickly. Suspicious for some. What people do not realise is that in times of crisis technology, medicine, weaponry etc. all make great leaps forward. Prior to World War 1 aerial flight was virtually impossible, especially for combat situations. By the end of the war not only were aerial raids a common use of aeroplanes but the allies had also developed tanks which helped them to cross ‘no man’s land’ and end trench warfare. When people face life-or-death situations the pressure is on. The speed of the vaccine impresses me rather than scares me.

The final argument is that Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos (I don’t really know who) want to use this vaccine to insert a microchip inside people so they can track them whenever and wherever they like. This is my favourite one because it is so ridiculous. You are all on Facebook, use Whatsapp, Instagram – if Mark Zuckerberg wants to find out what you had for dinner two days ago trust me he can. Also, if you have a smartphone those companies can track your movements, as well as listen to your conversations constantly, and these companies can sell this data to anyone.

Normally, I would not care if people choose not to take their vaccines. In my eyes it’s the closest thing we have to natural selection these days. But not with this vaccine. EVERYONE needs to take this vaccine for two reasons. Firstly, I want things to go back to normal. Do you let people who don’t have the vaccine into the same places as people who do? That’s a tough question. Also, vaccines only work if they are given to a critical mass of the population – if enough people don’t take this vaccine it won’t have the necessary effect.

Not getting this vaccine doesn’t mean you’ve gone “off the grid”. One, every single thing you do these days is tracked and a vaccine won’t change that. Second, how big is your ego that you think people care about your Whatsapp conversations? (The person you’re talking to doesn’t even care)