• CameronDev@programming.dev
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    7 days ago

    They aren’t struggling with comprehension, they are being deliberate about misrepresenting the facts.

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      7 days ago

      This is a hobby with flat Earthers, MAGA, and antivaxxers. They make weird shit up and then pretend to believe it. Numerology. Conspiracy theories. They dont think there is any harm in it and like to troll “the libs” and debate them to waste everyone’s time. The bad thing is that you get a portion of them that start truly believing these tales … we have a few dozen holding US offices now.

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      7 days ago

      Yeah, this. They don’t want to know facts. They are actively resisting reality. Doesn’t matter that ~40 people per million per two doses had adverse effects to the vaccine and most likely recovered just fine while hundreds of thousands got sick and died from the disease and who knows how many survived because they were vaccinated.

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              6 days ago

              There is nothing “Concrete” at all in your claim. In fact, the study makes sure to point out the value of vaccination. If we actually interpret what the data says we should note that the largest increases in risk is after the second dose, and points out that timing of the vaccination is probably a factor. In no way does it say that younger men should not be vaccinated. If anything, waiting longer after a covid infection or not giving the second dose would more closely align any adverse effects with the general population.

              • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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                6 days ago

                the study makes sure to point out the value of vaccination.

                I did not mention the value of vaccination

                In no way does it say that younger men should not be vaccinated.

                And in no way did I say that. I said young men should not be boosted, I.e. second dose.

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                  I did not mention the value of vaccination

                  That’s literally the whole point of trials for vaccines, to determine if they work and what the side effects there are if any. Public health officials then use that data to determine if, how and when to distribute the vaccines based on of those risks of the vaccine outweigh the public health risks of the continued diseas spread

                  In a global pandemic when millions of people are dying, a 1/10000 risk of reduced quality of life that helps 10/10000 people not die of the pandemic disease and another 100/10000 not experience reduced quality of life from the pandemic disease is pretty easy numbers to say “yes roll it out” because the benefits far outweigh the risks

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                  6 days ago

                  No, you said there was “concrete evidence” that “young men should not have been boosted”.

                  That is opinion, and the study makes no corroborating claim to not vaccinate or boost.

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                    6 days ago

                    Ironically you are having a failure of comprehension in a thread about failure of comprehension.

                    I suggest you carefully reread the claim made and the evidence provided.

    • Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 days ago

      Yeah, we should invent new words for this, they aren’t stupid, they weaponise stupidity for their own gains.

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        5 days ago

        That word is disinformation

        They know it’s a lie, they’re posting it anyway because they think the ends justify the means

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          5 days ago

          What they post/say is misinformation but the act of doing it knowingly, “shamelessly trying to fuck you over” is what I can come up with.

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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      6 days ago

      i remember the days before conservatives antivaxxers took over the sub, right befor trump was elected. you can actually have a conversation with them, without having them doubling down.