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SocialismIsStupid t1_izrn3fx wrote

Reply to comment by Petaurus_australis in An analysis of 4511 vaccine-related tweets show that anti-vaccine messaging tends to focus on the "harmful" nature of vaccines, based on personal values and beliefs rather than hard facts. Anonymity did not affect the type of content posted, but did affect volume of content. by glawgii

I’d like to add it seems a large contingent are baby boomers who are in denial of their own mortality. They were the first true generation to be coddled with modern medicine. They grew up with modern antibiotics, anesthesia, and etc. Death to every generation before them was something normal. Boomers though were the first ones to grow up with out their peers dying from preventable illnesses. Only accidents and really rare occurrences. Now, they are over 60 and their friends are dying of natural causes and they see their time is running short. So they looking for something to blame. Something they can control. “It wasn’t their age or the years of partying and being overweight. It was the vaccine that killed Bob. I just gotta avoid the vaccine and I’ll be ok…Ya just gotta avoid the old vaccine and I won’t die that’s all I gotta do.” And they keep repeating that to themselves. The scary thing is every generation I think is going to have a large section like that going forward.

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Chrissy9001 t1_izrvx72 wrote

This is not true. Vaccine uptake was lower in the younger age groups, as was mask compliance.

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SocialismIsStupid t1_izrwe7f wrote

Uhh yes, it is. You're conflating people in their 20s and 30s not getting the vaccination because they really aren't at risk vs people who are at risk and push conspiracy theories.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/boomers-misinformation-facebook-study-1005148/

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Chrissy9001 t1_izrwtf6 wrote

Ok, I see what you mean now. I took what you said to mean that they were less likely to be vaccinated due to them believing antivaxx misinformation.

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Anubisrapture t1_izt16tz wrote

Am older Gen X - I agree w YOU, i am vaxed and stopped masking for a little while but NOW am back masking. The anti vaxers in our family are those who live outside the city and only one who died was somebody over 65 living in rural texas - it is purely lack of education , plus the falling down into a evangelical mindset. The one time my partner got covid was when he was close to his unmasked and UNVAXED cousin at a funeral - am on the West Coast and so are my children SO we do not see this stuff until we travel back down South.

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SnooPuppers1978 t1_izwfbog wrote

Are young, healthy people who did not take the vaccine anti-vaxxers or not?

And what should be done about convincing them?

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