More than 38 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Ontario as of Oct. 8, with 23,002 reports of adverse reactions, an incidence of 0.06 per cent, Public Health Ontario says

New evidence confirms COVID-19 vaccines are overwhelmingly safe::More than 38 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Ontario as of Oct. 8, with 23,002 reports of adverse reactions, an incidence of 0.06 per cent, Public Health Ontario says

  • Wrench@lemmy.worldEnglish
    301·
    1 year ago

    That’s how the scientific community works. Test and retest the theory. Unexciting results are still valuable to lend more credence to the established scientific understanding.

    Also, more practically, recent studies are good ammo for disputes with nutter friends and family who still form their entire distrust on an article based on an intentionally bad take on a studys results from early on in the pandemic.

    • toasteecup@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      1 year ago

      I hope that works for you, I’ve personally given up on them. They are welcome to make their decisions and we avoid the topic since we don’t agree.

      • Wrench@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, I have lost causes for sure. I do have a couple more reasonable conservative friends that took a dose or two and stopped, so this is the kind of thing that might not fall on deaf ears

    • pivot_root@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      As long as there’s any evidence supporting their argument, confirmation bias will make it impossible to change an antivaxxer’s mind without un-indoctrinating them. The best most of us can hope for is preventing anyone else from falling down the rabbit hole.