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Originally Posted by valo403
Judging by the poll, "most" is 15 people above 50%. While technically I guess that makes you right, it's pretty disingenuous to act as if it's a closed issue for the majority.
And don't pretend like there weren't a number of posters doing a whole lot of over the top fear mongering throughout this thread.
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Did you seriously think I meant "most of the people who answered a poll in a thread on an internet forum?"
I doubt you honestly thought that--you're pretty smart. If you mean that "most" was in that case just a rhetorical fluorish, then I guess that's probably true. Let me instead say this. "A reasonable person would conclude that the balance of risks in this case indicates that getting vaccinated was and remains a very good idea."
I will also stand by my feeling that "most" people who support the vaccine probably agree with the above statement. Don't forget that internet message boards tend to attract the angriest, shrillest voices to these debates.
If you want to see fearmongering, take a look at the crowd who claim that vaccines have massive undisclosed health risks, cause autism in children and cause cheerleaders to walk backwards. Those people are fearmongerers.
The people who shlep their children down to the clinic to get the flu vaccine aren't fearmongering. They're just sensible.