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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
I know, all the anti vaccine idiots who ignored 99.5% of scientific research and instead searched high and low to find experts who would conform to their world view. All those morons who would rather take their medical advice from someone with a YouTube channel than a near unanimous opinion held by some of the most highly educated and respected people in the world. Now don't get me wrong there were some people who disagreed and who had impressive credentials but at the same time science works by looking at the whole body of evidence and not just those sources that are most convenient for your world view.
The same people who are looking for a conspiracy about everything are unsurprisingly the same people who found a conspiracy in this as they do anything.
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There were a number of factors that contributed to the slow acceptance of the vaccine, like the general view in society, at the time, about vaccination in general, e.g. as it pertained to the flu vaccine, the unprecedented speed of development and universal use, etc.
I don't believe everybody that failed to get on board with the vaccine was a chronic conspiracy believing type. I think many were somewhat skeptical of science in general, or believed that covid wouldn't happen to them.