“I’m not going to respond” he responds.

It seems like you’re making the assumption that trans women will look or behave differently from other women. How will the aggressive puppy killers know who to harass?

That’s literally not what she said. She did not say to photograph or harass women in toilets. She said to call the police about men in women’s restrooms.

If trans women are women, then there should be no problem with that language. Or are you saying that trans women are actually just men? That’s pretty messed up and trans-phobic of you.

Joke? While I don’t know if you’re male or female, I really, sincerely suspect you have a small, wispy mustache.

I think then it’s a question of if he continues to get vaccinated, gets his children vaccinated, etc.

If yes: hypocrite If no: he’s someone who changed his mind

Changing your mind doesn’t automatically equal hypocrisy.

The tweet isn’t any kind of “own.” It doesn’t contradict Rand Paul. Everyone here thinking like this is some really clever gotcha moment … they’re just kind of telling on themselves.

He doesn’t seem to be claiming he isn’t vaccinated.

RP: hotdogs might not be healthy Lemmy users: you once at a hotdog hahahaha owned noob!

Don’t forget scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, puerperal fever, and the plague!

I’m sorry for hurting your feelings.

Is this your first day on the internet?

That’s a lot of “peach fuzz.” Y’all a bunch of Osama Bin Laden lookin women.

Fake. Not the right price. Not the right dosage. Not a likely reaction even at that dose.

What antivax “think tanks” are paying 10x a doctor’s salary? And why? There’s not exactly a lot of money in it.

If money is your motivation, you work for Pharma, not against them.

Did you have a question? Or is the question mark because you need my approval?

Yes. The debate was about whether highly credentialed and educated experts can be wrong due to perverse incentives. As you pointed out, yes they can.

You can find so-called experts on both sides of any issue, so saying “a subset of so-called experts agree with me” is not a slam dunk argument.

I’m inclined to agree. But that demonstrates the point: you can find highly credentialed and educated experts on both sides of any issue.

Vaccines are unique in that one side (big pharma) has unlimited money, while the other side (doctors, scientists, and parents) don’t have nearly the same funding, and stand to lose everything by speaking out, yet still do at great personal cost.

It’s not a 1 in a million chance. It’s a lot higher.

Do you know how vaccines (live attenuated or adjuvanated) work?

Many prominent antivaxxers are MDs. A Nobel prize winner in immunology ranks among antivaxxers. There are experts on both sides.

Highly educated and credentialed people have complex disagreements on both subjects.

Climate change: that the climate changes and is changing is self-evident, but how it will change and how much of that change is influenced by human activity is a subject of fierce debate.

Vaccines: while nobody thinks that vaccines are never effective, studies consistently show links between high vaccination and chronic health issues, leading to many highly credentialed and educated doctors and researchers arguing that vaccines are a risk factor for SIDs and allergic rhinitis.

Henry Ford Health recently conducted a large study, which they themselves described as near perfect, that showed links to many chronic health conditions, though not autism.

But there are plenty of antivaxxers with PHDs…