Mothra said:If there is evidence available that other countries, which have used therapeutics to treat the illness, have a far better death rate, would you consider that some evidence that the therapeutics might work?Sam Lowry said:They're going with the best evidence available. Personal success stories aren't the same as controlled studies. That is basic science. I am constantly amazed that people with college degrees don't understand it.Mothra said:Yes, our focus on preventing the illness has left us with our pants down when it comes to treating the illness. The downplay of therapeutics by those in power is despicable.Sam Lowry said:Not for 800,000 Americans.Mothra said:Natural immunity is far better than any immunity the vaccine could provide.D. C. Bear said:Amal Shuq-Up said:Why are you trying to convince someone to try a medical intervention they have no interest in?D. C. Bear said:Married A Horn said:
230 million people in a highly successful clinical trial in uttar pradesh.
Why are you opposed to the best option we have right now at preventing a deadly virus from killing people?
I am not trying to convince him to try anything. For all I know, he's already had COVID and getting a vaccine would only be very slightly better than the immunity he already has. Maybe he is allergic to ingredients in the vaccines or has a medical history that would be disqualifying. However, I find assorted falsehood he offers as facts, like 300 athletes dead from vaccines(!) or the false claim that vaccines don't do anything to be annoying and, for those unfortunate enough to believe it, dangerous.
We were dealing with a unique virus and were learning on the fly. We should have thrown every safe and available option at it, even if a controlled study did not provide definitive proof it worked. Discrediting safe therapeutics that may have worked was a mistake.
As is discrediting the single best option we have right now to prevent COVID: vaccines.