How about Trump supporters? I tell them FACTS they don't know and they are very quick to call it fake news.
Well, I support any U.S president, from Trump to Biden and Reagan so this isnt about supporting any one president over another.
We are all victims of fear, it's about degrees and logic. When the vaccine was first made available in Canada there were lineups to get it. I wasn't one of them for a number of reasons but I encouraged others to get it if they were older or had a poor immune system.
For a year or so prior, whenever at the grocery store, people would give 20 feet between people, it was insane just how cautious everyone was. A couple of days after millions had received their first dose, all of a sudden I had dozens of people right near me, especially older people. I'm talking endless numbers of people getting close, even touching my body if they reached to grab tissue paper or something. It absolutely caught me off guard.
Now, I was not vaxxed (never did take a shot), so
my antennae went up in some perhaps irrational fear. I thought it was inconsiderate of them, but I also knew, "these older folks don't realize that their vaccine doesn't even match my younger, very strong (for my age) immune system". They felt they were immune to the virus, but they weren't, they would just have weaker symptoms if they caught it. I bet you the majority of them didn't realize this.
Again, low information citizens.
When I found out the vaccine would NOT prevent getting it, only lessen the symptoms, I chose against getting it. However, I still did feel like the fear. I was an outsider, I was the rare person who didn't get the vaccine. Over 8 in 10 Canadians received the vaccine, I am less than 20th percentile of the population.
The bottom line is, even for those of us who felt confident in our decisions, we still couldn't ever be 100% certain. I made it my rule to NOT get close to people, especially older people. Not for MY sake, but for THEIRS.
Propaganda is powerful. Propaganda may not be the accurate word to use, a maybe more accurate description might be "unchallenged information". Regardless, when people accept without researching, they operate accordingly.
I didn't fear people who didnt wear masks because I knew the science over time. I know I caught covid at least twice, two different strands by my estimation. I don't know if not getting the vaccine was the right decision but I know that taking everything into account, it was the right decision for me at that time.
We had an older man killed by police because he didn't wear his mask in a grocery store. Indirectly related as they were told about him not wearing it, visited his home (why? Thats how police states roll) and he apparently pulled a weapon, Regardless, as one of the young people at the store said to media, "if we would have just let the guy grab his stuff and leave without incident he would still be alive". Think about that for a moment.
She's right. He is dead for no other reason than he didn't want to wear a mask. I hated the mask too and never liked wearing one. I wouldnt kill someone if they didnt have one on though and I never feared them.