North American Arms rants: “Disdain” for the unvaxed, Calls them “selfish”

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It would be nice if people could understand risk assessment rationally, as opposed to anecdotally or emotionally.

The Western Journal (a very conservative site) posts about all kinds of vax negatives. Here's a recent one about the downsides of vaxxing young, healthy males:

https://www.westernjournal.com/sweden-s ... condition/

But they also have the intellectual honesty to frame context by appending the following:
The Western Journal has published this article in the interest of shedding light on stories about the COVID-19 vaccine that are largely unreported by the establishment media. In that same spirit, according to the most recent statistics from the CDC’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, 7,439 deaths have been reported among those who received a vaccine, or 20 out of every 1,000,000. By contrast, 652,480 deaths from COVID-19 have been reported by the CDC, or 16,101 out of every 1,000,000. In addition, it must be noted that VAERS reports can be filed by anyone and are unverified by the CDC. Thus, as the agency notes, “Reports of adverse events to VAERS following vaccination, including deaths, do not necessarily mean that a vaccine caused a health problem.” The decision of whether to receive a COVID vaccine is a personal one, but it is important to consider context when making that decision.
I guess I am setting the bar too high to expect the same here.
“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.”
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