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Comment by estearum | original | Global review confirms mRNA vaccines are safe, effective and full of promise 
[−]estearum · 2026-07-02 Thu 04:11 UTC · link
100% of people who Google something like "how do we know the covid vaccines are good" would discover that the tool we use to figure that out is called a "clinical trial." Then they can look up "covid vaccine clinical trial results."

The reality is none of these "do your own research" or "just asking questions" people are actually curious whatsoever. Curiosity requires more than zero effort. Simply saying you're "doing your own research" and "just asking questions" while regurgitating the last thing you saw on your TikTok feed is super easy and gives you all the same sense of intellectual superiority.

[−]smallstepforman · 2026-07-02 Thu 04:37 UTC · link
The rushed clinical trials were only done with 122 people and a control group. During the very short trial, 1 person died in the first group, 2 in the other. The “conclusion” was its better to be vaccinated and it protects you better. 12 months later AstraZenica vaccine pulled from market everywhere ….
[−]estearum · 2026-07-02 Thu 04:41 UTC · link
This is not true lol.
[−]s1artibartfast · 2026-07-02 Thu 04:42 UTC · link
Im not sure what point you are making. Are you opposed to public health agencies sharing science based facts and helping people find the data?
[−]estearum · 2026-07-02 Thu 04:49 UTC · link
No? My point is the data is all available and always has been.
[−]s1artibartfast · 2026-07-02 Thu 05:21 UTC · link
Some data is, some isnt. Most people dont look for it and public health communications isnt data focused.

Nobody was was claiming that people cant google.

I dont know why you bring this up as a gotcha when someone said public health communications should share more data.