
Originally Posted by
KerrAvon
So are you claiming that everything posted on Twitter and Rumble is true? You surely can't be?
So if you are able to accept that not everything posted on Twitter and Rumble (and the internet generally) is true and you reject the notion of fact checking, how are you deciding what is true and what isn't? Gut feeling? Believing what you want to believe? No harm in that, but be careful where it takes you.
There are certainly half truths posted on Twitter etc. - on this thread I've pointed out instances where information has been posted out of context so as to create a false impression.
When deciding what Brin meant, you seem to be relying on anecdotes about people being harmed. Maybe I'm an outlier, but I'm reasonably gregarious (and I don't go round asking people about their vaccination status), but I'm yet to meet anyone who believes that they were harmed by the vaccines. In my experience of the internet however, I see antivaxxers claiming to know several such people.
Perhaps knowing an antivaxxer is a risk factor along with windy days?
But let's cut to the chase - three and a half years and around 13.5 billion doses into the use of covid vaccines can you point to a piece of peer reviewed science that indicates that the risk of their use outweighs the benefit?