Conspiracy theorists
Does anyone feel like that we sometimes get put in the same group as conspiracy theorists and anti vaxers? We have a similar message in that we day the current government advice on nutrition is dead wrong and the lack of science leading up to it was non existent or lacking.
People just roll their eyes and assume we are another crackpot who believes the government is out to get them. Of course the government and the scientists wouldn't be giving this advice without it being backed by hard science. That's what people think and when we start saying otherwise we get put in the deniers group.
It was really hard to even convince my doctor (retired gp) mum to give it a try. She tried gastric bypass band surgery first. That failed because she kept still eating with the band and it made her sick and come up. But now after trying everything she is finally giving it a go. She is still quite sceptical (read fat phobic).
But I'm getting away from the point. How do we express that the government and science do get it wrong sometimes. But no we aren't a antivaxer or going to start talking about chemtrails etc. That we want to have science, including RCTs. And that we are open to debate
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Sorry, your first post:
"Only the people who weren't vaccinated will be affected, right?"
seemed to indicate that you thought that vaccinated people would definitely not be affected, which isn't necessarily true.
LisaGrace 1 points · Aug 2018 · 58F 5'5"|SW151 lbs|CW 125| achieved7/27/18 Keto+IF18/6
I was being sarcastic. If vaccines worked as well as they say they do, then people who were, don't have to worry. I've posted about the vaccines board s before that award people damages who are harmed by vaccines.
SuzyQ93 1 points · Aug 2018
They work exactly as well as they say they do. They don't claim 100%.
Effectiveness rates of vaccines
From the article I posted above, regarding measles:
Also, there's this:
LisaGrace 1 points · Aug 2018 · 58F 5'5"|SW151 lbs|CW 125| achieved7/27/18 Keto+IF18/6
No, they don't. Flu shots for instance. Read the actual CDC report. It claims that out of four out of one hundred people that catch the flu and die, two might not die. They then say the flu shot is fifty percent effective. Two percent becomes fifty.
You can't go by the article, you have to go back and read the actual CDC report or original research paper.