This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Rather than supporting the view that they are untouchable stars up high, they remind us that we are all human and susceptible to viruses and viral misinformation alike.ĭo you have a question about COVID-19 vaccines? Email us at and vaccine experts will answer questions in upcoming articles.Įric Cadesky does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. So when it comes to meeting your heroes, maybe it’s a good thing. Historically, Elvis Presley, Sammy Davis Jr., Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald were critical in instilling trust in the government’s vaccine rollout when polio vaccine hesitancy was 50 per cent.
The vaccine is not perfect, but it leads to better protection than “natural immunity.” Avoiding vaccination because some vaccinated people get sick is like saying that impaired driving laws are useless because some sober drivers still have car accidents. And are more likely to get really sick and die from COVID-19. They’re more likely to spread COVID-19 (the research awaiting peer review). Studies show that unvaccinated people are more likely to get COVID-19. Rodgers also repeats other common unfounded anti-vaccine arguments in saying, “this idea that it’s the pandemic of the unvaccinated is just a total lie ⦠If the vaccine is so great, then how come people are still getting COVID and spreading COVID?” And so far the evidence is clear: the vaccine is effective against a virus that has killed
He said “we don’t know a whole lot about” the vaccine although after seven billion doses we know a lot. He said he’s “allergic to an ingredient” in both the Pfizer and Moderna products, despite no mention of having these rare allergies confirmed by an allergist. Rodgers said that vaccines could impact fertility there is neither proof nor plausibility to this statement. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.