Well the story of the "success" with polio vaccines is a more than a bit of a sticky (and stinky) wicket once starts to get past the surface-level propaganda.
Call me an anti-vaxxer. I didn't start out this way, however. As late as 2022 I was prefacing my skepticism about the nature of and safety and efficacy of the covid jabs with, "I'm not an anti-vaxxer but..."
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Re: More than greed and incompetence
Date: 2024-09-13 09:14 am (UTC)Call me an anti-vaxxer. I didn't start out this way, however. As late as 2022 I was prefacing my skepticism about the nature of and safety and efficacy of the covid jabs with, "I'm not an anti-vaxxer but..."
What is undisputed, in my view, is that in early 2021, when the jabs rolled out for the general public, the general public firmly believed that vaccines, and in particular, polio and smallpox vaccines, worked and they were a most wonderful scientific advancement for improving human health. The word "vaccine" had a tremendously positive connotation for most people. And those who were pushing the experimental gene jabs with the mRNA platform took full advantage of the public's naiveté, both about those previous vaccines' safety and effectiveness, and the nature of the covid injections themselves (which are not actually vaccines, as that word was previously defined).
I think you are quite right that the shadow of polio was a very important part of the enthusiasm for the vaccines, and especially for older people.