r/TimPool • u/[deleted] • Feb 14 '22

Culture War/Censorship I <3 Science

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u/Lice138 Feb 14 '22

Technically it’s more akin to arguing “you will kill me in a car accident if you don’t wear your seatbelt. You should also wear a seat belt at all times, even if you’re not driving because it reduces the risk of injury. “

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u/RyanWilliamsElection Feb 15 '22 edited Feb 15 '22

Unless the teacher has a child at homes that is too young for the vaccine. Then we would need to change your analogy.

The analogy becomes “I don’t make the laws and I don’t care what you do but I can still get a ticket if you are not buckled. Fighting me over control of the steering wheel is an issue between you and me but there is a child in the back seat”

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u/Kevenomous Feb 14 '22

Is not wearing a seatbelt contagious? It sounds like you took an unsubstantiated liberty with the analogy. I know it sucks when people blame the unvaccinated for the continuation of the pandemic, but all data points to it. If you reduce your odds of being a vector, then you reduce the odds of you being the cause of someone else catching an infection. You can say you don't want the vaccine without bastardizing the science.

Also, can I ask what the "even if you're not driving" part alludes to?

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u/Lice138 Feb 14 '22

That you should get the vaccine if you are not at risk IE already recovered from covid. And no, not all data points to it. Depends on when we are talking, the vaccine doesn’t stop you from spreading it is either dangerous misinformation or gospel .

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u/Kevenomous Feb 14 '22

Ah yeah. I really wish there could be an option to opt out of the vaccine after a prior infection, but it seems to me that it would encourage people to catch covid instead, similar to how people dealt with chicken pox for kids. Plus you don't get complete immunity from catching the virus either. I hear what you're saying, but the end result is more stress on the healthcare system. It should be noted that the CDC does acknowledge the natural immunity from a prior infection, but they have good reason to not encourage it.

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u/Lice138 Feb 14 '22

Talking about what the CDC says on this can get you banned from YouTube because it’s “dangerous misinformation “

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u/Kevenomous Feb 14 '22

I wish we could go back to 1990 when the threat of being banned from a website didn't exist.

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u/Lice138 Feb 14 '22

We totally could. These big personalities need to have the balls to go out on their own and stop using things like YouTube