Monday, May 31, 2021

Anti-Vaxxers And Confirmation Bias

It is interesting to know if there are any anti-vaxxers who changed their position. People in life generally hold on to opinions no matter what. It is called "confirmation bias" - the tendency to process information by looking for, or interpreting, information that is consistent with one's existing beliefs.

I was not sure abt. the vaccine at the beginning. Normally vaccines are tested for 10-15 years. Can this new vaccine be trusted? Netanyahu was able to get millions of vaccines b/c he promised the company to provide them with statistics. Meaning - Israel was the guinea pig. Such an unkosher animal for a Jewish country!!!

In the end we see the results: Over three and half million died from Corona [!!!!!!] and over 170 million became ill. After the vaccine - nobody who gets it twice dies or gets sick. Why would one be opposed to something that saved so many lives and enabled life to resume and the economy to come back to life???!!!

What do the anti-vaxxers do? They find a kid in Wisconsin who died from the vaccine. Another one in Utah. Six people who got sick. Then they say "LOOK- WE WERE RIGHT!!! YOU CAN'T TRUST THE VACCINE!!!"

Yes, indeed!! But what about the tens of millions who have been protected by it??

They find the two and a half doctors who are against the vaccine. Great. What about the overwhelming consensus who are strongly in favor??  

They are not changing their opinion. "You are taking away my freedom!!! I will do whatever I want!!!" Great. But when your freedom allows you to pass on an often deadly virus, you don't deserve that freedom.

Anyway, hopefully more abt. confirmation bias in the future b/c I believe that it is a YESOD GADOL in understanding life.