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They didn't say maybe they don't work... they said maybe make you sick. So they are pulling a switcharoo.
I don't know what this means. Of course you can tell the difference between working and not working in double-blind placebo controlled clinical trials—which what COVID vaccine research was. I know of no "anti-vax study" that did anything like clinical trials.
ad hominem (circumstantial). Special interest doesn't mean fraud. Family doctors have a 'special interest' in keeping you healthy—and they get paid for their services.
And it is possible that the moon is made of green cheese. appeal to possibility
Yes, there are many ways of knowing with about as much confidence as the effectiveness of any successful drug science has produced. It sounds like this person is on the last phase of denial before accepting reality, which is typically holding on to the concept of "it is possible that," despite all evidence the contrary, knowing that science doesn't deal in certainties. |
answered on Thursday, Sep 23, 2021 03:26:30 PM by Bo Bennett, PhD | |
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