Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 1979624)

Too much misinformation, too many uneducated people who truly believe conspiracy theories that malign these vaccines, too many people who listen to leaders that have down played the importance of getting vaccinated. That is just for starters.

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive (Post 1979709)

The people being offered the $7,000 scholarships in exchange for getting the shot are hardly uneducated. They are college men and women, in an environment where the wisdom of vaccinations is never questioned--yet THEY are the ones resisting vaccinations, to the point where the Wisconsin University system has seen fit to convince them by offering them a VERY valuable commodity in exchange.

Were these people uneducated, isolated, easily influenced by media, I could see your point. But actually, they are the precise opposite.

Originally Posted by Wyseguy (Post 1979643)

As the Associated Press notes, Walensky cited data from the last few days, still unpublished, taken from 100 samples from vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals with COVID infections. They found that the amount of virus in the noses and throats of vaccinated infected people was nearly "indistinguishable" from what was found in unvaccinated people, confirming what some experts have suspected. The increased viral load associated with the Delta variant appears to make vaccinated people equal spreaders of the virus. Walensky said that the data was "concerning enough that we feel like we have to act."

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive (Post 1979709)

The people being offered the $7,000 scholarships in exchange for getting the shot are hardly uneducated. They are college men and women, in an environment where the wisdom of vaccinations is never questioned--yet THEY are the ones resisting vaccinations, to the point where the Wisconsin University system has seen fit to convince them by offering them a VERY valuable commodity in exchange.

Were these people uneducated, isolated, easily influenced by media, I could see your point. But actually, they are the precise opposite.

Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan (Post 1979717)

Being educated does not provide immunity to misinformation about subjects you are not educated in.

Originally Posted by blueash (Post 1979755)

As the original post seemed to be pointing at non-whites as a major factor, I offer for your consideration a graph which plots the % of persons immunized [both doses] in a county against the % of votes for Trump in the 2020 election. What it clearly shows it that the higher the Trump vote the lower the vaccination rate. This is overwhelmingly the single best predictor of vaccine acceptance, not race, not income, not state.

There are outlying data points, Biden counties with low vaccination rates, and Trump counties with high vaccination rates, but the trend is extremely strong. Note Sumter Co Florida which stands out as a Trump county but a high vaccine success rate, 68% for both measurements.

Originally Posted by blueash (Post 1979755)

As the original post seemed to be pointing at non-whites as a major factor, I offer for your consideration a graph which plots the % of persons immunized [both doses] in a county against the % of votes for Trump in the 2020 election. What it clearly shows it that the higher the Trump vote the lower the vaccination rate. This is overwhelmingly the single best predictor of vaccine acceptance, not race, not income, not state.

There are outlying data points, Biden counties with low vaccination rates, and Trump counties with high vaccination rates, but the trend is extremely strong. Note Sumter Co Florida which stands out as a Trump county but a high vaccine success rate, 68% for both measurements.

Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan (Post 1979534)

Here we go again, "fear-mongering" accusation for anyone that says anything some people disagree with. The ENTIRE world is complicit in this conspiracy to drive people into a panic over the virus.

Originally Posted by S=kBlogW (Post 1979520)

Nope not doomed, the MRNA vaccines can be adapted fairly quickly, new boosters already in the works.

Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 1979743)

If these so called "educated" college people are not believing conspiracy theories then they are scared. There is no justifiable explanation as to why they are refusing a life saving vaccine. NONE!

Originally Posted by lkagele (Post 1979853)

Yup. It's part of the great reset. History is going to look back at this period as the greatest over-reaction of all time.

CDC is currently lying about the risk to school age children which in reality is practically nil. Wearing masks is probably more harmful to kids than the risks they face from COVID. But, when you get kids used to being controlled, it's easier to control them when they become adults.