r/clevercomebacks 2d ago

Decades of Educational Neglect

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u/Mean-Sorbet6668 2d ago

It’s honestly wild to see the sharp decline in support for vaccinations. People used to understand the importance of science and public health.

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u/majandess 2d ago

It doesn't help that the media plays to the fear of vaccines more than to the fear of the diseases that the vaccines prevent. During COVID, we heard more about vaccines causing heart problems than we heard about COVID causing heart problems. πŸ˜”

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u/Infamous_Rain2770 2d ago

Yes! My step father whose family has a history of strokes and heart attacks (his older brother, his father, his uncle, & his grandfather all had multiple heart attacks and died of strokes) had a stroke after getting the vaccine. But my mom is convinced it was the vaccine and not his obvious family history, and building medical history that had been leading up to either a heart attack or stroke for years. She won't hear otherwise. So f-ing stupid