Oh, I agree with you completely. And the hard-sell marketing tactics are not helping them move those shots. I suppose I was just lamenting that the way the "system" is currently set up, it will be impossible to convince anyone that the shots are in any way possibly harmful who doesn't already lean that direction. And then, of course, even if someone admits they "might" cause "rare" events, the counter argument is just "still better than COVID!" (Well, no, but whatever. Sigh.)

I also have not watched TV in many years, which is the secret to not being afraid of... well, anything, really, lol. I was just recently at a cafe that had "the news" on their TV, and even with the sound off it was all scary pictures about COVID (deaths! hospitals! lab coats! shots! tubes! OMG!)

I also haven't been to any doctor for many, many years. knock on wood. I don't want pills or surgery, so what would be the point of paying to have an argument with a doctor? I don't even believe in the "food pyramid" anymore, so even if they just tell me to "eat healthy" we will just have another argument.

I have also read many books on medical history and history generally. Yes, experts are often catastrophically wrong. Very often. And once they pick a wrong position, they tend to stick together and push that wrong idea for many years. Examples are too numerous to count. There's no reason to think experts are now 100% correct on everything, just because it's the year 2021 and not 1921. And I have worked many years for the government. Incompetence rewarded right there. And I am "highly educated" myself. And I am aware that the more I know the more I don't know.

I suppose it all comes down to trust. I trust very few people, and no one or nothing 100%. Do I trust doctors? No. Experts? No. Politicians? No. The Gov't? Get out of town. The "educated?" No. Drug companies? Hell no. Do I believe these believe actually care about me? No. Do they care about "society?" No. Do these groups have HUGE incentives to lie or mislead? Yes.

So, given my druthers, I'd prefer to live my life my own way and not be forced to take the govt mandated shot I don't want, or need, that does nothing to protect me or other people, and may indeed ruin my own health and life. Until just a few weeks ago, I thought that, as an American, this would be possible. What in the world is going on?