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Vaccine Acceptancy

There have been many ups and downs on the rollercoaster of this pandemic. Sometimes Ireland has scored poorly, for example, along with much of the EU were slow to roll out vaccines. We also endured a huge curtailment of civil liberties with more days of lockdown than any other jurisdiction. But, on the positive side, we consistently scored highest in Europe on the survival rates from ICU.

However, the metric on which Ireland stands out the most is our world beating levels of vaccine acceptancy and very low vaccine hesitancy. Our vaccine uptake has been described as the envy of Europe; no other EU jurisdiction is as accepting of the covid vaccines as we are. Vaccine acceptancy in France has grown from a mere 25% in November to 60% now. Our levels of vaccine acceptancy are over 90% and in some population cohorts over 98%. We have far higher acceptancy rates than star performers Australia and New Zealand. In the US, vaccine acceptancy and hesitancy has split along political lines with Republicans being more hesitant and Democrats being more accepting. In India, a yoga televangelist with a huge following has warned Indians off taking the vaccine. Many countries have offered cash prizes, lucky draws and free drinks to get citizens to participate in their vaccination programs.

Vaccine efficacy is of course a question of science, not politics. Biology and chemistry, pharmacology and medicine. In Ireland we seem to be of the view that science is truth and not open to much interpretation by the political expediencies of the day. We dismiss fake news and conspiracy theories which hold so much of today’s world in their grip. The information we got was not subject to censorship, we made the decision to accept the vaccine based on access to all available knowledge. Vaccine acceptancy occurred across our political spectrum. Whether your politics are left, right or centre, the chances are you either have been or are willing to get vaccinated.

Why have we so massively bought into the science of covid vaccination? Because it was the only way out of lockdown? Or perhaps it’s because our education system gave all of us some grounding in science? Or our political system that doesn’t seek to weaponize crises for political gain but for improving society? Luke O’Neill and other prominent scientists? Why do you think, despite often being late adopters of innovation, we have beaten the rest of the world on vaccine acceptancy?

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George
George from CE commented:

Anyone who thinks the government or the media or the HSE is the least bit interested in their health should consider the following. 1. If you get cancer tomorrow not one of them will give a shot about you or saving your life. 2. Kids with severe life threatening conditions have been denied treatment. Scholoiosis treatment, Duchenne etc 3. The courts are full of families of people who thought the State/HSE had their best interests in mind. They are now dead due to that faith. 

George
George from CE commented:

Anyone who can read and spends just 5 minutes a day for a week researching this thing with an open mind will see quite quickly what is really going on. Those who watch the TV and radio and listen to fully compromised ‘scientists’ who push these experimental drugs on people will soon discover that they have fallen in to the trap after getting these experimental drugs. Those who survive medium to long term will always be looking over there shoulder for the next potential illness associated with these drugs. 

Someone
Someone from D commented:

We have shown our lack of intelligence as a society and brainwashing by media by accepting that this unsafe and untested vaccine is a good idea. It is not a vaccine according to the pre covid definition of the word. We scoff at the inhumane treatment of journalists in Belarus but the truth is that dissenting voices would not even find a platform here, wouldn't even get into print. We have sold our souls with out media praising charlatans like Dr Fauchi while never mentioning the many scandals he has been involved in. Treatments have been ignored and could have saved many lives. Personally I know 7 people in their 90s who had covid. Not a symptom between them. I also have 2 friends who have been given months to live due to late diagnosis of cancer. We need to hang our heads in shame. A nation of dumb sheep. 

Tony
Tony from WX commented:

You are correct. Low Varadkar said That Ireland was one of the country's that counted all nursing home deaths as covid deaths whether they were tested or not and all stage 4 cancer deaths also as covid deaths. Why?? Why do so few people question this as it rises the death stats wrongly. Why? 

Someone
Someone from D commented:

We have shown our lack of intelligence as a society and brainwashing by media by accepting that this unsafe and untested vaccine is a good idea. It is not a vaccine according to the pre covid definition of the word. We scoff at the inhumane treatment of journalists in Belarus but the truth is that dissenting voices would not even find a platform here, wouldn't even get into print. We have sold our souls with out media praising charlatans like Dr Fauchi while never mentioning the many scandals he has been involved in. Treatments have been ignored and could have saved many lives. Personally I know 7 people in their 90s who had covid. Not a symptom between them. I also have 2 friends who have been given months to live due to late diagnosis of cancer. We need to hang our heads in shame. A nation of dumb sheep. 

Someone
Someone from KK commented:

The simple truth about Covid-19 is, Yes Covid-19 is real. The simple truth about the covid-19 vaccine is, that none of the vaccine’s will either cure covid- 19, or prevent you from getting covid-19. So the question is why is the government pushing so hard, almost to the point of forcing everyone to get one of the vaccines. The simple truth is that the pharmaceutical companies are giving large financial incentives to the government if they make sure that everyone gets a vaccine. The reason for this is that when you get the two shots of vaccine, which will neither cure you, nor prevent you from getting infected, it only lasts a short time. Then you must get a booster a number of times a year which will cost you a lot of money. And so we see the point of the government pushing so hard to make everyone take the vaccine, whether they want it or not. MONEY. 

Someone
Someone from D commented:

The only metric that matters is tolerance and liberalism. I would prefer to live in a society where people are uninterested in each other's private affairs and were we celebrate the right to individual choice. I have absolutely zero interest in whether my fellow man takes certain drugs or not. I celebrate merely ylthe fact he can take whatever he wants with no interference or judgment from my side. I would take this the full way. There should be no banned substances. What a person takes or does not take is their business alone. Public Health does not exist. Only individual health is real and to that there are no mass solutions. Most of what I was taught in school beyon the basics was wrong. Most of accepted science now is wrong and will one day be superseded. Largely we.currently live with a society structured around superstition shrouded as 'science' by stubborn old adherents who ignore the fact their theories a long falsified and have no relationship to reality. 

Someone
Someone from D commented:

This kind of blind unquestioning complacency last happened at the time of the swine flu vaccine with disastrous life long problems for many young people here and in Europe and no penalties for the pharma companies involved. That vaccine was also rushed to market. Your health is your wealth, people should not be part of the rushed introduction of experimental vaccines that have had insufficient safety trials. 

Someone
Someone from C commented:

You say that the information that we got was not subject to censorship. I disagree. At no stage was any opposing scientific opinion aired on our national broadcaster. The same old experts were rolled out over and over. They were never asked any hard questions but fawned over by the R.T.E. presenters. 

Trevor
Trevor from SO commented:

RIP vaccinated ! 

Someone
Someone from D commented:

The majority of Irish people under 65 are taking the vaccine for one reason... to go on holidays! Our government have used coercion to make us island dwellers compliant. On mainland Europe you can drive from country to country unvaccinated with no cert of any kind so they are much less motivated to get jabbed. Unfortunately our deceitful government is taking full advantage of the logistics of getting off our island. It's a case of take the vaccine or have considerable hassle and expense should you try and go abroad! Unlike other countries, in order maintain the domestic coercive control our foolish government are even refusing to bring in the more accurate, more convenient and less expensive antigen testing. It makes no sense, you would imagine that they would be more eager to identify those who are actually infected by replacing PCR testing which is widely known to give 90% false positive! People need to wake up! 

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