alt Hacker NewsIf mRNA vaccines are viewed with skepticism, how will actual gene editing be viewed?
Shoot, who am I kidding, the COVID vaccine "skepticism" was entirely tribal. Republicans needed a pure, unblemished Trump, so they couldn't acknowledge the seriousness of COVID, or even it's existence. Trump clearly botched the beginning of the pandemic. Thus, the mRNA COVID vaccine has to be rejected.
I think it's a bit more nuanced than that. Especially when the lies were so obvious. You can't get COVID if you get the vaccine (A lie), You can't spread COVID if you get the vaccine (A lie). If they would have been honest from the start -- that you are less likely to need to take up limited hospital beds if you got the vaccine, I think people would have responded better.
Then there were the obviously stupid mask rules.... wear a mask, stand in lane, separate... but as soon as you sit down at a table, you can take off the mask and now all of the sudden the disease magically can't spread.
No gathering outside, no going to church, even outside if you provide plenty of space or we will arrest you.
However, riots lining up body to body for the cause of the week is perfectly fine without masks.
The hypocrisy of the whole situation was obvious and undeniable. I'm sure you are partly true with some of the Trump hard core lover people.... but there are a LOT of silent majority in the middle that don't like Trump but dislike the lies and hypocricy much much more.