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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 8477343" data-attributes="member: 50987">The effects that politics (and political affiliation) have had on this pandemic cannot be overstated in America.I had an argument with my brother this weekend about the Covid-19 vaccines.&nbsp; &quot;They need to stop calling it a 'vaccine',&quot; he said.&nbsp; &quot;Vaccines cure an illness, like measles and smallpox, and (the Covid-19 vaccine) doesn't cure anything!&nbsp; They need to start calling it a 'shot,' like they do for the flu shot every year, because it's giving people the wrong impression.&quot;&nbsp; I tried to explain how vaccines work, and how Covid-19 is different from influenza or measles, but he was having none of it.&nbsp; All of his sources were to the contrary.This is a real argument that I had with an intelligent, educated, close family relative.&nbsp; We grew up in the same household, went to the same school. The biggest difference between us is political: he is a Conservative and I'm not.&nbsp; Unfortunately, that distinction makes a huge difference in the types of information he is exposed to, the &quot;experts&quot; he is willing to listen to, and the advice he is encouraged to follow.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 8477343, member: 50987"] The effects that politics (and political affiliation) have had on this pandemic cannot be overstated in America. I had an argument with my brother this weekend about the Covid-19 vaccines. "They need to stop calling it a 'vaccine'," he said. "Vaccines [I]cure [/I]an illness, like measles and smallpox, and (the Covid-19 vaccine) doesn't cure anything! They need to start calling it a 'shot,' like they do for the flu shot every year, because it's giving people the wrong impression." I tried to explain how vaccines work, and how Covid-19 is different from influenza or measles, but he was having none of it. All of his sources were to the contrary. This is a real argument that I had with an intelligent, educated, close family relative. We grew up in the same household, went to the same school. The biggest difference between us is political: he is a Conservative and I'm not. Unfortunately, that distinction makes a huge difference in the types of information he is exposed to, the "experts" he is willing to listen to, and the advice he is encouraged to follow. [/QUOTE]

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