So, my an online american friend said"My mom didn’t want to vaccine vax cuzs autism". Is he joking? I know many people say thing like that but i thought they all were joking?
In my country which is a third world country no one believe shit like that even my Grand mother who is illiterate and religious don’t believe thing like that and knows the benefit of vaccine.
They actually believe it. Despite no actual link being found. Despite the author of the OG article admitting that he falsified data.
People here also believe that mRNA vaccines will rewrite your genes, that the COVID vaccine sequesters in your testicles and makes you sterile and magnetic, that vaccines are less effective than “natural immunity”, that vaccines will feminize you and make you compliant to authority, and that vaccines are ineffective.
I have legitimately heard all of those arguments against vaccines in the wild. For the record, vaccines are one of the oldest and most effective preventative measures we have. There is a reason why the mortality rate for children isn’t +30% anymore, it’s vaccines, and vaccination programs.
Magnetic?
Yes, there was a trend where influencers thought it made you magnetic. They proved this by sticking like a coin to their skin for a bit and then being amazed that it stayed there when they took their hand off.
It was ragebait, but also there’s dumbasses out there who actually believe that shit.