This is my answer now when people of authority over me are asking if I have had my vaccine yet.
I tell them I'm in the control group that is not taking it.
I tell them that If I die from COVID, it means I probably should have got the vaccine. If they die, it means they shouldn't have, and at least now there is a way to know the bottom-line effectiveness of the vaccine...
I've found this gives them pause and sounds just medical enough to confuse their tiny sheep mind. I also say it with a certain degree of certainty and relief in my voice, just to keep them thinking.
Honest question...
Isn't this genuinely valuable?
I mean... let's say 80-90% of the population does vaccinate. Then, long term, suppose a new disease or disorder starts ravaging the population at large...
Without a control group, we wouldn't actually know whether the vaccine was to blame, or some other factor, right?
This is still an experimental vaccine... even if you're pro vaccine, shouldn't we actually have a sizable chunk of the population kept from vaccinating as a control group?
Are there any studies still ongoing in which people have been given a placebo and told not to take "the real vaccine" when available to them publicly?
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