You mentioned the social and political resistance to the covid vaccine.
I watched a supercut of world leaders and health officials saying with absolute confidence that the vaccines were "effective" and that, if you took it, you would NOT get the virus and everything would return to normal. Then it showed them all rolling up their sleeves and smiling getting jabbed. Then it showed them all announcing very seriously and sadly that they had coronavirus.
The social and political resistance to the vaccines were because, from the outset, so much of the response to the virus was media and governments reacting (or overreacting) without knowing whether the actions they were taking were actually going to be effective. It was throw everything at the wall and see what sticks, regardless of science or even common sense.
Add to that the fact that you saw the same politicians and health officials ignoring their own rules (I just read an article about a California health official who, on the same day she announced a renewal of mask mandates was later pictured partying in a group maskless) and it just completely eliminated any trust many people had in what was being told to them. That's where much of that social and political resistance comes from.
I watched a supercut of world leaders and health officials saying with absolute confidence that the vaccines were "effective" and that, if you took it, you would NOT get the virus and everything would return to normal. Then it showed them all rolling up their sleeves and smiling getting jabbed. Then it showed them all announcing very seriously and sadly that they had coronavirus.
The social and political resistance to the vaccines were because, from the outset, so much of the response to the virus was media and governments reacting (or overreacting) without knowing whether the actions they were taking were actually going to be effective. It was throw everything at the wall and see what sticks, regardless of science or even common sense.
Add to that the fact that you saw the same politicians and health officials ignoring their own rules (I just read an article about a California health official who, on the same day she announced a renewal of mask mandates was later pictured partying in a group maskless) and it just completely eliminated any trust many people had in what was being told to them. That's where much of that social and political resistance comes from.