Probably I'm not but all the people that I know who are not willing to vaccinate do not fear COVID and all the people that I know who are vaccinated fear COVID.
I think just like UK government said it is your personal responsibility to protect yourself, your family and your friends, government is here after all to step in and help you with health care and legal protection and assistance if necessary.
> robably I'm not but all the people that I know who are not willing to vaccinate do not fear COVID and all the people that I know who are vaccinated fear COVID.
I suppose this is a post-facto rationalisation. If I fear the vaccine more, I would rationalise my decision to avoid it by mentally diminishing the risks of COVID.
Anti-vaccination movement is decades old it has nothing to do with COVID particularity while I do not consider myself "Anti-vaxxer" I think that it is not necessary to take every vaccine that is recommended to you.
I meant to say in my earlier post that people who are fearless approach problems in life with ease and calm but people who fear are bounded by their fear and they start thinking irrational or in another words they are driven by fear not by solidarity or patriotism. That's why I said fearless people do not vaccinate and people in fear vaccinate.
It all comes down to death rate of this pandemic being 0.1% which is not extremely high and if there is a vaccine people with underlying conditions and people with impaired immune system should probably take vaccine and everybody else are free to decide whether or not they are going to take it.
It's a nice sounding etiology. I can only speak for myself, but I've not been afraid of covid since day. This non-fear did not magically arise seven months ago because I don't want the vaccine.
Thanks for responding. It's helpful to understand exactly the argument some people are making. Would it be fair to characterize your rebuttal as "Because I'm a counter example, the article's conclusions are wrong"?
No I meant because I'm a counter example my point of view is that article's conclusions are wrong that's just my opinion.
I think they are using stereotypes in order to mark some people as Covid non-compliers.
I'm not a psychiatrist or a scientist therefore I'm not qualified to review and assert this article(paper) which is referring to scientific research study in psychology.
This could be a good opportunity to dig into what statistical reasoning is and how it works. Having additional ways to examine and critique arguments is a powerful tool.
I think just like UK government said it is your personal responsibility to protect yourself, your family and your friends, government is here after all to step in and help you with health care and legal protection and assistance if necessary.