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Conspiracy theorist antivaxxer struggling with comprehension
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They aren't struggling with comprehension, they are being deliberate about misrepresenting the facts.
Most likely both
Yeah, they (OP or whoever told OP about it) probably started reading the paper with a predetermined conclusion and read until they found the data that "supported" it.
They "did their own research"
Yeah, this. They don’t want to know facts. They are actively resisting reality. Doesn’t matter that ~40 people per million per two doses had adverse effects to the vaccine and most likely recovered just fine while hundreds of thousands got sick and died from the disease and who knows how many survived because they were vaccinated.
An estimated 7 million deaths since 2020. About 250 deaths a week in the US on an ongoing basis. And that is just deaths, not serious sickness or long term consequences after being sick.
We dont know, but we can estimate. COVID-19 vaccinations averted between 1.4 to 4 million deaths during 2020-2024.
This is a hobby with flat Earthers, MAGA, and antivaxxers. They make weird shit up and then pretend to believe it. Numerology. Conspiracy theories. They dont think there is any harm in it and like to troll "the libs" and debate them to waste everyone's time. The bad thing is that you get a portion of them that start truly believing these tales ... we have a few dozen holding US offices now.
Yeah, we should invent new words for this, they aren't stupid, they weaponise stupidity for their own gains.
That word is disinformation
They know it's a lie, they're posting it anyway because they think the ends justify the means
What they post/say is misinformation but the act of doing it knowingly, "shamelessly trying to fuck you over" is what I can come up with.
misinformation is posting incorrect information accidentally
disinformation is posting incorrect information intentionally
Yeah you're right, but "disinforming" just doesn't sound like bad enough.
i remember the days before conservatives antivaxxers took over the sub, right befor trump was elected. you can actually have a conversation with them, without having them doubling down.