For anyone wondering about IgG4 and why they're suddenly backing off of vaccination campaigns:
@subjacentish and they really are pumping the brakes on vaccines eh 🤔
@nb_covid_info Yeah if you look at the guidance on Vaccinations (e.g. here in Ontario), they have backed WAY WAY off suddenly. People who don't understand the IgG4 mess think this is some "mass infection" policy. It isn't.
@subjacentish @nb_covid_info I've been having bad feelings about why the sudden backing off, as well. I'd wondered if there was bad news of which we weren't being apprised. Why has this flown under the radar? More proof that *any* questioning of our saviour vaccines is *that* taboo?
@trendless @subjacentish @nb_covid_info
Yes. That is why. All of the air is taken up by vaxx vs anti-vaxx in this space.
I've mentioned before that I try to rarely say the "v" word at all. I came to the conclusion a year or two ago now from my scientific journal reading that both anti-vaxx and endless vaccines are bad, for very different reasons. If it weren't a non-stop vaxx vs anti-vaxx fight I think the science could have been more clear by now, but there's not a lot of people who want to look too deeply into it and feed an anti-vaxx narrative.
It'd be nice if we could just have good science and good decisions that didn't rely on political or marketing calculations, but we don't, so this is another situation we're all on our own with. The science, frankly, isn't fully developed, so it's hard to make concrete decisions at this point, but, it's made so much worse in that it can't even be discussed openly. Nuance is hard and people don't generally take the time to understand shades of good and bad when making decisions, unfortunately, so they're looking for a line in the sand with a good and a bad side and there's plenty of people willing to give them that.
@BE 🎯🎯🎯 @subjacentish @nb_covid_info