/sci/ what are your thoughts on the vaxx? I come from a fairly conservative family and my parents in particular are extremely skeptical of the vaxx. Now, don't get me wrong my parents aren't retarded Christian fundamentalists - they're regular every day people who aren't conspiracy theorists. But they cannot get their heads past the idea that the vaccines might actually be working.

That being said, I'm not vaccinated, mostly because there's a small part of me that's still skeptical. But I would say that largely the stats don't lie. People appear to not be getting as sick from COVID if they're vaccinated. And all of my friends/ loved ones who died of COVID were unvaxxed (and had prior health conditions / old age). So tell me /sci/, why are some seemingly regular every day people like my parents so skeptical of this? Sure, maybe there's a small percentage of people who got vaxxed who had unexpected harmful side effects. But that happens with any drug. When you read the health warning on BlueChew, side effects can include heart attack, stroke, and death. Surely, that doesn't mean when I pop a chew that I'm going to die - it just means that some people will.

So why are some people skeptical of the vaxx? Is it all just bullshit arguments for being anti-vaxx or is there actually some truth in what people like my parents are saying?