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https://old.reddit.com/r/QAnonCasualties/comments/rb8c73/im_worried_about_getting_a_booster_because_i/hnno9dx/
posted by jillzilla at 2021-12-21 20:16

jillzilla: how an mRNA vaccine works, in metaphor form
jillzilla: [The mRNA vaccines] are literally the safest vaccine that has ever been invented. [...] Until now, to stimulate the adaptive immune system, we needed to use a dead or attenuated (weakened) version of the virus itself. No version of the virus is being used in the mRNA. Think of it like this: We are using someone in a Dracula costume to teach people to be scared of Dracula, not a weakened version of

The Phrase "No Evidence" Is a Red Flag for Bad Science Communication
posted by seti at 2021-12-21 13:31

jillzilla: "Real truth-seeking is Bayesian. You start with a prior for how unlikely something is. Then you update the prior as you gather evidence. If you gather a lot of strong evidence, maybe you update the prior to somewhere very far away from where you started, like that some really implausible thing is nevertheless true. Or that some dogma you held unquestioningly is in fact false. If you gather only a
   
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