{"id":105558,"date":"2021-07-29T20:42:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T01:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=105558"},"modified":"2021-07-29T20:43:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T01:43:32","slug":"encouraging-the-anti-vaxxers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=105558","title":{"rendered":"Encouraging the Anti-Vaxxers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- RSR AD 1 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"7759247395\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/p>\n<p><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=105558\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=105558\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-105559 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/4664-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/4664-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/4664-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/4664.jpg 890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Bethany \u201cBST2\u201d Armstrong<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t argue with an anti-vaxxer. Period. Science and statistics mean nothing when they\u2019re getting misinformation fed to them regularly. In fact, a 2015 study showed that giving anti-vaxxers data directly from the CDC changed their opinion as often as being read a statement about feeding birds (the control group) which was no change whatsoever. The one thing that did change minds was showing graphic images of illnesses and deaths that could have been prevented by a vaccination. Focusing on why vaccines are crucial rather than how vaccines are safe had a much more significant impact.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This doesn\u2019t appear to be working in the case of covid-19 vaccines. The ridiculous amount of misinformation on social media and the \u201cnews\u201d has insured they only trust sources that reinforce their beliefs. So, the next best way to change the rate of vaccinations is money.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not talking about paying these fuckwits&#8230;. I\u2019m talking about an individual mandate penalty ala Obamacare. I\u2019m talking about a ding on your taxes for every month you and your eligible family members (I.e., children over 12) do not take the vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d also like to suggest a lottery for those who are already vaccinated called \u201cSlap a Republican who Lied about Covid.\u201d I know it\u2019s not realistic but the idea of Mitch feeling the back of my hand across his deflated rubber sex-doll face gives me tingles in my no-no zone.<\/p>\n<p>[si-contact-form form=&#8217;2&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Bethany \u201cBST2\u201d Armstrong You can\u2019t argue with an anti-vaxxer. Period. Science and statistics mean nothing when they\u2019re getting misinformation fed to them regularly. In fact, a 2015 study showed that giving anti-vaxxers data directly from the CDC changed their opinion as often as being read a statement about feeding birds (the control group) which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22247,18030],"tags":[27053],"class_list":["post-105558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political-columns","category-world-news","tag-encouraging-the-anti-vaxxers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105558"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}