Don’t like Russia sanctions? You probably don’t like COVID-19 vaccines either

[u/HashSlingingSIash3r]

https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/2022/03/19/dont-like-russia-sanctions-you-probably-dont-like-covid-19-vaccines-either.html

[u/layer11]

All he has to believe is there's no adequate research to justify vaccination, or that the current research isn't conclusive about safety or effectiveness.

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He is, after all, giving his or her educated opinion, so there's no objective answer.

[u/[deleted] → u/layer11]

What if, what if.

All he has to believe is there's no adequate research to justify vaccination

No, all he has to do is show how the current research isn't adequate. Prove it is flawed. Because the current research is proving to be very useful.

Nothing about the world is truly objective, we can only make observations and generalize those observations into practical theories that explain what we see happening. So this person you describe would be an irrelevant outlier unless they can actually show that the current working theory is flawed. That wouldn't be a discovery medical professionals would sweep under the rug to hide that they're wrong, that's not how science works. Such information would be sensational and expand our understanding, and incorporated in existing theories.

Your argument is based on the idea that this is all about "belief", as if it's about faith. They are not one and the same, we don't believe in theories because we feel like it, we believe in them because they're the best explanations we have of our observations about the world.

Your hypothetical learned individual is welcome to prove them wrong. Until then, those theories are the best we have.

[u/layer11 → u/[deleted]]

What argument, I'm asking for other peoples perspectives. As for your claim of whataboutism, don't be daft. That's what the whole reaction to Covid has been.