I don’t do many hot takes. It’s not my thing. Plenty of journos out there with good research skills and eloquent assessment. So, please bear with me while I push out my quick and impulsive reaction.
More and more are coming out admitting their buyer’s remorse. It takes courage to do it. And I don’t mean the ones waving their flags and blowing their whistles out of their limited hangouts.
I hope those whose positions are similar to Scott’s seek assessment and detoxification treatment, and above all, not loose sight of the fact that the body has miraculous healing properties and its intelligence is wiser than we’ve come to understand.
I beseech all my fellow anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists, pariahs, outcasts, fighters, and DYOR folk to resist the urge to dunk on anyone. The energies have shifted. The truth is coming around main stream. The apologies have begun. And none of it feels like winning.
OK, so anti-vaxxers won. Now let's talk about the sort of changes we need to make to regulatory bodies (CDC, FDA, WHO, etc.), government, the pharmaceutical industry, and the media to make sure this never happens again.
We all lost. Scott and others like him appear to have lost more. Time for truth, accountability, reconciliation. Good luck on that to all of us.