According to this essay in the Epoch Times, those in favor of the vaccine were so fanatical that they created skeptics. For example, they absolutely insisted that having the virus and recovering from it wasn’t as good as getting the vaccine, which just seemed absurd and was contradicted by a study in Israel (if I remember correctly). But the fanatics shouted people down, insisting that the “science” was on their side. It might be years before people trust “the science” again.
They could have been moderate. They could have suggested that people get the vaccine without demanding that they get it, but the proponents got so fanatical that that wasn’t good enough for them. Nothing less would do than that they treat the unvaccinated as second-class citizens.
Not only was trust in science destroyed, but trust in government, banks, and who knows what else will be low for a long time.
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