A Breakdown Toward Better Understanding
When it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine, there’s no escaping the pressure to comply here in the U.S. With pop-up information sources on every internet search & social media interaction, as well as signs and speaker announcements in every store, it’s fairly impossible to miss the societal push to get out there and get yerself that oh-so-coveted injection.
On the side of the vaccine agreeable people, there are two main camps. The loudest of all the groups are the vaccine promoters who use guilt, shame, judgment, and mockery as a method to belittle the vaccine-cautious people. The quieter of the two camps is those who still believe everyone has the right to make their own choice, and they have decided the vaccine is the best choice for themselves.
The vaccine promoters who use judgment and shame, can seem pervasive, but are really a minority. They echo the narrative of the mainstream media and our current political leaders. Throughout our incredibly hyper-political past year, they have absorbed and helped share all the manipulative propaganda in our media streams and social media feeds. Using accusations like “You’re a conspiracy theorist” and “You must not believe science”, they have helped increase the political divide in the US between those who are worried about losing individual…
