# Vaccine refuser data thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccine-refuser-data-thread/929542>\
**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** factual, covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [January 2, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccine-refuser-data-thread/929542 "2021-01-02T21:01:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccine-refuser-data-thread/929542/117 "2021-01-29T02:49:31Z")

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> [@PhillyGuy](#):
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> It’s not an area where perfect rationality prevails.

I recognize that. Maybe there are lessons to be taken from the smallpox example you give. In other words, maybe we shouldn’t be so quick to paint those who are hesitant as political ideologues or conspiracy theorists.

I just don’t see where that kind of characterization is helpful. The job should be to persuade those who are hesitant, not to alienate them with some kind of intellectual superiority. The latter often backfires.

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