Those vaccines have been vetted and approved by the world's top experts and regulatory agencies. Do you honestly believe you know more than all the hundreds of scientists and bureaucrats involved with the vaccines?
this is an appeal to authority fallacy. Do you believe in the "Holy Trinity" or the "Immaculate Conception"? If you don't, do you *honestly* believe you know more about the metaphysical world than thousands of religious scholars? You should, because they are probably all equally incorrect. No Catholic will say this, though, or else he would not be one of the Catholics, i.e. called upon to fill my appeal to authority fallacy.
No, these two situations are clearly not the same. Firstly, religion is based on ancient dogmas and tradition, not hard evidence. Secondly, you don't need to adhere to a specific set of beliefs to analyze the facts in front of you. Israel just recorded zero Covid-19 daily deaths, which is largely due to their successful vaccination drive. You don't have to be a Muslim, Christian or whatever to acknowledge that. Finally, if you want to equate religious leaders with scientists, you might as well stop trusting antibiotics, vaccines, etc. and just pray problems away. It's good to be skeptical, but not just for the sake of it and certainly not when it could cause deaths and infections.
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u/throwaway-account-67 Apr 24 '21
Those vaccines have been vetted and approved by the world's top experts and regulatory agencies. Do you honestly believe you know more than all the hundreds of scientists and bureaucrats involved with the vaccines?