My guess is this was written this way on purpose, to make anti vaxxers look like drooling knuckle dragging morons.
They do it to themselves.
This is a stupid equivocation. He knows what the long term effects of cigarettes are. He simply doesn't give a fuck.
There's been plenty of time to determine the long term effects from smoking. The reality is that those long term effects vary widely from individual smoker to individual smoker. The vaxx, however, has no ample time to determine any effects including efficacy. The two cannot be compared directly so the irony here is how your point has the opposite effect of what you intended it too. Also smoking is a choice and not mandated by governments or employers or authoritarians.
People have been smoking tobacco for thousands of years, the COVID 19 vaccine has been out... 6 months? The whole premise is bullshit.
Cigarette smoking causes about one of every five deaths in the United States each year.1,6 Cigarette smoking is estimated to cause the following: More than 480,000 deaths annually (including deaths from secondhand smoke) 278,544 deaths annually among men (including deaths from secondhand smoke) 201,773 deaths annually among women (including deaths from secondhand smoke)
Cigarette smoking causes premature death:
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Life expectancy for smokers is at least 10 years shorter than for nonsmokers.
Quitting smoking before the age of 40 reduces the risk of dying from smoking-related disease by about 90%.
My point was that they're making fun of a guy who was skeptical about cigarettes being bad on a false premise (not enough data which at the time could have been argued, but it still went against common sense) , and they equated the false premise to skepticism of the vaccine.
the irony flows from the smoker being skeptical about the vaccine.
Dude, motor vehicles cause more deaths per state,city,county,country,than ANY other device on the planet,what's your solution for that?Ban cars?
Dryer lint fires cause about 10 deaths per year. The NSA should monitor all our lint screens.
Context/Source?
Next time when you post something like that, think about adding a source in the context/content field.
Why? This is the internet,there is zero reason to add any type of context.Next you'll be asking proof of 'Superman or Spiderman' posts/comments.
Ah, yes, the associated press. An excellent source for unbiased and accurate reporting.
OAN swears he's a non-smoker
Ah, yes, oan. An excellent source for unbiased and accurate reporting.
The thing is we all pretty much know what the long term effects are and what the risk profile looks like. plus smoking cigs is an option and not being pushed down our throats
I'll bet this never happened. There's an exact same skit on the BBC soap Eastenders a couple of months ago.
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