Except... vaccines are safe and effective. It is difficult to empathize with the skeptics in this case because they are objectively wrong.
If you hear the phrase "safe and effective" and assume by default that you're being lied to or that some kind of NLP is being practiced on you simply because the phrase is common, then you aren't practicing reasonable skepticism, you're just being a knee-jerk contrarian and paranoiac.
Obviously there are more critical arguments, but as I said at the top, this isn't the place for a reasonable discussion on that front. Even if it were, there's nothing novel to say. Anyone interested in going deep into the issue has had about 5 years to form their own opinions.
>>From that point it shouldn't be difficult to empathize with the skeptics.
If you hear the phrase "safe and effective" and assume by default that you're being lied to or that some kind of NLP is being practiced on you simply because the phrase is common, then you aren't practicing reasonable skepticism, you're just being a knee-jerk contrarian and paranoiac.