There is no topic that divides society more than vaccines. Perhaps since World War II, society has never been as divided as it is today. I personally have a positive opinion on vaccines, which I am slowly afraid to present because of aggressive anti-vaxxers. Never have disinformation and propaganda been as successful as they are today, and never have disinformation and propaganda done as much damage as they have today, perhaps since World War II during the time of German Nazism.
Instead of a rational discussion about vaccines, the discussion has been reduced to an emotional level, in the sense that anyone who has a positive opinion about vaccines must be hated, they are the enemy.
The government made a mistake by not regulating alternative media several years ago. Today, disinformation has grown out of hand, and it is too late to deal with it.
Foreign secret services, which are waging a hybrid cold war against Europe, are certainly very pleased that anti-vaxxer propaganda is spreading in Europe, and they undoubtedly actively support it. In this way, they can trouble Europe both medically and economically.
The success of disinformation also has its rational basis. The situation due to corona is difficult and brings a lot of suffering. People are understandably angry and tired of it. When they are extremely angry, people are so blinded by emotions that they forget about reason. They forget to use reason.
Anti-vaxxer propaganda has no logic.
Anti-vaxxers have forgotten that their propaganda has no logic. It's very simple. You don't have to be an Einstein to know how to count two plus two, and you'll find that anti-vaxxer propaganda is baseless. I can't understand how far human stupidity can go and what nonsense people can believe.On the one hand, anti-vaxxers are against lockdowns and masks, but on the other hand, by refusing vaccination, they are doing the exact opposite of what would prevent it. Logic dictates that if I am against masks and lockdown, I should be in favor of vaccines.
For disinformation media, when it comes to Western vaccines, all vaccines are the worst thing in the world, which politicians are trying to poison us with. But as soon as there is talk of the Russian vaccine, suddenly, in the space of one second, we can change our minds by 180 degrees and suddenly vaccines as a whole are the best thing in the world. Human stupidity knows no bounds, that people can fall for such contradictory propaganda. While anti-vaxxers would lay down their lives for the Russian Sputnik vaccine, Western vaccines are poison to them. Don't be mad at me, but people must really have shit in their heads when they believe such nonsense.
Furthermore, hoaxes were spread that mRNA vaccines would genetically alter humans. This is not true. However, the fact is that certain limited genetic changes in immune cells occur after using a vector vaccine such as AstraZeneca or Sputnik, source here . The biggest joke, however, is that the disinformation media did not report that the Sputnik V vaccine can cause certain genetic changes in DNA. The disinformation media reported exactly the opposite of the truth. Well, human stupidity knows no bounds. What more can be added.
Anti-vaxxers are mostly fans of authoritarian dictatorial regimes such as Hungary or Russia. Anti-vaxxers have somehow forgotten that Viktor Orbán is a great supporter of vaccination. In this respect, Orbán is not a role model for them. Vladimir Putin was also vaccinated with Sputnik. So, if our anti-vaxxers distrust our domestic politicians and admire Orbán and Putin, they should take an example from them.
It is very easy for opposition politicians like Robert Fico to spread anti-vaxxer hoaxes when they have no responsibility, as they are not in government. However, if a given politician already has responsibility, regardless of whether they are a democrat or a dictator, they will always promote vaccination.
I was surprised that even politician Andrej Danko has more comments and shares under his anti-vaxxer statuses on Facebook than when he was still in politics, which is very surprising. We live in a very sad time when a politician's popularity depends on how strong an anti-vaxxer they are. If a politician starts saying what people want to hear, they become popular. The bigger the anti-vaxxer, the more popular they are.
Alternative disinformation media are very critical of the preferential treatment of vaccinated people and compare it to apartheid. Well, it is interesting that such propaganda is spread by the media that most promote political parties that are close to neo-Nazism.
Alternative disinformation media are very critical of the preferential treatment of vaccinated people and criticize COVID passes, while forgetting that in Russia, the preferential treatment of vaccinated people and COVID passes were introduced even earlier than in Europe . This applies to some Russian regions such as Moscow and others. Chechnya , which is also part of the Russian Federation, has also introduced mandatory vaccination. Anti-vaxxers claim that Russia should be a role model for us in everything. Well, there you go.
I am also very angry that the Slovak media did not report on these things, at least I did not notice them. I have been saying for a long time that the quality of Slovak and Czech media cannot be compared. Our Slovak journalists still have a lot of milk to drink to catch up with the Czechs in terms of quality. The Slovak media, with their low quality of information, only help anti-vaxxers.
I don't watch Slobodný vysielač, I just noticed that the mentally disturbed Adriana Krajníková has a regular show there. The decline of society knows no bounds when such lunatics get such a large media space. I feel sorry for people who stoop to such a low level and take this person seriously.
Igor Bukovský
The great guru, the apostle of anti-vaxxers, is Igor Bukovský.I consider it a mistake that TA3 television invited this person to the show at least once, where he spread his delusions. It is at least irresponsible on the part of the television to allow the spread of misinformation on such a serious topic as public health and the economy associated with it.
The reason why Bukovský publishes videos is that this topic, which divides society, will bring him high viewership and thus it can be a substantial part of his financial income.
Bukovský complains that YouTube has deleted some of his videos. If you have three reports in the last three months, the rules are that they will delete your channel completely. I think that won't happen, though, because his videos would have to be judged by an independent commission from YouTube, which is not in an economic conflict of interest. As long as Bukovský doesn't chop up small children in his videos, YouTube won't delete his channel, because it won't have a reason to lose advertising revenue because of Bukovský's widely watched channel.
I knew Mr. Bukovský well from the times before COVID, when he did not focus on the topic of vaccination, which divides society so much. Even then, I considered him an untrustworthy person. A militaristic fighter against the consumption of animal fats. However, serious science says that animal fats are also necessary and important for human health in low and appropriate doses. For example, animal fats contain sterols, which are chemically similar to sex hormones in men and women, testosterone, estrogen, and we need them for life. Things are not black and white.
Another thing is that Bukovský is a fighter against milk consumption, which is another pseudoscientific delusion. Milk and dairy products are the only commonly available form of calcium, calcium phosphate, which is directly biologically absorbable. With common calcium supplements, most of it is excreted in urine and feces. A calcium supplement in the form of calcium phosphate is very difficult to find in Slovakia; you will very rarely find an e-shop that sells it, and even then, who knows what dubious quality it is. Milk's main component is calcium phosphate. Teeth and bones are also made of the exact same chemical substance, calcium phosphate. If you want to have healthy teeth without cavities, consuming milk and dairy products is important. I remember an older video of Bukovský where he claimed that he did not recommend milk consumption because there was supposedly no study confirming that people who drink milk have fewer bone fractures. This argument is quite far-fetched.
And let's not be naive that Bukovský's arguments on the topics of COVID and vaccination will be more credible than those about milk.
Religious fanaticism and human stupidity
So as not to criticize only the human stupidity of anti-vaxxers, to be objective, I will also mention human stupidity in connection with religious fanaticism. Anti-vaxxer propaganda is not the only topic where the experiment with manipulation and total control of the human mind has been very successful.Anyone who has not authentically encountered a religious fanatic firsthand will hardly be able to understand their toxicity, danger, and severity. And yet, it's not just a few madmen; demographically, it's certainly a not insignificant number of people. We see the result in politics, how these people have managed to assert themselves.
A religious fanatic cannot understand that religion, the church, and the church community are open to criticism and can also have flaws. This is the root of why a fanatic cannot get rid of their fanaticism. When you mention any criticism to them, they react very hurt, irritated, and even aggressively. From their perspective, the fault lies with you, not with them, when you dare to blaspheme God and see fault in the church or religion.
Furthermore, you wouldn't believe how much energy and time a religious fanatic is willing to put into practicing religion, believing that they will be rewarded for it after death in the afterlife. It doesn't occur to them to ask whether the church is telling them the truth about the rules of life after death and what will happen after death.
A religious fanatic will never admit that he could be wrong, because then he would have to admit a very unpleasant truth about himself, that the enormous amount of energy and time he spent on religion for 40 years of his life was in vain – and such an idea is terrifying.