I think pre-Covid, people had a fairly high confidence in vaccines in general.
But then you had the Covid vaccines being rushed through trials that would typically number in years rather than months.
Add to this that mRNA vaccines (e.g.: Moderna) are relatively new and at the onset of Covid, no mRNA drug or vaccine had been licensed for use in humans. The had in fact, up to this point in time, very poor results testing mRNA drugs for cardiovascular, metabolic and renal diseases, selected targets for cancer; and rare diseases like Crigler–Najjar syndrome, with most tests finding that the side-effects of the mRNA delivery methods were too serious (link).
Also add to this traditional protein based vaccines (e.g. AstraZeneca) have been shown to have caused serious side effects (TTS - thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome), even death in some cases. Overall the rate of TTS is estimated to be about 6 cases per million people vaccinated. But the rate is estimated to be higher (20-40 cases per million) in those under 50 years of age. As a point of comparison, a severe allergic reaction to the Polio vaccine is around 1 case per million.
And finally you have big tech and the MSM (which people already have low confidence in their ability to report accurately or impartially) actively trying to censor, or shut down any discussion around why people might want to hold off getting the vaccine, making it look like they have something to hide. And yet organisations like the BBC get a surprised Pikachu face when they see the number of antivaxxers are jumping up substantially.
People (in general) aren't as stupid as the media would like them to be.
I think pre-Covid, people had a fairly high confidence in vaccines in general.
But then you had the Covid vaccines being rushed through trials that would typically number in years rather than months.
Add to this that mRNA vaccines (e.g.: Moderna) are relatively new and at the onset of Covid, no mRNA drug or vaccine had been licensed for use in humans. The had in fact, up to this point in time, very poor results testing mRNA drugs for cardiovascular, metabolic and renal diseases, selected targets for cancer; and rare diseases like Crigler–Najjar syndrome, with most tests finding that the side-effects of the mRNA delivery methods were too serious (link).
Also add to this traditional protein based vaccines (e.g. AstraZeneca) have been shown to have caused serious side effects (TTS - thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome), even death in some cases. Overall the rate of TTS is estimated to be about 6 cases per million people vaccinated. But the rate is estimated to be higher (20-40 cases per million) in those under 50 years of age. As a point of comparison, a severe allergic reaction to the Polio vaccine is around 1 case per million.
And finally you have big tech and the MSM (which people already have low confidence in their ability to report accurately or impartially) actively trying to censor, or shut down any discussion around why people might want to hold off getting the vaccine, making it look like they have something to hide. And yet organisations like the BBC get a surprised Pikachu face when they see the number of antivaxxers are jumping up substantially.
People (in general) aren't as stupid as the media would like them to be.