Vaccine hesitancy was steadily increasing prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and with the emergence of the new mRNA shots and vaccine mandates, it probably increased even more. The causes of this hesitancy is commonly attributed to “misinformation” and “fake news” according to government affiliated health agencies and legacy media. The science and evidence that has raised legitimate safety concerns with mRNA vaccines, for example, is unfortunately never really appropriately addressed or acknowledged. The mainstream continues to fail at having appropriate conversations about ‘controversial’ topics.
Political rhetoric has descended into moralizing, scapegoating, blaming and condescending language using pejorative terms. It actively promotes stigma and discrimination as tools to increase vaccination. Physicians and proponents of COVID-19 forced vaccination have also taken on this mentality throughout the pandemic, perhaps because they see the same behaviour via television programming.
A recent notice for Physicians in Ontario, Canada for example from the Ontario College of Physicians (CPSO) reads as follows with regards to vaccine hesitancy,
“It is also important that physicians work with their patients to manage anxieties related to the vaccine and not enable avoidance behaviour. For example, for extreme fear of needles (trypanophobia) or other cases of serious concern, responsible use of prescription medications and/or referral to psychotherapy may be available options. Overall, physicians have a responsibility to allow their patients to be properly informed about vaccines and not have those anxieties empowered by an exemption.”
Now, if someone has an extreme fear of needles and that is the issue, then psychotherapy may actually be appropriate. It would be like therapy for any other phobia someone is trying to get over, for example. That being said, if their fear of COVID-19 shots is due to the risks they pose, and again, the science showing cause for concerns, then that is a completely different issue. If this is the case, psychotherapy is not needed, and physicians would be better off acknowledging and addressing these concerns instead of brushing them off as “conspiracy theories.” In some cases, many physicians may be completely unaware of the science and data that is most likely contributing to vaccine hesitancy simply because medical associations and government bodies for physicians, like the CPSO, are not relaying them to their physicians.
In fact, the CPSO website did not include the specific example of a patient with a “fear of needles,” but instead simply read that in “cases of serious concern, responsible use of prescription medications and/or referral to psychotherapy are available options.”
Below, on the left you will see the original statement.
While the CPSO website claims that physicians “have a responsibility to allow their patients to be properly informed about vaccines,” their recommendation of “medication” or “psychotherapy” for those who have concerns about the vaccine suggests a disregard for those who opted out of the shots based on other information, like the fact that a record number of serious adverse events being reported to vaccine injury surveillance systems all over the world.
In the United States for example, CDC data that was released on October 3 of this year shows approximately 783,000 people reported seeking medical attention for what they perceived to be a serious adverse reaction after getting their COVID-19 vaccine.
By not addressing these concerns, more and more people are losing trust in both physicians and federal health regulatory agencies at an exponential pace.
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