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Igor Chudov's avatar

I will start this pinned message wiith "best practices" gleaned from your replies. To be edited based on your suggestions.

** Read Josh Guetskow "Reaching People" article

https://jackanapes.substack.com/p/how-to-reach-people-across-the-divide

Some thoughts from the readers:

- Most important is to persuade them to WAIT a few weeks. This makes the job half done

- Mention your personal acquiaintainces who died or were hurt by vaccines

- Refer to Europe banning Moderna for young people

- Promote general skepticism of pharma industry as that "opens the door" to doubt

Also, general approach to persuasion is that it must involve ACTIVE LISTENING and empathy. The person you are trying to convince, must feel that they are listened to, valued and understood.

A common topic (coming from those who changed their minds, or changed minds of others) is to make the deciding person watch a video. Some suggestions to be compiled later.

Amazing response from a professional persuader LAWYERLisa (seatch for it): recognize the person type and act according to the type.

Recommend everyone to NOT use Google for "doing their own Covid research".

For the more closed minded people, ASK QUESTIONS rather than tell them how to think.

User MP was convinced by a family friend antivax doctor. If you know anyone who is a health professional, and is against vaccines, see if you can get them together.

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Great questions to ask:

Generic Subscriber

3 hr ago

Start seeding doubt with simple questions to try to kick start the critical thinking that has gone to sh1t the last several years...

- Have you read the 5-10 year impact study? (impossible, not out long enough)

- If an expert tells you a NEW product is 'safe and effective' with no long-term data to support that position, is that not a lie? (good time to bring up the European warnings/bans regarding Moderna)

- If an expert lies to you about long term impact, why do they deserve your trust without verification? How else may they be misleading you?

- What is the track record for these experts on related issues? On mask flip-flopping. On safe social distancing (5' vs 6'). On disinfecting groceries. On 'two-weeks' to slow. On restricting outdoor activity. On disinfecting outdoor furniture. On sitting/eating maskless being safe. On street-side tent restaurants being safe but not indoor restaurants. On lockdowns and school closures to prevent spread. On vaccines neutralizing covid. On vaccines stopping the spread of covid.

- Putting aside fear, anger, suspicion, and other emotions - have you done an honest risk assessment to compare the unknown risk of a novel treatment against the known risk of a negative outcome based on age and co-morbidities?

Very important -- if you do not have direct control over the person, do not forbid or command people. Make them make their own decision.

For those who are swayed by "majority", point out that the majority of Americans refused booster shots.

MY OWN TALKING POINT

-- Vaccines are hard. There NEVER was any successful vaccine against ANY coronavirus

-- There NEVER was a successful, safe, effective and approved mRNA application.

What makes you think that Covid vax would succeed?

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Oregonian's avatar

The first thing that made me against COVD vaccines was an article posted by the Salk institute that the Spike protein was an agent of disease that could effect the heart, brain, lungs, and other vascular tissue.

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