It's a pity that this video is inaccurate. Immunity comes from memory cells, not lingering antibodies, and it's not 100% protective against a disease, as the blue shields around the baby imply.
@shinokiba I know, but if you're going to explain something, you may as well do it right. I don't think we do anyone any favours by giving a false explanation of how something works or how effective it is, as you make people think they now understand something when they still actually don't, plus here you set up unreal expectations e.g. for the level of immunity.
For me, the main pity is that it's no use as a teaching resource.
@shinokiba No, it really, really doesn't. It sounds like someone wanting to teach people how vaccines work, and disappointed that this promising animation lets itself down by being biologically inaccurate and misleading.
If you're trying to educate people who might be anti-vaccination, then you need to acknowledge that vaccines don't always work, otherwise they'll try to use vaccinated people getting sick as a counterargument against vaccination.
It's a pity that this video is inaccurate. Immunity comes from memory cells, not lingering antibodies, and it's not 100% protective against a disease, as the blue shields around the baby imply.
madoogliani 11 months ago 2
@madoogliani So? Statistically you are much safer getting a vaccination than not getting one.
shinokiba 3 months ago
@shinokiba I know, but if you're going to explain something, you may as well do it right. I don't think we do anyone any favours by giving a false explanation of how something works or how effective it is, as you make people think they now understand something when they still actually don't, plus here you set up unreal expectations e.g. for the level of immunity.
For me, the main pity is that it's no use as a teaching resource.
madoogliani 2 months ago
@madoogliani I agree but your comment sounds like you want to stop using vaccinations, even thou they are proven to be safe and effective.
shinokiba 2 months ago
@shinokiba No, it really, really doesn't. It sounds like someone wanting to teach people how vaccines work, and disappointed that this promising animation lets itself down by being biologically inaccurate and misleading.
If you're trying to educate people who might be anti-vaccination, then you need to acknowledge that vaccines don't always work, otherwise they'll try to use vaccinated people getting sick as a counterargument against vaccination.
madoogliani 2 months ago