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I was first in line when my vaccination window opened up, and I've kept up to date (I think) on vaccination.
I just have enough pride that I don't like being lied to.
I will say that it worries me when people sweep dis- or misinformation under the rug. There's no reason we shouldn't be given the correct information to make our decisions based upon available and truthful facts. I'm not going to re-litigate this, and I personally don't think people here are arguing for a "father knows best" mentality, but "nudging" or "shaping" public attitudes about large health initiatives by subtly manipulating information dissemination is how institutions begin to lose trust with an already weird, skeptical public that isn't exactly practicing Occam's razor all the time these days. It's a miracle if we can get basic facts to be believed and obvious solutions assented to by the average citizen. There's just no need to exacerbate diminishing public trust in organizations and institutions.
Tell the truth. Not that most people aren't doing their level best, but there is a distinct "nudge" element that still runs through our large governmental organizations, an element that began around 2008 when Cass Sunstein, author of the book by that name, began to work within the executive branch as—get this—Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. I hated that at the time and we saw the "nudge" philosophy, or the philosophy of shaped information, come home to roost no more than thirteen years later. People hate being manipulated.
That's all.