I volunteer at an ongoing fundraising sale; we have kept it going through most of the pandemic despite most other sales of its type being closed. Today a customer stopped by; a lady in her late 60s. We started to talk about vaccines, and I expected her to say what everyone else I've run into who is her age has said; that she was so thrilled to have been vaccinated, or so eager to be vaccinated. But, to my astonishment, she did not. She explained her reluctance, and many of her arguments were ones that are mentioned here, including ADE and autoimmune risks and fact that vaccines have traditionally required years of testing to establish safety and the problem that science has become a business driven by profits. She said she was quite healthy without any medications and was hoping to stay that way, at least until she had more information from a source that she actually trusted - but she was not sure whom she would trust at this point, given the misinformation she has seen in the news.

Her knowledge and position were especially surprising since she does not have a computer of any sort; she is not reading articles or blogs online. Then she mentioned that her father had worked for Merck for 50 years.