I have never been anti-vax. I've always supported vaccines, and even made fun of people who were against them. But I am skeptical of the COVID vaccine, and it has made me have to consciously review my opinions on all other vaccines. I'm surely not unique in this regard, and I'm certain other people are in the same boat.

Speaking of: does anyone else remember how making fun of anti-vaxxers became so mainstream about four years ago? The memes were plentiful, and every anti-vaxxer was made fun of. Even at the time I thought it was a bit strange that memes that were literally about dead babies (things like "what is an anti-vax child's first words? None, he died before he could talk" or whatever) were so casually shared on Facebook and elsewhere.

Then Facebook announced they would be banning/censoring anti-vax content. Which made no sense to me at the time, even though I was on board with making fun of these people, because it's not like their movement was picking up steam.

And now, four years or so later, conveniently a vaccine is at the forefront of public debate.

The conspiracy theorist in me says that the anti-vax jokes and memes four years ago were all manufactured, set up precisely so that the average person associates anyone being against any sort of vaccine with a moron, knowing that in four years a questionable vaccine would be brought to market and they would need to win over public perception.