Just ended an online conversation

[snowybirdie]

with an anti vaxer who badgered my niece on FB after she posted a got vaxed photo. She went on and on about all the people she knew who suffered horrendous illness from the vaccine. Now I've lived a long time, know many people and have a large family. Not one of them suffered any serious reactions. Anyone know a good comeback to say to these fools?

[blm]

1. Two words, "You're lying."

When they say they aren’t lying then you reply with two more words, “Prove it.”

[unweird]

4. This

Enough playing nice and logical and respectful. Call ‘em out. Put up or shut up.

[StarryNite]

12. Good!

[PatSeg]

19. Yes, when people post outrageous assertions like that,

I keep it very short - "That's not true" is more than enough. Sometimes I add a smiley, which I'm sure annoys the crap out of them. They are just baiting people and looking for an argument. It would be a waste of time and energy to explain the evidence and known facts.

Some people just like to fight.

[Scrivener7]

23. Ok. Why did this never occur to me?

This isn't even snark! That is the perfect response and it never occurred to me!

[Aviation Pro]

2. "Fuck off"

Would be my first choice.

[CurtEastPoint]

7. MINE, TOO! Short and sweet. FUCK... OFF!

[thucythucy]

3. How about "Cool story, sis'."?

Chances are good to excellent that anyone who says they know lots of people suffering horrendous illness from the vaccine is probably bullshitting.

Ask them for some kind of proof, and see what happens.

[Chainfire]

5. I would have probably ended the conversation with some of my Navy language.

[Ocelot II]

6. Ask her to name names and exactly what their "horrendous illnesses" were.

Ask whether those illness identified by a doctor as having been caused by the vaccine. Tell her if she's going to be spreading that kind of nonsense she'd better be able to back it up with actual proof.

[KS Toronado]

8. It's almost impossible to discuss anything with right wing nut jobs

Tell her when she gets the delta variant you hope she kills one or more of her loved ones with it.

[blogslug]

9. report them and block them

and tell your niece to do the same

[griffi94]

10. I'm reminded of something my Grandpa told me.

"Boy, never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig."

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

11. She needs to delite the crap from the anti-vaxer

and block that person.

[brooklynite]

13. Goodbye?

Assuming this isn't a friend or relative you care about, why bother?

[Dan]

14. The bigger problem is your niece - she needs to block this stuff.

Now it anti-vaxers , tomorrow it will be ?

You need to protect her from the craziness of the internet - or it could be the death of her or the person she is. Protect her until she learns to protect herself.

[Hugin]

15. It depends on if you care what said nutjob thinks or does...

If not ask them if they've always been a liar or if this is something new.

Otherwise, any conversation is a waste of time.

[Liberal In Texas]

16. Besides telling her she's an idiot, say that nobody has ever died from the vaccine, they've died

because they didn't get the vaccine.

[Grammy23]

17. Many, many years ago when I was a kid --

my family was going on vacation to Mexico. At the time the authorities recommended getting typhoid shots prior to going so my mom took my sister and me to get the vaccine. She and my father also got it because the water in Mexico was notorious for making people sick. We were sick with fever for a couple of days after getting the shot. Our arms were quite red and sore at the injection site. Within a couple of days we were fine and back to normal.

So while we had a “reaction” to the vaccine, it was still better than getting typhoid on our trip and probably having to cut the trip short to come home for treatment. The two days of reacting to the vaccine was a small price to pay for getting protection from a disease that could have killed us.

Any inconvenience or short term illness from the Covid vaccine is far better than the risks of remaining unvaccinated and possibly facing long haul Covid or even death.

Consider THAT.

[DontBelieveEastisEas]

18. I know of Tens of Millions that have Died or had Physical Harm.

people she knew who suffered horrendous illness from the vaccine.

Mother Nature will vaccinate almost every un-vaccinated person. The Mother Nature vaccine has killed millions of people and tens of million others that were given the vaccine by Mother Nature have damaged bodies. Whether it be lungs, brain, heart, blood vessels or all of the above.

I know many of them, and knew many of them, personally.

[mainer]

20. I keep hearing "so-and-so's friend is dying from the vaccine"

But it's never anyone we know personally. It's always "a friend of a friend."

[Treefrog]

21. Block them?

Do you really think you’ll change their mind?

[Politicub]

22. The arguments are ones that people like her are primed to not accept.

There are no magic words. There may be a pithy comeback that could devise, but that will only chum the waters with troll food.

Here's a link to the facts:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/safety-of-vaccines.html

You could post the link, and cut and paste some of the pertinent information in your post.

Helping others in your family is the right attitude when it comes to replying to anti-vaxxers.

[ananda]

24. I would unfriend and block such a person.

...

[zuul]

25. "Name one person you know who suffered a horrendous illness."

She’s lying. She doesn’t know any because there aren’t any. And some anonymous source on the internet doesn’t count.

[Grins]

26. Sure!

“Let’s make a game of it. You name one who died from the vaccine - and I’ll name one MILLION who didn’t! GO!”