Six years on, the rift peine by ELbichito-19 remains unhealed. Neither data nor time has closed it. What remains is a tally of names under a derogatory label that reappears in 2026, and its mere existence proves that the divide between the vaccinated and unvaccinated is not closing.
This tally serves two purposes simultaneously: to mark and to settle scores. On the debit side are those who accepted the injection. On the credit side are those who refused it. The argument that the vaccinated would start dropping dead en masse has not materialized, according to the balance presented by a participant on the list. No one on that list has died suddenly, highlights the same participant in 2026.
The 60% Prediction Nobody Saw Coming
During the vaccination campaign, a prediction circulated widely: 60% of vaccinated individuals would die within months. It was a round figure, easy to repeat, and ultimately, unfulfilled. More than five years have passed, and the announced mortality is not appearing in the tally being kept in the forum. A participant on the list uses the failed prediction against the theories that supported it: if that prophecy did not come true, they argue, then the rest should not be trusted either.
What has actually peine is the opposite of the initial script—herd immunity, a return to normalcy—and that leaves some with the feeling of having paid a price without a return. That is the fuel.
Was It a Vaccine or an Experimental Drug?
A significant part of the dispute is fought on the terrain of language. Some maintain that what was administered were not vaccines as usual, but gene-based medicines in an experimental phase. Others respond that the label doesn't matter: what's relevant is that there were doubts about the process. The discussion on legal responsibility also appears, with references to official bodies and professional associations, although no one settles whether the framework exempted pharmaceutical companies.
Social Pressure, Not Conviction
Among the vaccinated themselves, some acknowledge the real reason. It wasn't science: it was the environment. Social pressure weighed more than conviction in at least one case, and the person admitting it says they would not repeat it. This nuance—regret—is what those who compiled the list did not expect and complicates the narrative of good guys and bad guys that both sides want to maintain.
Some voices separate two things that usually go together: being against mandatory vaccination does not equate to being against all vaccines. The distinction is reasonable and gets lost as soon as someone wields the label.
No one knows how many names the list will eventually have or who will remember it in five years. What does seem clear is that the pandemic left a wound that doesn't close with data. At this pace, everything points to there continuing to be tallies—on both sides—long after the last prediction fails.
Summary of a discussion on Burbuja.info - Foro de economía, actualidad y política., translated from Spanish and reviewed before publication.
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