(LifeSite) In an unexpected twist, the outspoken pro-vaccine cartoonist behind the famous comic strip Dilbert has admitted that when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccines he “lost” and those skeptical of the jab “won.”
“I’m going to tell you that … the anti-vaxxers appear to be right,” Scott Adams said in a video posted to YouTube on Sunday.
“Somebody who did not get vaccinated, got a little ‘omicron’ or maybe even a worse [strain] but recovered, now you’ve got natural immunity, can we all agree that that was the winning path?” the famed cartoonist inquired.
“The smartest, happiest people are the ones who didn’t get the vaccination, and they’re still alive!” Adams exclaimed.
In even more direct terms, Adams posted a link to the video on his Twitter page, writing, “The anti-vaxxers won. I lost.”
The anti-vaxxers won. I lost. Episode 1995 EXCERPT – AntiVaxxers Win https://t.co/5LDNeZ4sbv via @YouTube
— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) January 21, 2023
Later in the video, Adams doubles and triples down on his thesis that the “unvaccinated” have “won,” saying that as it stands “they came out the best, they have the winning position.”
“They [the unvaccinated] feel better. The thing they’re not worrying about is what I have to worry about, which is, ‘I wonder if that vaccination, five years from now … ‘” Adams stated before comically cutting the video.
Adams then went on to explain that from what he can tell, the main difference between those who took the shot and those who did not was the level of trust each of the groups had in “government” and “big companies.”
“So, if you just took the position, ‘let’s just distrust everything the government did,’ you won!” he added with a laugh.
Many have since taken to social media to react to Adams’ concession, with podcaster and former professor of evolutionary biology Bret Weinstein writing:
People like @ScottAdamsSays are retracing their steps. That’s good. But it’s not a moment to leap to conclusions about how others got it right. ‘Distrust of government/authority/medicine’ worked for some. Scientific skepticism saved others from these dangerously novel “vaccines.” https://t.co/IstwpPwMrQ
— Bret Weinstein (@BretWeinstein) January 22, 2023
Dr. Simone Gold, founder of America’s Frontline Doctors, had a similar reaction as Weinstein, stating:
We are not “anti-vaxxers.”
We are anti-liars. https://t.co/RkTi8A1W1U
— Dr. Simone Gold (@drsimonegold) January 22, 2023
