A lot of anti-vaxxers don't even believe what they're saying. They're lying. They know they are lying. They pretend to believe it. I'm not talking about all of you. You know who you are. It's extremely childish, anti-social behaviour. At the end of the day, I don't care if you get jabbed... But, you are influencing less intelligent people. Same thing with Trump. Most of his supporters were fully aware that the election denial stuff was bullshit. Trump knows it's bullshit. The problem is there's a small group of young impressionable people who haven't been taught how to think critically.
The data from NSW is clear. The vast majority of deaths are unvaccinated. The vast majority of severe illness is unvaxxed... and - most importantly - those dying from COVID who are fully vaccinated are almost entirely people with immune issues. Their immune system doesn't illicit a response from the vax. They get COVID. They die, with or without the vaccination. It makes no difference for them. If your immune system doesn't work, vaccinations are very hit and miss. These rare cases account for almost all of the deaths from vaccinations in Australia, which are - at worst - around one in a million.
One of the problems with the internet is: people don't bother reading beyond the first paragraph. They skim articles. They don't bother looking at the actual data. This, combined with the rapid decline of journalistic integrity, is a recipe for disaster.