“You can’t take medicine without hesitation, and you can’t take aspirin without hesitation. There are also case studies where someone gets a stomach bleeding and dies from it, ”said Moder in the“ Wien heute ”interview with moderator Patrick Budgen. The crucial question is always whether you have a greater risk or greater benefit when you take a drug.
“I would definitely get vaccinated with AstraZeneca. For the simple reason that not vaccinating is so much more risky than vaccinating. Let’s say this side effect would occur – with a probability of 1: 250,000, then the risk of permanent damage would still be so much greater if I postpone my vaccination time. “
Martin Moder with Patrick Budgen
He is considered a hunter of corona myths and has been passing on his knowledge to the Science Busters on ORF since this week.
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Hostilities after explanatory videos
Does vaccination make you sterile? “No.” Do I inhale too much CO2 when I wear a mask? “No.” Moder clears up corona myths in his videos. He researches for around two weeks for each video. “Then I write the script in one day and then there is another day to shoot and edit.”
Moder is often hostile to his work. “I read maybe one percent of all the comments and messages because there are so many.” The reactions vary depending on the platform. “There is hardly any hostility on Instagram. But when Rudolf Anschober shares a video of me on Facebook, it goes in the comments as if the 4th World War had broken out. There are insults like ‘fascist’, various swear words, ‘Dr. Mengele ‘. “
Appearances with Science Busters
Moder has been a member of the Science Busters since 2016, but he became really known through his YouTube channel. There he deals with the coronavirus, vaccinations and the pandemic – but in the style of the Science Busters: humorous, understandable and always with props that speak for themselves. Since September 2020, the 33-year-old has been explaining scientific phenomena to a young audience every week in the ORF knowledge magazine “Fannys Friday”.
Friend is a doctor on the “Corona ward”
The lockdowns also had a big impact on Moder’s life. “Before that, I lived with my girlfriend in such a small 40-square-meter apartment. It’s a bit small if you can’t get out. And that was one of the driving factors that we move together somewhere and treat ourselves to 60 square meters, ”says Moder. “She works as a doctor in the hospital on a corona ward. And so we thought we’d move close to the hospital. If she’s been working all day in the wake of the pandemic, at least she doesn’t have to drive home that long. “
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