The first bit seems in tension with the second bit, no?
“Truthful counterarguments” is probably not the best phrase; I meant something more like “epistemically virtuous counterarguments”. Like, responding to “what if there are long-term harms from COVID vaccines” with “that’s possible but not very likely, and it is much worse to get COVID, so getting the vaccine is overall safer” rather than “there is no evidence of long-term harms”.
“Truthful counterarguments” is probably not the best phrase; I meant something more like “epistemically virtuous counterarguments”. Like, responding to “what if there are long-term harms from COVID vaccines” with “that’s possible but not very likely, and it is much worse to get COVID, so getting the vaccine is overall safer” rather than “there is no evidence of long-term harms”.