It's not straw man if they really are (cov)idiots.

And the reason the media doesn't give any platform to Anti vax shit is because it's dangerously misinformative and has real consequences when vaccine hesitancy affects the nation's ability to combat a disease and sets us back into endless lockdowns. If it passed clinical trials and there are no masses of people coming forward with terrible side effects then anybody telling you it's not safe is either crazy, messing with you, or has their own agenda.