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Popular economists Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok maybe. And people can agree or disagree with them on a variety of issues. But describing "sanitation improves
by brownbat 7y ago
Popular economists Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok maybe. And people can agree or disagree with them on a variety of issues.
But describing "sanitation improves health outcomes" as just somebody's "narrative" feels a bit like responding to "The sky is blue," by asking "Yes, but who benefits?"
Sometimes an idea is just an idea.
- manicdee 7y agoSometimes a poorly communicated idea turns into an anti-vax movement. Other times a poorly communicated idea is used as cover for malfeasance, such as “war on drugs” which is actually about oppressing an underclass.
- catalogia 7y agoThe article isn't poorly communicated. It says that vaccines are "extremely effective", backs that up with citations and numbers, and lauds the scientific revolution.