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The appeal to education is pretty lazy and incorrect given people with PhD educations are the most likely group to be hesitant of the vaccine. [1] A huge majori
by 0xy 5y ago
The appeal to education is pretty lazy and incorrect given people with PhD educations are the most likely group to be hesitant of the vaccine. [1] A huge majority of them are Democrats. [2]
I wouldn't associate PhDs with intelligence given this information.
[1] https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20210810/covid-vaccine-hesitancy-90-million https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/2021081...
[2] https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2016/04/26/a-wider-ideological-gap-between-more-and-less-educated-adults/ https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2016/04/26/a-wider-ideo...
- mam3 5y agomaybe you should not associate uninformed trust in "experts" as intelligence either. Most scientist know how flaky scientific results and publications are. Studies like the Lancet didn't help either. I'm a PhD and waiting a few months was the smart move