>I've actually had quite a bit of success listening to these people and addressing their concerns point by point with citations to studies. They may be less edu

>I've actually had quite a bit of success listening to these people and addressing their concerns point by point with citations to studies. They may be less educated and informed, but they're not blithering idiots and will come around if you engage in a good faith discussion with them Would they have been so receptive if it was a stranger rather than a family member feeding them the same information? The example I was thinking of wasn't a blithering idiot. He was an engineer who was afraid of needles. That kind of turned him into an idiot with respect to vaccines.