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When there are literally millions of medical experts recommending taking vaccines, why would you expect most people to do otherwise? We're not all medical expe

• devtul 4y ago
  It wasn't really a recommendation per gov policy in many countries, it was take the shot or else type of deal. Also any talk that didn't toe the official line was deemed "misinformation".
  • rightbyte 4y ago
    The goalposts for what was "misinformation" moved all the time too. Making the whole misinformation information campaign silly stupid, but one just doubled down on it.
• poszlem 4y ago
  The problem is not that people "don't trust others". The problem seems to be that some people "trust the wrong people" (according to some "experts"). The biggest problem with the so called "experts" is that they seem to think that they are automatically owned our trust. But there does not seem to be any penalty for getting things wrong (don't mask, mask with cloth mask, mask with n95). It's also quite interesting that even the ancient people knew about different modes of persuasion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modes_of_persuasion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modes_of_persuasion There was Ethos, Logos, and Pathos. The appeal to authority, to emotions, and to the logical truth of the claim. You need all of them to convince someone to something. Somehow modern experts think that the only thing they need is Ethos and enough legal might to enforce compliance.