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These don't seem to separate people who don't believe in the scientific concept behind vaccines and those who don't trust a government that did MKUltra and http

• JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  > don't seem to separate people who don't believe in the scientific concept behind vaccines and those who don't trust a government that did MKUltra The second paper absolutely differentiates between “strong supporters, supporters with concerns, vaccine hesitant, and ‘anti-vax’,” finding the last category “is small in all three countries, while the strong supporter class is the largest across all three countries.” At the end of the day, someone confident the Earth is flat because they distrust government is as wrong as someone who believes so for pseudoscientific reasons. (Hence, maybe, why not having a college degree increases one’s chances of being anti-vax.)
  • BoingBoomTschak 2y ago
    You're mixing strength and motive of the repulsion. And your second comparison is simply misguided, as the Earth is either flat or it is not, while the powers that be doing whatever they want isn't a constant fixed in time and space, thus you can't be "wrong" per se for doubting them.
    • JumpCrisscross 2y ago
      > the Earth is either flat or it is not, while the powers that be doing whatever they want isn't a constant fixed in time and space The powers that be have as much effect on immunological biochemistry as they do on Earth’s shape. Healthy scepticism is healthy. Concluding adversely based on scepticism or distrust alone is illogical, if somewhat common. Again, among about a third of the population.