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It is very easy to say that people are dying of cancer because of anti-science beliefs during treatment, I do not refute the claim that the outcome would be bet
by hermannj314 1y ago
It is very easy to say that people are dying of cancer because of anti-science beliefs during treatment, I do not refute the claim that the outcome would be better if this individual listening to the best medical advice available.
However, I do think the blaming the patient is a distraction. I see more anti-science from industrialists and politicians when their industries receive scientific recommendations for regulation.
There was more anti-science in the decades of poor policy decisions that lead up to a young woman getting non-Hodkings lymphoma than anti-science displayed by her in the moments when she had to choose how to respond to it.
- soco 1y agoIt's not a zero sum game. You can and do have both anti-science attitude: the self-serving profit-increasing from the industrialists, and the self-aggrandizing alienating from the alt-news consumers. And politicians will follow whatever pays them and votes for them - aka both of those.
- lovich 1y agoShe isn’t just someone who fell to the anti vax beliefs but daughter of a prominent anti science influencer, hence the discussion of their beliefs in relation to this