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Why do people focus on stuff like this? Why not more direct and obvious harms to society like wealth consolidation or AI or whatever? Even if I thought vaccin
by techblueberry 1y ago
Why do people focus on stuff like this? Why not more direct and obvious harms to society like wealth consolidation or AI or whatever? Even if I thought vaccines were dangerous, there are so many things ahead of vaccines that keep me up at night.
- fennec-posix 1y agoIt's all a distraction. Since a lot of these guys peddling this benefit from the actual harms to society.
- techblueberry 1y agoI don't mean RFK Jr, I think this stuff comes up because there are like everyday people who care? Why do those people care!
- quantified 1y ago[flagged]
- yongjik 1y ago[flagged]
- krapp 1y agoIt's possible to focus on more than one thing at a time as a society, and we do. But the medical regulatory establishment of the US being taken over by anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists is worth at least a single article, I think, and it does directly and obviously harm society. Funding for research, education, trust in and access to vaccines are all going to be negatively affected, the destruction of medical infrastructure and knowledge will have long-term consequences beyond a single administration.
- pixxel 1y ago[dead]
- Yizahi 1y agoFortunately Arstechnica has provided an answer for that question too: https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/believing-misinformation-is-a-win-for-some-people-even-when-proven-false/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/believing-misinforma... Basically conspiracy heads like to be in opposition to the "establishment", and will look for and spread anything fitting this theme. It gives them sense of own worth, and a sense of community - a small circle of "people who have the secret knowledge".