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Who said anything about force? It's mainly a problem of education. What we're talking about is, for example, an emotive documentary about some sick kids who cou
by robert_tweed 12y ago
Who said anything about force? It's mainly a problem of education. What we're talking about is, for example, an emotive documentary about some sick kids who couldn't be vaccinated for genuine medical reasons, and should have been protected by the herd immunity that anti-vaccination is destroying. Maybe have them in the same ward as some sick, voluntarily unvaccinated kids for good measure, interspersed with various scientific explanations of how minor the risks of vaccination reactions are, and that there is no connection with autism especially.
Science has to fight an uphill battle, because facts and statistics are cold, whereas a single story of "my kid got sick right after being vaccinated and what if that happened to your kid?" is emotive and provocative.
A documentary telling the other side of the story in a way that most people can relate to it emotionally could have a huge impact. No need to make anything mandatory if people understand the balance of risks properly.