Re:Routine vaccinations drop among U.S. kindergartners for t...
by korm on Saturday January 14, 2023 @06:44AM
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In this case it's not disagreement with one expert, or even a few. The vaccination schedule is based on a consensus of experts. Not only across organizations, like the CDC, AAP, FDA, but across nations too, more or less.
It's truly bizarre to _radically_ disagree, especially as a layperson.
Re:Routine vaccinations drop among U.S. kindergartners for t...
by ben_w on Saturday January 14, 2023 @07:00AM
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I mostly share your assessment, except that I think the word "bizarre" presumes how normal people behave. These kinds of attitudes have been around since at least the Spanish Flu pandemic, so it's important to… how do I phrase this? To account for such attitudes when planning public health campaigns, and not just dismiss such people as arrogant fools with no self-awareness.
Also, normal people are absolutely terrible about probability.
Combined, I therefore suspect it's "I know they're normally right, but not about this."