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PostPosted: 10/11/21 3:46 am • # 1 
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Not sure it's going to work but it is a thought

How To Argue With Anti-Vaxxers, According To Science


Thanks to a reduction in parental willingness to immunize children, vaccine-preventable diseases are on the rise. Last year, the U.S. witnessed three times as many measles cases as the previous year. Scientists are therefore trying to raise awareness of the importance of vaccinations, but this often seems a fruitless endeavor.

Now, scientists believe they could have come up with an effective intervention to help positively change people’s attitudes. Rather than focusing on reiterating scientific evidence, a group from the University of Illinois found they could moderate beliefs by reminding people of ...


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PostPosted: 10/13/21 10:31 am • # 2 
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No link to the rest of the article. Am I missing something?


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PostPosted: 10/13/21 12:00 pm • # 3 
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No link to the rest of the article. Am I missing something?

Oooops ....

https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-m ... attitudes/


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PostPosted: 10/14/21 8:52 am • # 4 
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Unfortunately, even all of the news coverage with images of those sick and dying from COVID is not making that impact in the way that it should. It's just being rolled into the conspiracy as not real.


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PostPosted: 10/14/21 10:10 am • # 5 
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queenoftheuniverse wrote:
Unfortunately, even all of the news coverage with images of those sick and dying from COVID is not making that impact in the way that it should. It's just being rolled into the conspiracy as not real.


Well, I know I'm safe. I'm too unimportant to be the target of a worlwide conspiracy.


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