There was a piece in the WSJ today titled "A false Narrative about Misinformation," by Robert Kaplan. The takeaway is that Misinformation has had little effect on vaccination acceptance. The article cites several polls and studies that compared the answers people gave before the pandemic to the current percent of the populace who remain unvaccinated. The people who said they would not get a vaccination, did not get the vaccination. The numbers of vaccine skeptics did not increase because of the right wing misinformation campaign, as one might fear.
No, these dunderheads were not influenced by any scientific facts or medical advice. They simply saw the far-fetched lies as more evidence to support their previously-held opinions.
No one has changed their mind, despite all the money spent by both sides to convince the other side that it was wrong.
We, the rightious, must also wonder if our own predispositions could be influencing the science and facts that we hold to be true.
Everything we have learned about communicable disease can be summed-up in a few words: human interaction spreads the virus. When you stop human interaction or get vaccinated the disease cannot spread and it dies with it's last victim.
This supports the wisdom of requiring PROOF of vaccination before allowing anyone entry to any public place and especially all public transportation venues.
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Post script Aug 7 2021
More corroboration of the observation that more factual information dosn't change opinions when it comes to vaccines:
https://news.yahoo.com/yougov-poll-vaccines-delta-210424125.html
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