Science denialism is not new. Vaccines WORK.
Last edited Sun Jul 25, 2021, 05:26 PM - Edit history (1)
Our society is being perverted by science denialism. However, it is not a new phenomenon. It has been around for centuries. Only now, due to the rapid pace of technology and social media, it has been proliferating at an alarming pace. Sure, we can downplay the morons within our species, but we cannot disregard the extent of the idiocracy that is pushing this agenda. From Russian psychological warfare against the West to destabilize democracy, to flat Earthers and moon landing deniers on Youtube, evolution deniers, etc., we are being inundated with Dunning-Kruger "experts" who are tearing our human existence to shreds.
Now we have a whole gaggle of so-called "anti-vaxxers" who, in their elemental form, would rather DIE than believe accepted medical and science FACT:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01084-x
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/to-understand-how-science-denial-works-look-to-history/
https://www.npr.org/2020/05/19/858875730/from-galileo-to-dr-fauci-the-history-of-science-denial-and-conspiracies
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/04/denial-science-chris-mooney/
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001068