People have a right to refuse things. I refuse X-rays at the dentist because even low grade radiation once a year still seems unnecessary. That’s my choice.
BandysNutz on
“Stupid people insist on being stupid, resist efforts to be smart.”
Wotta scoop!
therationalpi on
Really interesting paper. It directly addresses the weakness of studies that naively assume vaccine hesitancy is driven by a lack of information.
One thing I find interesting here is that it specifically splits up the “deliberate ignorance” and “cognitive distortions” groups. While cognitive distortions covers two of the common flaws in human risk analysis (loss-aversion and non-linear probability weighting), deliberate ignorance accounts for the outright disregard of vaccine information due to outside factors (distrust of pharmaceutical companies, political affiliation, etc).
It may not be possible to get through to everyone, but understanding the reasoning (or lack thereof) underlying vaccine hesitancy can help tailor public health initiatives to the real barriers preventing vaccine adoption.
EarnestAsshole on
I’m interested in how they’re defining “deliberate” ignorance here.
I’m sure there are topics and information out there where my preconceived biases cause me to *blip* over the information that might give me cognitive dissonance or distress, but I wouldn’t ascribe a conscious intentionality to that phenomenon.
SmallGreenArmadillo on
The antivax movement was a significant turning point. I’m voluntarily vaccinated against many diseases including HPV and Covid, but I recognize that the era of mandating medical treatments might be over. We might have to start incentivizing people to get vaccinated by offering benefits such as payments for participating in community-desirable procedures. This approach could lead to a situation where, for once in history, the poor might enjoy better health than the rich
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3InchesAssToTip on
I feel like the people who wrote this are trying to say “if you don’t get vaccinated you’re a stupid asshole”, but professionally.
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dumdumpants-head on
It’s known as Directionally Distributed Dumbnitude. Caused by congenital malformation and/or infectious transmission.
reddurkel on
Also…. an entire political party taking the vaccine to protect themselves while simultaneously discouraging the public to take it while also vilifying the professionals and scientists involved in creating it.
DanNotTheMann on
If vaccines are effective in providing protection against COVID-19, those of us who are vaccinated should feel secure in our immunity, eliminating the need to worry about or criticise the vaccination status of others.
Saltybrickofdeath on
Holy head in a hole bat man. You can’t produce and test a vaccine in the time it took them to make it. the virus mutates like HIV which we haven’t cured yet. It’s not scientifically sound to give it to the population the way they did. The virus also reeks of emergent research.
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People have a right to refuse things. I refuse X-rays at the dentist because even low grade radiation once a year still seems unnecessary. That’s my choice.
“Stupid people insist on being stupid, resist efforts to be smart.”
Wotta scoop!
Really interesting paper. It directly addresses the weakness of studies that naively assume vaccine hesitancy is driven by a lack of information.
One thing I find interesting here is that it specifically splits up the “deliberate ignorance” and “cognitive distortions” groups. While cognitive distortions covers two of the common flaws in human risk analysis (loss-aversion and non-linear probability weighting), deliberate ignorance accounts for the outright disregard of vaccine information due to outside factors (distrust of pharmaceutical companies, political affiliation, etc).
It may not be possible to get through to everyone, but understanding the reasoning (or lack thereof) underlying vaccine hesitancy can help tailor public health initiatives to the real barriers preventing vaccine adoption.
I’m interested in how they’re defining “deliberate” ignorance here.
I’m sure there are topics and information out there where my preconceived biases cause me to *blip* over the information that might give me cognitive dissonance or distress, but I wouldn’t ascribe a conscious intentionality to that phenomenon.
The antivax movement was a significant turning point. I’m voluntarily vaccinated against many diseases including HPV and Covid, but I recognize that the era of mandating medical treatments might be over. We might have to start incentivizing people to get vaccinated by offering benefits such as payments for participating in community-desirable procedures. This approach could lead to a situation where, for once in history, the poor might enjoy better health than the rich
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I feel like the people who wrote this are trying to say “if you don’t get vaccinated you’re a stupid asshole”, but professionally.
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It’s known as Directionally Distributed Dumbnitude. Caused by congenital malformation and/or infectious transmission.
Also…. an entire political party taking the vaccine to protect themselves while simultaneously discouraging the public to take it while also vilifying the professionals and scientists involved in creating it.
If vaccines are effective in providing protection against COVID-19, those of us who are vaccinated should feel secure in our immunity, eliminating the need to worry about or criticise the vaccination status of others.
Holy head in a hole bat man. You can’t produce and test a vaccine in the time it took them to make it. the virus mutates like HIV which we haven’t cured yet. It’s not scientifically sound to give it to the population the way they did. The virus also reeks of emergent research.