Only 39% of people in poll said that the science on vaccines ‘is clear and it is damaging to question it’
Nearly half of Americans are somewhat skeptical of vaccines, a new poll has found.
Some 46% of U.S. adults who responded to a Public First poll by Politico in March agreed that “facts on vaccines are still up for debate and it is damaging to enforce their uptake.”
In contrast, only 39% said that the science on vaccines “is clear and it is damaging to question it.”
The results of the survey are in line with the views of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine skeptic and founder of the Republican “Make America Healthy Again” movement.
Every country has morons, yet ours appear to be a special kind of moron
whenever the US finally burns down and is replaced by something hopefully more enlightened, i believe generally that critical thinking skills should be taught and graded every year from kindergarten through university. a mandatory course that is graded on the “two truths and a lie” concept. beginning of the year you state two truths, and one lie. throughout the year or semester you have students discuss it, go over it together. all the while teaching them smaller units on conspiracy theories, science, medicine, biology, economics, politics, human psychology, history, etc. then a large section on logic and class conciousness. and finally, at the end of the year they prepare a group report on the two truths and a lie concept. honestly the two truths and a lie can all be completely fabricated, in fact there could be 3 truths, or 3 lies. or 2 lies and 1 truth. the whole point is that through the years they have to develop an understanding of authority and how it thinks vs how they think. and how to compile real verified evidence to back their claims. even if they chose the right “truth” they have to back up their claims with verified evidence and there can be no emotional or vibe based answers. automatic failure. then, they also have a secondary aspect to this, when they check their sources they also have to dig into who funds them, their history, affiliations, are they internationally recognised, are their studies verified by third parties. etc. each piece of supporting evidence is an extra point to their arguments.
the whole idea is not necessarily to teach them one all encompassing truth, but how to view every situation critically and give them the muscle memory to search for truth without falling victim to grifters and propagandists against their better interests and verify information themselves so they dont just fall victim to isntagram reels, tik tok, and youtube shorts for their information and political ideology.
another layer to this would be to teach them how to use different search engines, VPNs, etc. so they arent getting as many filtered results from people who fund and support fascism.