The science myths that will not die
False beliefs and wishful thinking about the human experience are common. They are hurting people — and holding back science.
My favorites:
- "Vaccines cause autism"
Although there are some risks associated with vaccines, the connection to neurological disorders has been debunked many times over.
- "Homeopathy works"
The short answers is ...It doesn't.
Awesome reading via Nature:
http://www.nature.com/news/the-science-myths-that-will-not-die-1.19022
#science #medicalmyths #research
We recently had a woman that advertised a chicken pox party on facebook Yes she had to cancel it ! The benefits far outweigh the risks , the govt here has even made it law no school no benefits if immunization is not done. Too many forget or ignore the facts that many diseases were reduced/stopped by vaccines
ReplyDeleteI personally gave my younger brothers chicken pox by way of that same method. However, we still need our shingles vaccine.
ReplyDeleteThat was in the mid eighties.
Today, I find it ironic that it's affluent and highly educated communities that are deliberately disregarding the need for vaccination. What the heck? Are these same communities going to begin a Flat Earth movement, too?
My first time hearing this myth lol didnt expect someone to believe that
ReplyDeleteI'm married to one. The stupidity is willful. Rather than actually learn, he lets pundits tell him and, based on his emotional sense of connection to the pundit, decides they know best. I can tell him all day about the science but he blows it away because of the "big words" I have to use. I didn't tell him till afterward about my flu shot, anticipating a rant. The American Education System has been geared towards encouraging willful ignorance for years. Meantime, the media world has been installing mental hooks in the population alongside that willful ignorance and said hooks are being well employed these days.
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