> When it becomes serious, you have to lie.
~ Former European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker
> When it becomes serious, you have to lie.
~ Former European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker
"We found that long-forgotten plagues have roared back, killing and maiming children in parts of the world where access to vaccines or trust in them faltered. What seemed like subtle changes to a country’s vaccine policies had disastrous consequences years later."
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-vaccine-agenda-childhood-plagues
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The health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back when trust in shots — or access to them — falters.
James Randi (1928-2020) Canadian-American stage magician ("The Amazing Randi") and scientific skeptic. [b. Randall James Hamilton Zwinge]
(Attributed)
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Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
Essays, Book 2, ch. 18 (2.18), “Of Giving the Lie [Du Démentir]” (1578–79) [tr. Screech (1987)]
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Our understanding is conducted solely by means of the word: anyone who falsifies it betrays public society. It is the only tool by which we communicate our wishes and our thoughts; it is our soul's interpreter: if we lack that, we can no longer hold together; we can no longer…

For those who see promoting mistrust & polarisation as serving their political or commercial interests, any process that seeks to understand & address the causes of domestic terrorism is seized as an opportunity to do further damage.
How do we counter this?
Maybe recognising cynical misrepresentation when we see it is a start.
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