Dan GillmorDec 27, 2022

Big Journalism is still largely unwilling to call things what they are. Today's example is the Washington Post's use of "vaccine hesitancy" to describe a movement that is based on rejecting science and evidence in favor of dangerous and, increasingly, politically motivated lies.

The people who reject vaccines are attacking their communities. They spread disease and death. We should recognize this, and say it out loud.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/12/26/vaccine-hesitancy-measles-chickenpox-polio-flu/

Growing vaccine hesitancy fuels measles, chickenpox resurgence in U.S.

An Ohio measles outbreak among unvaccinated children comes at a time of heightened concern about the public health consequences of anti-vaccine sentiment.

The Washington Post
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@dangillmor call it vaccine hesitancy, call it rejection of science. Problem is when social media censors doctors, and government uses a heavy-handed approach to get people vaccinated (while making pharma legally immune from any liability) you're gonna get skepticism from part of the public. Add the Culture War on top of that and this is what you get.

You can't only criticize people when part of the problem is Crisis of Trust in institutions.

Dec 27, 2022 at 5:44amWeb