Challenging Information "In a recent conversation, I complained to a colleague of mine that Americans aren’t outspoken enough about the direction the nation has been taking recently. He told me, “Markus, the vast majority of people aren’t informed enough to voice their opinion.” He referred to the evening news and a man-on-the-street segment. People leaving the polls were quizzed about the candidates and the issues and failed miserably. These people were not too uninformed to voice their opinions—they had opinions…sometimes strong ones, backed by deep emotion. And they had taken political action by voting. They had made a choice… The point of the video was to suggest that it was clearly an uninformed (or misinformed) choice. The implication seemed to be that the voters hadn’t done any independent research and were simply going along with vague notions that they’d absorbed from those around them and from secondary media sources, rather than from actual news reports. I think we encounter the same issue when talking about vaccines. Parents receive misleading information about vaccine safety and effectiveness, and based on this misinformation, they decide to have their children vaccinated. In medicine as in politics, it’s impossible to make an informed decision without first taking the time to become informed. The difference is that, while a misinformed voter may elect a bad candidate, two or four years later, he can vote again and correct his mistake. A misinformed parent who makes a bad choice about vaccinations may never get a second chance." From the book "VACCeptable Injuries" Learn more about Vaccines: amzn.to/1bqzXJX Support us in our efforts to inform about vaccines: facebook/vacceptableinjuries For vaccine articles: vacceptableinjuries
Posted on: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 13:53:49 +0000
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