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Tag: anti-vaccine

The Lost Socratic Dialogue on Vaccines

SOCRATES: I walked to the mall yesterday with Rory, son of Bill Gates, to make my prayers to the God of Christmas. As this was my first celebration of his festival, I wished also to see how the ceremony would be conducted. Along the way we encountered Apple, daughter of Gwyneth Paltrow. On our way […]

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Vaccine Skeptics are Pro-Vaccine: Moral Arguments Part 2

In this post I cover moral arguments vaccine skeptics make for non-medical exemptions. Skip to Part 3 if you’re just interested in the argument. In Part 1, I briefly make some general comments on the norms and practices for engaging vaccine skeptics and hesitants. In Part 2, quickly outline the strongest possible interpretation of medical […]

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Vaccine Skeptics are Pro-Vaccine: Moral Arguments

This article is written for those who have friends or family that have been mislead by anti-vaccine propaganda but aren’t yet fully indoctrinated. Those who dogmatically oppose vaccines will not change their minds so spend your time elsewhere. There are, however, many fence-sitters that can be reached through intermittent, careful, patient, and kind interactions. Changing […]

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Critical Thinking and Vaccine Herd Immunity Part 1

IntroI was going to write about my changing ideas on libertarianism but a friend of mine requested I explain herd immunity.  Of course, there is no shortage of literature on the topic, but I thought I’d discuss the topic in terms of critical thinking concepts.  (Gotta have a unique perspective otherwise I might as well […]

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