Instead they fall for a common denialist tactic - the magnified minority - and refer to a tiny cult of crackpot as “scientists” as if theit opinion carries the same weight as the overwhelming consensus that gambling with killing 3 million people is unnecessary and stupid.
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Those of us who have watched denialists for decades know this tactic. You make a bogus petition, have it signed by maybe two or three crackpots with legit credentials, then round it out with a bunch of ideologues with unrelated degrees, or, HVAC repairmen, and declare victory.
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In the next breath the same ideologic crackpots will declare consensus is meaningless, while making an appeal to an illegitimate authority, and ad populum. The
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Multiple outlets have hired reporters who specialize in disniformation. I don’t know if
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We have the same speech in Brazil. They try so hard to find a "way out" of the pandemic, a criminal one.Sad. "Herd inhumanity "
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@nytimes is trash, and hide behind “Paper of record.” It’s been worse since they hired a bunch of right wingers for “balance.” The facts are the facts, they don’t need “balance.” Even thus herd immunity confusion is probably deliberate.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Herd immunity does not imply vaccination.
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