Yes, sort of. It's also well known, though, that anti-vaxers (as one example) typically have multiple conspiracy theories and thus are unlikely to have had much trust in scientific experts of any sort to lose in the first place. #deathofexpertise
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Yes and no. Those multiple conspiracy theories don't usually arise until trust has started to decline.
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And how do we help the antivax folks?? We take no collective responsibility for medicine’s part in generating the current opioid crisis- claiming we just listened to pharmaceutical companies. Did anyone actually think we had non-addictive opiates? 1/2
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We tell the public we were just a bunch of suckers and pansies to pharma... what do you expect them to think of us. Then we cut off patients cold turkey when fentanyl analogs are on the streets...




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And all the problems.
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Antivaxxers are often portrayed as extremely gullible. And I guess those who embrace magic detox supplements are to a degree. But really they suffer from pathological doubt: everyone is lying to them and everyone has an ulterior motive.
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It's more selective doubt. They trust and lionize antivaxers like RFK Jr. and Andrew Wakefield, while exhibiting extreme suspicion of legitimate medical authority.
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