We are in the middle of a vaccine refusal crisis. The same people who are refusing vaccines are in a position to accept or reject climate science. The future of our planet depends on learning our lesson about why people distrust science—and addressing that distrust.
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With COVID-19, it's possible to mandate vaccines and mandate masks. It may even be possible to defeat the virus with 30% vaccine refusal. The same will not be true of climate change. Addressing it will require MORE trust and MORE solidarity. We must work on it now!
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In fact, in the VERY FIRST TWEET of this thread I made a rookie mistake. I said people "distrust science." That's false. People don't distrust science. They distrust science communicators. Scientific institutions. Government funded science. The difference is key.
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Actually, no, that's not quite right either. People distrust science whose conclusions and recommendations do not jibe with their preexisting ideology, such as evolution, climate science, public health science, vaccines, etc.
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You'll find creationists, antivaxxers, antimaskers, etc., happily citing science that agrees (or, more accurately, appears to agree with or support) their preexisting ideology.
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