As someone who has been trying to fight antivax rhetoric since long before COVID, this is an absurd take. While fear of needles is real, it is absolutely not a significant driver of the anti-vaccine movement. https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1468630151542026246 …
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Replying to @MCBazacoPhD @baym
Do you see the context in which it is responding to a particular person and type of argument? I wrote a long article on the myriads of reasons for lack of vaccination for the NYT. Obviously not saying it’s a broad major driver for everyone.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/15/opinion/covid-vaccines-unvaccinated.html …
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As the person with needle anxiety featured in the article you referenced about Canada, I can assure you greater accommodations for needle fear is NOT the driver of Canada's relatively higher vax rates. Most don't know accommodations exist (why I agreed to the article). but... 1/2
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Replying to @heysciencesam @zeynep and
But perhaps because healthcare is more accessible in Canada we have more trust & that's a driver. Maybe. More interesting though: adult needle anxiety may stem from medical traumas. Prior trauma in medical institutions (not needle fear) probably more accurate driver of distrust
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For sure, my NYT article goes on and on about mistrust (deliberately fostered by politicians/grifters, medical experience/trauma, insurance issues, etc.) as key issue, and needle phobia is but one factor and id'ed as such—still a thing in the mix. But my tweet wasn't about that!
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I responded because the quote tweet is clearly misrepresenting even the tweet, let alone my very public views on this, and kinda weird wasn't corrected but happens.
Quote-tweet is great for lazy dunking, which doesn't matter to me tbh, but I believe in politely engaging, once.
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