tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post6917792893656036773..comments2024-03-29T07:49:20.875-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: On traffic lights, beehive and vaccinationsNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-68110169007486740742019-06-17T10:15:56.893-05:002019-06-17T10:15:56.893-05:00Easy. The ignorance of the anti-vaxxers. Do you re...Easy. The ignorance of the anti-vaxxers. Do you realize that your last sentence seems a perfect example of "the short-sighted among us"?Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-60201312006239013622019-06-17T09:42:52.955-05:002019-06-17T09:42:52.955-05:00Which is the greater danger, the ignorance of anti...Which is the greater danger, the ignorance of anti-vaxers or the shortsighted among us who only see a common good if it helps them. Since I avoided Measles the old fashioned way, how much peril do I face from the resurgent childhood scourge?JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613528527379198505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-42980390647461910022019-06-17T09:14:07.079-05:002019-06-17T09:14:07.079-05:00The Freakonomics program that aired yesterday touc...The Freakonomics program that aired yesterday touched on this subject briefly and revealed the paradox that better educated parents are more likely to be anti-vaxers than those with less education. I would say that it's not the education level that matters, but rather the attitude that Neil mentions of the paramountcy of individual rights versus societal concerns. If given a choice between libertarianism and communism, I would choose something in between.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-82253344459488372422019-06-17T07:13:46.531-05:002019-06-17T07:13:46.531-05:00Well said!
Well said!<br />Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.com