neutralmurder

Yes! I would like to know this as well. It is really challenging to have conversations about vaccines when many people do not ‘believe in’ science, or weigh all sources equally regardless of their validity.

Even if you present the many facts supporting vaccination and explain the fraudulent root origin of the anti-vax movement, they are just waved away as lies.

So what can you do? If you can’t discuss the facts, you have to take the argument to an emotional or personal level, which seems unproductive.

Yes I agree! It’s so tough. I’ve got friends/family who will rant about vaccines. I really really want to avoid conflict and keep any conversation light. But just listening attentively and asking if they’ve also checked out this-and-that source escalates them to name-calling.

At the end of the day, they are adults, and in charge of their own lives. I can’t and shouldn’t want to make their own decisions for them. And I want to stay on good terms!

I just can’t help kicking myself for not somehow being more clear or more friendly or more... something! Because it hurts to watch people you love make bad decisions and not be able to help them.