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‘Staggering’ number of people believe unproven claims about vaccines, raw milk and more (www.nature.com)
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The result “blows the lid off of this idea” that such beliefs are held by only a fringe population of individuals who are uninformed or ideologically driven, says David Bersoff, head of research at the Edelman Trust Institute. “This is not like a small problematic group.”

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[–] 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Here's some interesting tables from the report:

edit: Interesting how much more accepted it seems to be to answer "I don't know" in Japan compared to other countries.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    I'm shocked by how well the US does compared to other countries. I would have thought that it is very easy to be a conspiracy theorist when your country has death panels in the form of health insurance companies denying treatments.

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