▲ 1105 ▼ Curse of Knowledge (mander.xyz) submitted 2 years ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 49 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] can@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 years ago (1 child) XKCD 2501 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) I actually try to talk to folks to the level of their knowledge. I had a debate with some coworkers about vaccines. I explained to them that it's safe, thousands of studies proved they are, I also mentioned vaccines are produced just like any medicine. And yet people take paracetamol willy nilly without question but somehow treat vaccines differently; even though overusing paracetamol could lead to hearing loss as happened to my dad. However, I admit that what got me is the mRNA vaccine technology when a colleague said there has been no human trial of it before. The technology has actually been developed for over 40 years but with strong proof of concept. But I find it hard to explain that to laypeople. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) I actually try to talk to folks to the level of their knowledge. I had a debate with some coworkers about vaccines. I explained to them that it's safe, thousands of studies proved they are, I also mentioned vaccines are produced just like any medicine. And yet people take paracetamol willy nilly without question but somehow treat vaccines differently; even though overusing paracetamol could lead to hearing loss as happened to my dad. However, I admit that what got me is the mRNA vaccine technology when a colleague said there has been no human trial of it before. The technology has actually been developed for over 40 years but with strong proof of concept. But I find it hard to explain that to laypeople. permalink fedilink source parent