RE: The Confirmation Bias, Bias (the most deadly biases often--like fatal diseases--go unnoticed)

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The Confirmation Bias, Bias (the most deadly biases often--like fatal diseases--go unnoticed)

in vaccines •  7 years ago 

I noticed the other day a mum shared a story of a blanket cot death of her baby. It was horrendous, and I have no blame to lay whatsoever, only sympathy.

But I did notice a few things. She got overwhelming sympathy and support. It is a super rare occurence, a suffocation. MANY people put a 7 month old to bed with a blanket and they are fine. But it only makes sense that this mother warns people of the dangers, and asks other parents to NEVER put a baby to bed with a blanket. Parents agree, and the media encourages this idea.

Swap it for a vaccine death. It is horrendous, but the outpouring of sympathy is lacking. People look sideways and ask how do they know it was a vaccine? Correlation does not equal causation. The media will not report on it. It is also very rare. But woe to the grief stricken mother who goes out of her way to compassionately warn others not to make the same mistake. The other parents will ostracize her, the media will deride her. She will be called all sorts of names because she won't 'put another blanket in the cot' for her next child.

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