By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/09/2026Now that we've turned our backs on this miracle, now that vaccination is in retreat and long-forgotten diseases are taking our babies, millions of people are *still* insisting that vaccines are a hoax. 110312
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/09/2026That's infuriating but it's understandable. The cause-and-effect relationship between herd immunity and disease elimination is complex, and it plays out over a long timescale. It's notoriously hard to reason well about phenomena whose causal relationships are attenuated and multifactorial. 1795
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/09/2026It's one thing to learn to hit a ball by swinging at it and watching where it goes - it's another altogether to swing blindfolded, go home, and then, eight years later, have someone tell you where the ball ended up. No one would start smoking if the first puff caused visible tumors. 1779
