Seeing Truth in the Age of Information Overload - midwestern doctor

 A recurring theme in human society is how frequently groups of people will hold viewpoints that are diametrically opposed to another group yet both groups will be absolutely certain they are completely correct and the other is completely wrong. In each instance, this means that at least half of the people involved are wrong and incapable of seeing evidence repeatedly presented to them which shows this.

For example, consider the recent drama that unfolded after ACIP's decision to reevaluate the newborn hepatitis B vaccine, where for context:

•Many people have believed for decades that significant harm results from newborn hepatitis B vaccine and that mothers who give birth at hospitals are routinely forced to vaccinate their children for it despite not wanting to....

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https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/seeing-truth-in-the-age-of-information?publication_id=748806&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=y7h5a&utm_medium=email 

.....•While significant observational data suggests this harm, as the FDA affirmed at the ACIP meeting, no controlled studies have ever assessed if the harm exists (despite their having been requested for decades).

•The public justification for newborn mass vaccination is that it serves as a safety net for the extraordinarily rare case (roughly one in a million) where a hepatitis B positive mother is not tested for hepatitis B, infects her child during childbirth, and the partial protection the vaccine provides is able to prevent the child from going on to develop a lifelong hepatitis B infection—despite there being no evidence thirty years of this policy has reduced hepatitis.