by Steve Halbrook
When showing others the evidence that vaccines are dangerous and worthless, an inevitable counter (perhaps with an eye roll) is, “how can so many experts be wrong about vaccines?” — meant to imply that there is no way that vaccines are dangerous and worthless.
This, of course, is a dodge: if one shows that vaccines are dangerous and worthless, the only way to refute it would be to disprove that evidence itself. To instead bring up the matter of “experts” is to shift from the nature of vaccines to the nature of man.
If the evidence against vaccines can’t be refuted, then obviously — for whatever reason — all of these (professing) vaccine experts are in fact wrong. “How” can it be so makes for an interesting metaphysical discussion, but it is not very scientific to shift from vaccine science to the metaphysics of human nature to prove the validity of vaccines.
It amounts to an appeal to authority fallacy. (And are they really experts? That all depends on whether what they say about vaccines is actually true — which takes us back to looking at evidence instead of credentials.)
But also special pleading: one might reverse the argument and ask, “how can so many natural health experts be wrong about vaccines?” The vaccinators — if they are even aware of the countless natural health experts who oppose vaccines — take for granted that “so many of these experts are wrong about vaccines.”
The difference is that the pro-vaccine “experts” have the backing of the sword of the state. It is a political — not scientific — matter. Perhaps this is why many side with vaccines to begin with — they are authoritarian statists who simply side with power.
And I guess we can just ignore medical history if we deny that the majority of medical “experts” can be wrong. We would be stuck at ground zero with no advancement. We would have no reason to oppose bloodletting and mercury treatments.
But this aside, it is easy to fathom why so many professing experts can be wrong. Corruption and bribery. Groupthink. Peer pressure. Sincere but blind devotion. Immorality/psychopathy.
And of course, carrot and stick — many “experts” may knowingly side with what is false for career advancement and to avoid being cancelled. This leads to the perception game — how many “experts” are true believers or just opportunists playing the game? How many (and there are many) doctors and such (those with credentials that pro-vaxxers consider experts) are cancelled for speaking against vaccines that we never hear about?
But — here is another consideration. Throughout history, the world has embraced a multitude of false religions (that is, non-Christian religions). Countless people follow countless “experts” pushing one false view of reality or another.
“Wait!” — the pro-vaxxer counters — “Vaccination is not a religion! It doesn’t have priests!”
It is. It does.
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agreed. vaccination is in our culture. unlike religion, it is instead a cult of the culture. the same as a group of people drinking cool aide because the leader believes its ok to commit suicide. thats a cult thinking, of I’d rather be right than be happy. ego.
Alysia,
Agreed — a national cult. To challenge it is heresy!