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FadedMullet

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2. I have wondered how the U.S. stacks up against European countries in this regard. Do they have a comparable......

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Sun Nov 2, 2025, 03:27 PM

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......population of anti-vax loons that threaten the herd immunity aspect of public health, like we do? Just came across this European Journal article that tells me that they do have folks with "vaccine hesitancy" (a milder term?) and attribute it to "anti-elite world views and culturally closed rather than cosmopolitan positions". So it seems that they do indeed share this problem but, as usual, have a clearer appreciation of the sources. https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/article/32/4/636/6581964

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