CV and mad panic behaviour

[Mav]

I’m not sure the article supports your argument. It points out that there’s a backlash effect which means that presenting contrary facts can have the perverse effect of strengthening beliefs. The expert quoted says:

The evidence does not suggest that humans are unable to argue sensibly. Rather, it is a small group of people – the most entrenched – who are least likely to be convinced by a good argument.

The obvious solution to that, says Dr Grant, is to simply ignore them.

“If it’s a democratic vote, what do we need to get to? 50 per cent plus one. There are a whole bunch of issues in society where you don’t need to convince everyone .... even on vaccines.”

That’s the idea behind the vaccine mandate, a policy enacted by democratic governments around the world.

Now, if you’re saying that there are vaccine hesitants who might be persuaded by facts, then I agree we should attempt to understand their concerns and educate them. But as we’ve discussed before, it’s hard to say how this could be achieved in the current social media environment.