Choose an expert
“A frustration I have with the ‘vaccine hesitancy’ discussion is that 99% of people on both sides use the same process to come to their conclusion; find people you trust and listen to them.”
— Scott Huston (@genuine_doubt, August 9, 2021)
“If you got the right answer it’s either because you got lucky that the people you listen to happened to get this one right, or you’re good at figuring out who to trust. But being good at figuring out who to trust is a nebulous and difficult problem.”
— Scott Huston (@genuine_doubt, August 9, 2021)
“So, while I do think getting people vaccinated is critical and I’m frustrated by the current state of things, I don’t think it’s all that fair to criticize people who are running the same basic algorithm I am to figure out what’s true.”
— Scott Huston (@genuine_doubt, August 9, 2021)
I think about this quite a lot. I do my best to educate myself on subjects. But I’m no expert. At the end of the day all I’m doing is trusting an actual ‘expert’ and hoping I chose wisely. (via Alexey Guzey)
By the way, as of yesterday, I am now double vaxxed :)
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