There's an evolutionary explanation for our irrational fears over vaccines
There’s an evolutionary explanation for our irrational fears over vaccines Injecting a mysterious substance into the body feels unsettling, and this feeling can’t be effectively countered with smug, technocratic messaging. I am the proud owner of a book titled Dogs Bite: But Balloons and Slippers are More Dangerous, written by an American animal behaviourist called Janis Bradley. I bought it partly for superficial reasons: I liked the title, and I also liked the picture on the cover of an endearing mongrel chewing a slipper. But it turned out to be a truly excellent purchase, since t...
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