@NuclearTess This is a typical feel-good propaganda story; I suggest you take it with a grain of salt. Do you really believe the anti-vaxxer's delusion could be so easily corrected?

This exact same formula is used all the time, where a strawman bad guy is set up, an effective counter-argument offered, leaving the misguided fool schooled and enhancing the feeling of smug superiority of the listener.

Very commonly found in Christian propaganda stories against atheists/"evolutionists".

**gdkar** @gdkar@mastodon.mit.edu · May 24, 2019, 22:37

**gdkar** @gdkar@mastodon.mit.edu · May 24, 2019, 22:37

May 24, 2019, 22:37

gdkar @gdkar@mastodon.mit.edu

@NuclearTess god dayum

**dimpase** @dimpase@mathstodon.xyz · May 24, 2019, 22:45

**dimpase** @dimpase@mathstodon.xyz · May 24, 2019, 22:45

May 24, 2019, 22:45

dimpase @dimpase@mathstodon.xyz

@NuclearTess except it's not a comspiracy, it's a fact:
Weaponized Health Communication: Twitter Bots and Russian Trolls Amplify the Vaccine Debate
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6137759/